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Napster doesn’t kill… According to this article, shipments of full-length CD’s in the US have reached an all-time high in the first half of 2000. So when does the RIAA expect to incur “irreparable” damages?
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English ‘may not be language of internet’ According to this article, Mandarin is the most commonly spoken language on the internet at 835 million, followed by English at 470 million, Spanish at 330 million and Hindi at 300 million. “It is true that English has been the predominant language of the internet so far, and…
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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…