November 14, 2004 - November 20, 2004 Archive
November 19, 2004
Poland Pulls Support for EU Patent Directive
According to the Polish government, the current draft is too mushy on the patentability of software programs; it wants a bright line that bans the practice.
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Posted at 04:32 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Hollywood Drops the Dime on Hundreds of P2P Users
The studios were evidently wowed by the *increase* in file sharing after the RIAA's lawsuits, so they've now begun trying to emulate that success.
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Posted at 04:37 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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"Music Is Not a Loaf of Bread"
Jeff Tweedy, frontman of the amazing, future-friendly band Wilco, talks to Xeni Jardin at Wired News about digital music.
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Posted at 04:31 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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Microsoft Keeps Cracked Xboxes Off Net
And Halo 2 fans in the hardware-hacking community are distraught.
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Posted at 04:17 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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November 18, 2004
Bad Copyright Law: Jumping on the Omnibus
Congress is considering an enormous copyright bill that combines a number of the year's most offensive proposals, including increased jail time for copyright infringement.
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Posted at 07:50 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Perfect 10 Loses Tussle with Credit Card Giants
The adult entertainment company sued major credit card companies because they processed transactions for sites that offered unauthorized copies of Perfect 10's naughty pictures.
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Posted at 12:37 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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The Economist on Patent Reform
Very nice piece on the problems with the patent system.
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Posted at 12:33 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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Prescribing RFIDs
The tiny chips will soon be included in extra-large druggist's bottles, and they're on the way into other consumer goods.
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Posted at 12:31 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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Wal-Mart Special: 460 Terabytes of Customer Data
That's enough data to fill both of the Internets.
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Posted at 12:23 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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Lexmark Makes Spyware?
The printer manufacturer seems to be installing monitoring software on users' computers.
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Posted at 12:21 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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Diebold Pays $2.6 Million in Settlement
For misleading California counties into purchasing shoddy equipment.
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Posted at 12:19 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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Broward Voting Machines Count Down
When some of the Florida county's voting machines reached 32,000 votes, they simply started counting backwards.
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Posted at 12:16 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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