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Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it.
Wired News: Sue You: This Song Is Our Song
“This song is copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. We wrote it, that’s all we wanted to do.”
Scary
Wired News: Lawmakers Alarmed by RFID Spying
Everyone should be alarmed by RFID spying. RFID spying is icky.
Great meal, lousy email management.
Operating what seems an opt-in email list based off of their on-line reservation system it turns out Lala Rokh actually operates an “opt-out” list. GRR. What’s worse, the email that info@lalarokh.com forwards to is busted, so I can’t be sure my complaints on the matter getting through. Double GRR. Want a good example of how important a good, consumer friendly email policy is? I had a great time there on Saturday night and I can’t say enough good things about the food- but because of this I may not go back. I hate “no choice” opt-out lists especially when the people managing it can’t manage something as simple as keeping the control email address functional.
The RIAA
Wired News: Fan to RIAA: It Ain’t Me, Babe
“Like others who have been the target of the recording industry’s wrath, Plank, his fiancee and their friends and family have pledged not to buy any more CDs”
Not just people who have been the target! Plenty of people like me who are just sick of the RIAA’s tactics and shortsightedness are just saying “no” to their wares.
The Law Needs to be Changed
SunnComm won’t sue grad student
“I expect I will be well-represented in the case of a lawsuit,” the computer science student said Thursday. “If pressing the Shift key is a violation of the DMCA, then the law needs to be changed.”
EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation on SonicBlue Bankruptcy
EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation on SonicBlue Bankruptcy
“Much will depend on the details of the bankruptcy, but we are still very interested in making it clear that Hollywood cannot use copyright law to force consumers to watch commercials”
They can make me watch commercials if they want. Then again considering the fact that 95% of commercials make me ACTIVELY HATE THE PRODUCT BEING PITCHED, maybe they don’t want me to…
Sweet. More Prisons.
Yes, instead of putting together a competitive, cheap solution that makes everybody happy, let’s throw file traders in prison. I guess, the cluelessness will never end on this particular subject. Marking File Traders as Felons
I joined at the T-Shirt level.
In a perfect world, I wouldn’t pay attention to this stuff. Oh well.
I’m a newly minted member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Sort of lame that it’s taken me this long, but what can you do?