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Some interesting news from Douglas Rushkoff’s Media Squat newsletter: “All news is good: I’ll be releasing my novel as a book in the UK, but I might be trying something new, electronic, and absolutely free here in the US. We’ll see how it goes. I’m just tired of how long it takes to get a…
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Just in case I haven’t dissed the record companies enough recently: Here ‘s a little story about how the record industry tried to steal recording copyrights from artists — forever.
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Slow news day… Wow – I just can’t seem to find anything I want to blog about. This is kinda cool, though. I’ll try again later. Gotta do some work right now.
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Sorry, no update today… too busy. Maybe tonight.
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From the Butt Head File – A Sony exec at a conference in Long Beach California, when asked about his company’s fight against Napster said: “The [music] industry will take whatever steps it needs to protect itself and protect its revenue streams. It will not lose that revenue stream, no matter what.” … “Sony is…
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Disappearing act – A team of scientists at the University of Texas have learned how to make flesh temporarily transparent. cool. (thanks metafilter)
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Just a Tip sends free, anonymous email to your friends telling them about their annoying problems. Tell your friends all about their Crotch Hygiene, Dandruff, Obvious Toupee, Flatulence, Warts, Poor taste in music, or Inconsiderate Cell Phone Usage. All Anonymously!
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DeCSS – If you have been following the DeCSS story at all, you’ll find this analysis of the court’s ruling by 2600 editior (and defendant in the case) Emmanuel Goldstein (Eric Corley) very interesting. If you haven’t been following, it’s probably too complicated to really get into here, but here are links to some articles…
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Pretty scary – This article over at the Citizen confirms all the things we’ve heard about the Ottawa rave scene over the last year. Pretty scary stuff, and pretty unfortunate.
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The North Pole is melting. – Recent visitors to the Arctic Ocean have reported seeing an ice-free patch of ocean about a mile wide, something that has presumably never before been seen by humans. Scientists claim this as a sign that global warming may be real and already affecting climate.