Notes"But it might also be for the public good were Congress to allow the enslavement of foreign captives and their descendants (this was tried); the seizure of Bill Gates’s bankbook; or the ruthless suppression of Alec Baldwin."Unfurl
Notes"Janne “Tempest” Suni claims the melody for “Do It,” a Timbaland-helmed track on Nelly Furtado’s 2006 platinum smash Loose, was filched from a chiptune he recorded in 2000."Unfurl
Notes"An unsigned British band have reached a settlement with Coca-Cola over the soft drink giant's use of their material in a television commercial."Unfurl
Notes"EFF has prepared a sample list of tough questions for times when you hear entertainment industry representatives speaking and want to challenge their positions."Unfurl
Notes"Conversation, not content, is king. If you were stranded on a desert island and you opted to bring your records instead of your friends, we'd call you a sociopath."Unfurl
Notes"Unhappy Birthday is a grassroots project run by citizens who are outraged by rampant copyright infringement in today's society particularly in relation to the song Happy Birthday."Unfurl
Notes"If, as software publishers insist, we don't buy their products but only license them, why are then required to pay property or sales tax as if they were normal purchases? And how should businesses calculate their capital expenses, depreciation, etc. on aUnfurl
Notes"The lesson is to find a good-enough approach to content protection that is easy, convenient and non-annoying to most people, and then accept that there will be some leakage."Unfurl
Notes"If I can run a bunch of WMV and RealVideo files through an automated process to produce MP3s, so can the folks who created those files in the first place. And I sure wish they would."Unfurl
Notes"I've tried to make a decent, good, solid loaf of bread here, which tastes good, is what it says it is, and doesn't cheat you." Definitely happy I bought this.Unfurl
Notes"...using the open source MythTV from the KnoppMyth Linux distribution and the pcHDTV HD-3000 HD card, which will only be legal to buy up until July of 2005." That reminds me...Unfurl
Notes"In the 19th century, the United States was both a rapidly industrializing nation and - as Charles Dickens and others knew all too well - a bold pirate of intellectual property."Unfurl
Notes"The US publishers of a harrowing real-life tale about Net-related child abuse are refusing to admit they cocked up after naming the book after a Web site owned by a British woman."Unfurl
Notes"So you want to build your own HDTV personal video recorder before the broadcast flag mandate takes effect on July 30, 2005, leaving you with nothing but devices laden with Hollywood-imposed restrictions?"Unfurl
Notes"As early as 2001, McGaughey provided visitors to his website the opportunity to download copies of Stargate SG-1 episodes." Hmm, still disgusting that the PATRIOT Act was invoked, but this sheds some different light.Unfurl
Notes"The REAL reason for this lawsuit was that divx bootlegs of nearly (all?) every episode, up until a couple years ago, were available here for download. THAT'S why he got raided." Hmm, further down the rabbit hole.Unfurl
Notes"Federal charges were filed against Adam McGaughey, creator of the popular SG1Archive.com website - a fan website devoted to the MGM-owned television show Stargate SG-1." And I just was just watching SG1 as I read this. Absolutely disgusting.Unfurl
NotesAs someone notes in comments, The Shamen gave away the set of samples used in Move Any Mountain on the single CD. I had a lot of fun with that in making MODs on the AmigaUnfurl
Notes'"Of course, the Joyce estate is technically within its rights, but such vigorous enforcement is unnecessary and distasteful," said Joycean Andrew O’Baoill.'Unfurl