This, after news spread on the Internet that a casino worker named Mac Weakley had, quite strongly, reeled in a 25-pound largemouth bass, heavier than the world record set nearly 74 years ago.

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Of course, any person who has permission to decode your content could still make a copy of the image or text and spread it on the Internet regardless.

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"This revision will reduce the spread of copyright infringement activities on the internet, " said the body's chairman Naoki Kitagawa, who is also chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, earlier this year.

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So have a bit of fun: rewrite the posters on the Internet, and spread the result around.

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The images spread fast on the news, on the Internet.

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Today, on the internet, an idea can spread throughout the world in days.

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Russell Ewins , a sophisticated full time day trader, has seen more and more small time investors log on to these web sites as internet mania has spread.

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He is Beppe Grillo, a comedian, a man who eschews the TV stations, relying instead on the internet and the power of the streets to spread his message.

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It also has a few deals with the makers of set-top boxes to power the software that runs TV guides and on-demand services over the internet and this too could be a way to spread Silverlight usage.

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Or, at a time when the network is democratizing the spread of information, at least for some people, does Twitter still have an important role to play on the Internet?

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