Scripting News:  "Wildgrape NewsDesk is a 'simple and fast RSS reader for Microsoft .Net.'" 

Matt Webb:  "It seems to me that the music industry have more than half won if they've succeeded in setting the terms for debate such that it's an established fact that music sales have decreased." 

Court: Verizon Must Reveal Name of Alleged Online Pirate.  BREAKING NEWS: RIAA wins significant victory to enforce subpoena requesting the name of a subscriber who supposedly made available more than 600 copyrighted music files over the Internet.  [internetnews.com]

Related:
Freedom to Tinker:

The Court's ruling depended on a detailed question about how to construe certain language in the DMCA. The DMCA created a special protocol whereby copyright owners could compel ISPs, via special subpoenas, to reveal the identity of ISP customers. The question was whether that special protocol applied to the facts of this case; the parties agreed that if it did apply then Verizon had to turn over the customer's identity.

The Court ruled that the DMCA language did apply to these facts, so Verizon had to comply with the RIAA's subpoena. The Court noted that Verizon had not raised any Constitutional issues, so the only issue before the Court was how to interpret the DMCA. The Court did say in passing, quoting the Supreme Court's Eldred opinion, that it would be skeptical of any Constitutional challenges to the special subpoena protocol.

The ruling (PDF format)  [via Freedom to Tinker]

CNET News.com:  RIAA wins battle to ID Kazaa user
The Shifted Librarian:  Another DMCA Backdoor for the Media Industry 

>>  Touch can mean a lot of different things to different people.  It could be someone's signature or can mean a trace of something or to contact someone.  Or it could be one's deftness.  But surely, it always has something to do with the senses...  [Coolstop Daily Pick 1/21/03] 

Hopin' they ring your bell, too...

• Words of the Year 2002  [Weblog Wannabe]
• Perspective: Hail to the...spammer-in-chief?  [politechbot < beSpacific]
• Sacked for Blogging  [Universal Rule < Jakes Radio 'Blog < Lance]
• Designer Kidnappings at The Morning News
• The female mind (Part 1) at reyonline.com

Yo Loyd! Cats have inched ahead... ;~)) 

Davezilla:  "Rhonda LaParr and Michael Widrick are suing the Dominos Pizza chain, after trying a topping they didn't order: pubic hair. If they had only known about Dominos' Friday Night Special: With each order you get a Brazilian bikini waxing, completed in 30 minutes or it's free." 

Matthew Haughey:  "A recap of last week in Yosemite with photos, a movie, trip tips, and more."

The movie is very cool... 

The first day of my little poll in the aggregator experiment appears to have gone very well.  There were 6 votes registered when I first posted it (those were the original votes sent to Loyd by email), and there's now 32 votes (and growing) 15 hours later.  I only get so much traffic, but spreading the poll by other bloggers is giving it more exposure - that's the idea behind it.

As of this morning, I know the poll has also appeared at Loyd's site plus The Shifted Librarian (thanks Jenny) and Generic|Synthetic (thanks Rob).  I have my fingers crossed that more bloggers will post it on their blogs (or mention it) in the days to come.  Otherwise, it will quickly die as it disappears from each participating blogger's main page.  So, if you see the poll and want to help keep it alive, post it on your blog (or just link to one of its current locations) a few days from now, or next week... please help spread the poll so the size of sampling grows and the results really mean something...  Thanks! 

January 2003

 


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