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Thursday, May 15, 2003 |
A future worth fighting for. Yes, "The Matrix Reloaded" delivers phantasmagoric visuals. But it also introduces a
new level of grown-up human passion into this saga of technology and salvation. [Salon.com]
10:21:59 PM 
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TurboTax to Drop Anti-Piracy Feature, by Michael Liedtke (AP).
Intuit says that the reception to its ''product activation'' (ahem)
''feature'' damped earning for the period. See this
previous coverage of When digital rights management (DRM) goes
wrong, it can go baaaadly wrong, here at A blog doesn't need a clever
name.
2:08:57 PM
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Amazon.com copyright infringement?
'Safe
Harbor' Case Mired in Confusion. By Bob Liu, InternetNews.
A federal judge in Los Angeles has issued a complicated order
in a case that could impact the ecommerce industry's ability to claim "safe
harbor" protection against secondary copyright infringement under the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
On Friday, Judge Terry Hatter of U.S. District Court for the Central
District of California, Western Division, accepted the claims of Robert
Hendrickson that Amazon.com as well as certain third-party vendors that
used the company's service were liable for copyright infringement.
The case involved the sale of pirated copies of a documentary movie called
"Manson" -- a chilling account (www.exclusivefilms.com) of Charles Manson
family, members of which were convicted for participation in what was known
as the 1969 "Tate-LaBianca" killings involving actress Sharon Tate.
Hendrickson filmed and produced the documentary in the early 1970s.
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Amazon.com would not comment in detail on the ruling. But a spokesman, Bill
Curry, said: We will be asking the judge for a clarification of what his
ruling says. There's some ambiguities and we'll be asking for a
clarification.
Adding to the confusion is the fact that Judge Hatter didn't provide a
written opinion when he handed down the order on May 8.
That does sound unusual, said Douglas Isenberg, publisher of
Gigalaw.com.
2:08:52 PM
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Eszter calls to our attention:
The Ford Foundation invites scholars, advocates, activists, and media and policy professionals engaged in developing concepts, methods, or data relevant to this issue area [diversity and localism measurement for media policymaking and for assessing the performance of both commercial and noncommercial media on issues related to media and diversity] to submit a short letter which lays out your interest in participating in a conversation about policies affecting media & diversity (broadly defined). These letters should not exceed 1,000 words, and they should include a brief biographical sketch (no more than 500 words please) as an attachment. Authors of accepted letters will be invited to participate in a meeting during summer 2003 at the Foundation. Viewpoints and papers presented at the meeting will be included in a report to be issued by the Ford Foundation.
7:05:32 AM
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Big Brother U.K. Based on U.K Customs & Excise statistics, that there are between 500,000 and a million government requests a year for data and UK government agencies are demanding personal data concerning over 100 million phone calls, subscriber data on almost a million consumers and an unknown quantity of email and Internet logs, every year
UK gov seizes data on 100m calls, 1m users, a year [Smart Mobs]
6:57:36 AM
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Digital cop cams track bad boys. IBM works with police agencies to create a digital video recorder for squad cars that will record encounters with suspects and store them in an easy-to-search database. [CNET News.com]
6:55:57 AM
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