Blockbuster Looks At Circuit City's Books; Ditches Acquisition Offer
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Missouri Makes Online Harassment A Felony
Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 2:34 pm, Over one day oldOf course, when you look at the facts of the case, it's not even clear if this law would have mattered. Also, it needs to be asked: if the same set of facts existed, but the boy who made Meier angry was real instead of fake -- would he also have been guilty under this law?
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Court Says CD-ROMs Of Magazine Archives Don't Violate Copyrights Of Article Authors
Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 2:34 pm, Over one day oldThe reasoning shows the twisted impact of copyright law, but here we go: basically, if the CD-ROM is just a very limited reproduction of the magazines without any additional features (search being a key one), then it's okay.
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Why Zittrain's Techno-Pessimism Is Unwarranted
Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 2:34 pm, Over one day oldConsumers tend to choose more open platforms over time not because consumers care about "generativity," per se, but because they want the phone with the best software, and open platforms tend to get the best software over time.
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Japanese ISPs Decide That Criminal Confessions Should Be Blocked Online
Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 2:34 pm, Over one day oldAfter he carried out the stabbings, rather than focusing on how such sites can be useful in stopping homicidal maniacs before they kill, the Japanese are focusing on figuring out how they can block such content as "objectionable" so that people can't see it.
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What If Movies Went Away?
Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 2:34 pm, Over one day oldNow, personally, as a movie fan, this made me cringe, but the overall point he's making is worth thinking about, noting that movies are a recent phenomenon, and other forms of "high art" have come and gone in the past without the world ending.
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Turns Out Drivers Not So Interested In Big Brother Style Car Insurance
Posted Tuesday July 1, 2008, 11:40 pm, Over one day oldFour years ago, we wrote about the concept of "Big Brother-style car insurance," where drivers would agree to have special black boxes attached to their cars which would transmit all sorts of info to the insurance company about their driving habits, including how much, when and how fast they drove.
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Marketing Execs And Privacy Execs Disagree Over What Companies Do With Private Info
Posted Tuesday July 1, 2008, 9:34 pm, Over one day oldFirst off, no one reads them -- and if you asked most people, they simply assume that if a site has any privacy policy then it automatically means they won't give away any personal details to others -- even if the privacy policy says exactly the opposite.
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Freaking People Out With Fake Speed Bumps Doesn't Seem Smart
Posted Tuesday July 1, 2008, 7:13 pm, Over one day oldWhile it might seem like a cool idea at first, the idea of using fake speed bumps presented as an optical illusion painted on the pavement just seems dangerous. Besides, in various areas where speed bumps are useful, wouldn't this just mean that drivers who knew they were fake would ignore them?
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European Politicians Discuss 'The Blogger Problem'
Posted Tuesday July 1, 2008, 3:48 pm, Over one day oldIn other words, the real fear isn't either the diversity of media or the rise of bad bloggers -- it's just that they're afraid that speech they don't like will become popular, whereas those who agree with them might get drowned out. This isn't the first time this has been proposed in Europe.
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