Murdoch's NewsCorp implicated in hacking 9/11 victims?

Phone hacking: 9/11 victims 'may have had mobiles tapped by News of the World reporters' - mirror.co.uk

If there's any truth in this whatsoever, then Murdoch's global media empire may be in trouble. Does the US have a "fit and proper person" equivalent test for media ownership?

Interesting Links for 7-11-2011

Collected links from around the web

• Easiest way to see the movies or TV shows you want is to get them illegally ~Slate
  How true is this one? When will big media companies learn this lesson, if I've paid for a DVD, filling it up with anti-piracy unskippable nonsense and annoying obnoxious trailers isn't enamouring me of the idea of buying more. Make it simple to get stuff, and people will be happy to give you money, make it complicated and/or annoying, and they won't bother.
  (tags: piracy music slate)

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