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Tuesday, May 21, 2002 |
Reuters: "Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music's elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker." [Scripting News]
Hey. The use, possession, and sale of felt-tip markers is forbidden under DCMA! markers are, clearly, a circumvention device.
6:38:16 PM
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Internet News: "The United States Copyright Office on Tuesday rejected an arbitration panel ruling on Webcasting royalty rates, a decision that is sure to rankle the recording industry and bring smiles to the face of Internet radio executives nationwide." [Scripting News]
2:49:19 PM
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Orthodox priests in Bethlehem said that the Palestinian fighters who
hid out in the Church of the Nativity "ate like greedy monsters" until
the food ran out, drank all the clergy's Johnnie Walker scotch, and
tore up Bibles for use as toilet paper.
[From Harper's Weekly]
9:44:34 AM
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Has BSD Unix passed up Linux?
The advantage of the Macintosh approach is that while it runs Unix underneath, MacOS X provides a very elegant user interface, suitable for beginning computer users. Add the power and flexibility of Unix to the Macintosh user experience and you have a powerful combination, one that could spell trouble for Linux.
9:37:45 AM
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