law and order

The register is reporting that China is about to take measures to clamp down on lip-synching:
China’s ministry of culture has announced a clampdown on miming professional musos, marking an end to lip-synching and fake guitar strumming…
…the new regs will not affect amateur performers such as Lin Miaoke, who famously mimed Ode to the Motherland at [...]
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As reported by Ars Technica:
Those who are using pirated versions of Windows—particularly those in China—are getting riled up over Microsoft’s latest tactic to “encourage” them to purchase legit copies. The software giant recently began issuing an update that changes users’ desktop backgrounds to a black wallpaper with a reminder to switch to a legal copy [...]
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