The Cupertino mayor has said this week that there is little to no chance that city officials will reject Apple’s plans to build a new 3.1 million square foot “Spaceship” campus.
Says the mayor: “There is no chance that we’re saying no.”
Jobs appeared before the city council earlier in the week to show off plans for the new campus that will hold 12,000 employees.
The plans will first have to pass environmental checks and pass a public hearing (likely in 2012). Jobs wants to complete the Spaceship by 2015.
Adds Mayor Wong:
In my mind, one of the city council’s most important challenges and accomplishments has been to make sure that companies like apple can grow and thrive. While other cities are struggling … we can grow.
The building will be four stories, be circular in shape and have a large 150-acre interior courtyard. Apple’s new architecture will be in addition to the company’s main campus.
Result for: public hearing
Torrent.is, the largest torrent Tracker in Iceland, is facing a permanent shutdown and the probability that it will have to pay restitution to copyright owners.
In November of 2007 Torrent.is received a preliminary injunction which eventually led to a shutdown of the site and a massive 50 percent drop in overall internet traffic in Iceland. Earlier this week, at the public hearing of the case, the plaintiffs asked for the monetary damages as well as a permanent shutdown of the site.
Snæbjörn Steingrímsson, an executive with SMAIS (the Icelandic MPAA) led the investigation and said his clients had lost “a few hundred million ISK” because of the site. At its peak, the site had 26,500 active users, all in Iceland to ensure fast connectivity between peers and seeds.
Svavar Kjarrval, the head administrator of Torrent.is feels he has a strong case though. “The plaintiffs are making an outrageous claim. They argue that website and domain owners should always be responsible for copyright violations of third parties. The case could set a dangerous precedent if the court agrees with their claims.”
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