To prevent iPod users from easily copying vast libraries of songs from computer to computer, Apple forbids tracks from being moved off the iPod — songs can only be put onto the iPod…[but] Someone who keeps music on her computer at work could fill up her iPod with tracks, take it home and copy the [...]
Looks like while the Gov’t is looking out for 133t connections only, someone else (besides Systems) is out there protecting n00bs.
Vigilante hackers use Old West tactics for cyberspace justice – Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
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“We are in the process of creating a cultural rupture between a younger generation that uses the technologies that companies and societies have made available, such as the iPod, file download software, peer-to-peer networks, etc.,” Judge Dominique Barella told Wired News. “It’s like condemning people for driving too fast after selling them cars that go [...]
Gandhi Quotes
My two favorites are probably:
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
and
“Where there is fear, there is not religion.”
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U.S. Court of Appeals found that the FCC’s requirement that consumer electronics respond to broadcast flags in order to protect content exceeded the commission’s authority which regulates the communication, not how its received (or decoded).
Wired News: Court Nixes ‘Broadcast Flag’
EFF has some more information on the broadcast flag mandate. More links via Slashdot.
Checks and [...]
Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It…
That’s Right
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