Monthly Archives: October 2004

god copyrighted

Dave Weinberger has a great story on copyright abuse, this one involving (a) god. Continue reading

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p2p politics

Julian complains that he can’t find a copy of the debate on any p2p network he’s looked for. Does anyone know of one?
Here’s an eDonkey link:2004
Presidential Debate (John Kerry and George Bush).avi
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reporting the debate

I saw only part of the debate last night, but the part I saw was consistent with this Gallop poll indicating Kerry won the debate, 53% to 37%. Yet according to “US Press”: the debate was a tie.
Was it a tie? Or is it just impossible for the press to appear anything but “neutral”?
Update: Here’s a report from The Times (UK) with a nice summary of different views, some neutral, others not. Continue reading

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EFF/CIS victory

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And neither did we.
EFF and CIS received news of a huge victory yesterday in the Diebold case. In an opinion released yesterday, the Court held 512(f) of the DMCA could be used affirmatively against the company for its baseless claims of copyright infringement brought against the Swarthmore students who posted memos from Diebold on the net. These are the same amazing students who then launched the Free Culture Movement. Continue reading

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