So, here is an odd and very fresh story (I just spoke to Declan at Wired and he will most probably write something about it).

Reuters picture of pro-taliban rallies in Bangladesh:

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/ 20011009/wl/imdf09102001085522a.html

Check the picture by the ear of Osama Bin Laden on the poster. Yes, it is indeed Bert of Sesame Street.

Today this picture was published in Swedens leading tabloid (removed from the online edition after a few hours):

http:// harvard.pawlo.com/bangladesh.jpg

Check by the ear again.

Of course I know about the Evil Bert web site ( http://www.fractalcow.com/ bert/bert.htm ), but this is something else.

This seems to be actual footage of the rallies.

It looks like whoever made the poster included the picture of Usama Bin Laden and Bert of Sesame Street found at the < following URL:

http://www.angelfire.com/de/cheatsbert/ p3laden.html

So this is what copyright infringement on the Internet will lead to in practice .-D

Amazing - isn't it!?

Regards

Mikael Pawlo