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Yearly Archives: 2006
AllofMP3.com–Is That All You’ve Got?
Last week the RIAA sued Russian music-sharing site AllofMP3.com (prior post here). AllofMP3.com is unimpressed: “AllofMP3 understands that several U.S. record label companies filed a lawsuit against Media Services in New York . . . This suit is unjustified as … Continue reading
That Holiday Spirit
The City of New London, Connecticut took the homes of Susette Kelo and her neighbors by eminent domain for a private waterfront development to spur economic growth. Kelo and the other homeowners challenged the taking, arguing that it was not … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law
Tagged eminent domain, Internet, Kelo, law, New London, states, taking, Usenet
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Worth Reading
Frank Rich takes on Time Magazine’s choice of “You–yes, you” as 2006 Person of the Year in his Op-Ed column in today’s New York Times. After skewering Time for its “sad . . editorial pratfall” he decides that “Time made … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Pop Culture
Tagged distraction, New York, New York Times, YouTube
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like March
The 9:00 PM Weather Channel weather for Oxford, ME (the nearest city, using that term loosely, for my present location) is 40 degrees and partly cloudy. The forecast for Christmas day is mostly sunny and 44 degrees. The forecast for … Continue reading
iTunes: Up or Down
I posted last week (iTunes iNtrouble?) about a report by Forrester Research that, according to The Register, Bloomberg, and others, disclosed a collapse in iTunes’ sales in 2006. The claims of trouble at iTunes “threw the cat among the pigeons,” … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Entertainment
Tagged Apple, digital rights management, driving, Google, Internet, iTunes, Mac, music, taking
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AllofMP3.com Lives Yet
Despite a US-Russian trade agreement in which Russia agreed to close legal-in-its-own mind AllofMP3.com (see prior post), the pesky Russian site continues to operate, bearing an enthusiastic “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!” and running a Christmas sale. Apparently tired … Continue reading
Don’t Know Much About History . . .
Congressional Quarterly National Security Editor asked Congressman Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s hand-picked head of the Intelligence Committee, whether al Qaeda is Sunni or Shiite. He said “they have both” before dashing out to the end of the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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