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Monday, August 18, 2003 |
Filesharers turn tables on music industry,
by
Owen Gibson, Guardian.
Grokster, the US music-swapping network that came to prominence
in the wake of Napster's collapse, has turned the tables on the major music
labels by reporting them to the
office offFair trading.
The site, which allows users to swap music tracks on a huge global network,
claims record companies are guilty of
unfair business practices and restraint of trade by refusing to
discuss ways in which they could legalise its service.
The Grokster president, Wayne Rosso, claims European record labels are
refusing to consider licensing tracks to it and other file sharing services.
It's clearly a cartel in violation of competition laws. We've tried to
negotiate with the record labels. They leave us no choice but to protect
consumers and ourselves from these grievous
practices, Mr Rosso told trade magazine New Media Age.
4:18:27 PM 
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The Phrack Staff is proud to release the _original_ PHRACK #61 to the
public.
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*** NOW AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.PHRACK.ORG ****
*** NOW AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.PHRACK.ORG ****
PHRACK MAGAZINE is one of the longest running electronic magazines in
existence. Since 1985, PHRACK MAGAZINE has been providing the hacker
community with information on operating systems, network technologies
and telephony, as well as relaying features of interest for the
international computer underground. PHRACK MAGAZINE is made available
to the public, as often as possible, free of charge.
12:17:33 PM
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Gizmodo on Bowlingual:
An actual veterinarian reviews the Bowlingual, that device
from Japan which purports to decipher your dog's barking, and concludes
(surprise, surprise) that it simply doesn't work . . .
12:17:29 PM
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Rural Kids to Burst Into Cyberspace, by Thandee N'wa Mhangwana, African
Eye News Service.
Rural children in Mpumalanga will burst into cyberspace on
Monday to become a new generation of maths, science and technology whizz
kids when 200 computers are donated to 10 impoverished schools.
The computers, software and training will be donated by the Absa
Foundation, Penryn College outside White River and Microsoft SA.
Each school will receive 20 used and refurbished computers, a printer and
Microsoft software.
10:16:10 AM
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Oh, and I caved and bought the Lester Bangs. More on that tomorrow. =)
[Andrew Bayer Is Fairly Unbalanced]
You're gonna love it, Andrew! That is a totally fabulous book.
8:06:46 AM
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Andrew: From the introduction to Joe Conason's new book, "Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth" - excerpted at Salon:
If your workplace is safe; if your children go to school rather than being forced into labor; if you are paid a living wage, including overtime; if you enjoy a 40-hour week and you are allowed to join a union to protect your rights -- you can thank liberals. If your food is not poisoned and your water is drinkable -- you can thank liberals. If your parents are eligible for Medicare and Social Security, so they can grow old in dignity without bankrupting your family -- you can thank liberals. If our rivers are getting cleaner and our air isn't black with pollution; if our wilderness is protected and our countryside is still green -- you can thank liberals. If people of all races can share the same public facilities; if everyone has the right to vote; if couples fall in love and marry regardless of race; if we have finally begun to transcend a segregated society -- you can thank liberals. Progressive innovations like those and so many others were achieved by long, difficult struggles against entrenched power. What defined conservatism, and conservatives, was their opposition to every one of those advances. The country we know and love today was built by those victories for liberalism -- with the support of the American people.
7:55:05 AM
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