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Players on both sides of the copyright debate see legislation as unlikely this year due to the “distractions” of the economy, war, and the lack of industry consensus: The shared views, expressed at an investor conference here Tuesday, mark a surprising shift because advocates on both sides of the copyright …

In addition to self-defense and the liberation of Iraq, there’s another reason for regime change in Iraq: a quick and successful overthrow of Saddam will dispossess Islamists and especially budding Islamists, that Allah is on their side. Yes, I can hear the chorus: “But Iraq is a secular country, not …

Here is one of the key provisions of US copyright law: 17 U.S.C. §106 Exclusive rights in copyrighted works. Subject to sections 107 through 118, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following: (1) to reproduce the copyrighted …

We recently moved, and a goodly amount of our boxes contain papers, pictures, and memorabilia – remnants of life. Would you want to have all of that stuff and more digitized and organized? It just struck me that I have been blogging for a year now – yeay – and …

Police are piecing together how a quiet night out led to Lana Clarkson being shot in the face at Phil Spector’s pad at 5AM Monday morning: In the hours before he allegedly killed a woman in his hilltop mansion, record producer Phil Spector visited a music club, had a post-midnight …

This is why we need fair use personal copies of DVDs, Jack: If you think your prized collection of DVD movies will last a lifetime, think again – some are already starting to rot while others are falling apart. Unofficial estimates put the number of affected discs at between one …

Because I am only surface competent with computers in general, and little more so with the Internet – although I am one hellacious searcher – THIS KIND OF SHIT drives me out of my mind. I got it on Monday: from the evil-does-have-a-name dept. Xupiter Mongers Deal Spam, Scams “What …

Our vigilant computer security buds at mi2g have some very interesting news: This morning, the web and eMail servers of a prominent Islamic fundamentalist group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM) were compromised by the anti-Islamic hacker group 4nti-Muja. This is the first significant example of anti-Islamic online retaliation. HUM is thought to be …

The war in Iraq is a battle of GOOD vs. EVIL. Which side are you on?

In reporting Courtney Love’s arrest for disruptive behavior on a Virgin flight from LA to London, I said “the bitch is back.” Turns out that was exactly the issue: British police released U.S. rock star Courtney Love without charge on Tuesday after she received a warning for swearing at a …