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re:frame launches today - an effort to digitize important and rare movies and make them available as DVDs or digital downloads. It's an initiative of the Tribeca Film Institute, and the partner for delivering the downloads and DVDs is Amazon.com.The NY Times writes:The approximately 500 works initially available range from the works of the filmmaker Sally Potter, beginning with her 1979 short “Thriller,” to collections of little-known documentaries from various archives. Some of those will be available to purchase only on DVD, because rights are controlled by commercial distributors.

(Picture: Getty Images) The Brazilian congress is treating a law project that establishes the need for permissions to enter the Amazon jungle. The permissions would be extended by the Defense Ministry to NGOs, foreigners and workers, and would be intended to prevent the illegal use of resources in the area.

The law project is supposed to be treated in the Congress until July. If it's approved, those who break it and enter the jungle without legal authorization could face bills that could go from five to 100 thousand USD.

::Via BBC Mundo (in Spanish)
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Word on the street is that Amazon is set to become LoveFilm's largest shareholder in a deal that includes rebranding its UK and German DVD rental business under the LoveFilm banner has got to be a good thing.

Amazon Europe will also make a cash investment in LoveFilm to become the largest shareholder in LoveFilm International and the two companies will also enter an agreement in which Amazon will promote LoveFilm's services on its sites for UK and German customers. Following completion of the deal, the LoveFilm subscriber base will expand to over 900,000 customers, predominantly in the UK and Germany, but also in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

Awesome.