Thursday, November 20, 2003

SBC challenges RIAA over subpoenas. The record industry and telecommunications giant SBC Communications are set to face off in a San Francisco courtroom in a dispute over the record label's legal charges against file swappers. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 9:30:54 PM    comment []

WIRED: Fiber to the People. Lawrence Lessig. If a traditional network provider owned an advanced fiber network in a particular area, that network provider, acting rationally, would charge customers a monopoly price, or restrict service to get its monopoly benefit. But if the customer owned the network, then the customer could get the same access at a much lower price and be free of use restrictions. [Tomalak's Realm] 5:36:27 PM    comment []

Paris Hilton cancels Letterman booking. On [NewsIsFree: Popular Items] 5:32:36 PM    comment []

Pepsi's New Campaign Leaves Left Brain for Right. Pepsi introduces its first campaign in years meant to offer rational reasons to drink its flagship beverage rather than intangible emotional ones. By Stuart Elliott. [New York Times: Business] 6:44:03 AM    comment []

GREAT, OR MAYBE NOT. A while back Begging To Differ was reviewed at The Weblog Review. I was gratified to see the reviewers gave us high marks and had a lot of nice things to say. Since then, I occasionally click back to see... [Begging To Differ] 6:41:20 AM    comment []

CodeFellas. Smart mobs? Fuhgeddaboutit. Not till they hired me. Now they're getting a secure P2P bet-processing system. A mafia hacker tells his story to Wired magazine's Simson Garfinkel. [Wired News] 6:38:58 AM    comment []

A Little Digital Something for Everyone. This years Holiday Buying Guide looks at electronic gear for work and play, along with useful sites for online shopping. [New York Times: Technology] 6:34:54 AM    comment []

Two from Salon Headlines: The penguin is mightier than the sword. "Bloom County" cartoonist Berkeley Breathed talks about bringing Opus back to the nation's comics page to rip Garfield (and maybe George Bush) a new one. Happy 8th birthday to Salon. Gary Kamiya remembers a tiny office, a vast Web void, and bragging rights for anyone who got 100 readers. H A P P Y ... B I R T H D A Y, ... S A L O N !!! 6:32:21 AM    comment []

Record Label Sings New Tune. A small record label in Great Britain wants to foster artistic freedom and creativity by publishing music free of the usual copyright restrictions, so anyone can remix and sample the work. By Katie Dean. [Wired News] 6:29:13 AM    comment []