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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Fair Use Worth More Than Copyright To Economy
* Russia Tests World's Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb
* FCC Says Analog TV Lives Until 2012
* Cassini's Iapetus Flyby
* A Coveted Landing Strip for Google's Founders
* Scientists Create Di-positronium Molecules
* Eavesdropping Didn't Help Uncover Terrorist Plot
* Microsoft Installs New Software Without Permission
* "Lifesaver Bottle" Filters Viruses Out of Water
* Debian win32-loader Goes Official
* EFF Lands a Blow On DirecTV
* Theo de Raadt On Relicensing BSD Code
* A Chat with EVE's Economist
* Microsoft Seeks Another OS-Level Adware Patent
* Time Running Out for Public Key Encryption
* Compiz Gets Thumbs-Up for Gutsy Gibbon
* Wii Outsells 360, PS3 Worldwide
* TV Torrents - When Piracy Is Easier Than Purchase
* Google's $30,000,000 Lunar X PRIZE
* Viacom Yields to YouTuber Who DMCA Counterclaimed
* Microsoft Sued by a Beijing Student Over 'Privacy Violation'
* Verizon Sues FCC over 700MHz Open Access Rules
* RIAA Complaint Dismissed as "Boilerplate"
* Kilogram Reference Losing Weight
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| Fair Use Worth More Than Copyright To Economy |
| from the make-more-money dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 12, @20:48 (The Intern|
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/12/2252239
|
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[0]Dotnaught writes "The Computer and Communications Industry Association
��� a trade group representing Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo, among others ���
has issued [1]a report (PDF) that finds fair use exceptions add more than
$4.5 trillion in revenue to the U.S. economy and [2]add more value to the
U.S. economy than copyright industries contribute. "Recent studies
indicate that the value added to the U.S. economy by copyright industries
amounts to $1.3 trillion.", said CCIA President and CEO Ed Black. The
value added to the U.S. economy by the fair use amounts to $2.2
trillion."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/12/2252239
Links:
0. http://www.lot49.com/
1. http://www.ccianet.org/artmanager/uploads/1/FairUseStudy-Sep12.pdf
2. http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201805939
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| Russia Tests World's Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb |
| from the big-boom dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 12, @22:11 (Technology|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/006241
|
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mahesh_gharat writes "Russia has tested the "[0]Father of all bombs," a
conventional air-delivered explosive that experts say can only be
compared with a nuclear weapon in terms of its destructive power.The
device is a fuel-air explosive, commonly known as a vacuum bomb, that
spreads a high incendiary vapour cloud over a wide area and then ignites
it, creating an ultra-sonic shock wave and searing fireball that
[1]destroys everything in its wake."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/006241
Links:
0. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aAEnN2LWZvxQ&refer=home
1. http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/09/russia-announce.html
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| FCC Says Analog TV Lives Until 2012 |
| from the and-flip-books-for-another-5-years dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 12, @23:48 (Television|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/0121237
|
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[0]walterbays writes ""The FCC voted 5-0 to require that cable operators
must continue to make all local broadcasts available to their users, even
those with [1]analog televisions." I don't understand how AT&T manages to
deliver U-verse without any analog channels. Did they get it classified
as not-cable and exempt from existing rules? Or as a result of this vote,
will they suddenly have to drop 50 SD channels to make room for 5 NTSC
channels?"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/0121237
Links:
0. http://blogs.sun.com/wbays
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| Cassini's Iapetus Flyby |
| from the to-the-moon dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 13, @02:31 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/0429204
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cupofjoe writes "The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is reporting on the
Cassini spacecraft's recent close [0]flyby of the Saturnian moon Iapetus,
highlighting [1]images taken from distances 100 times closer than the
Voyager 2 flyby in 1981. Near real-time images were shown to Cassini
mission team members in a presentation at JPL yesterday, during which a
pre-recorded message from Arthur C. Clarke was played to the audience.
Clarke [2]wished them luck on the flyby, reminding all present that he
had included a pretty accurate description of Iapetus in the original
1968 text of "2001: A Space Odyssey", years before Voyager made its
flyby."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/0429204
Links:
0. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=release=2007-099a
1. http://ciclops.org/ir_index.php?id=27
2. http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001129/
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| A Coveted Landing Strip for Google's Founders |
| from the he-who-has-the-gold-makes-the-rules dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 13, @05:28 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/0443231
|
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An anonymous reader writes "The NYT reports, "In the annals of perks
enjoyed by America's corporate executives, the founders of Google may
have set a new standard: an uncrowded, [0]federally managed runway for
their private jet that is only a few minutes' drive from their offices.
For $1.3 million a year, Larry Page and Sergey Brin get to park their
customized wide-body Boeing 767-200, as well as two other jets used by
top Google executives, on Moffett Field, an airport run by NASA that is
generally closed to private aircraft."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/0443231
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| Scientists Create Di-positronium Molecules |
| from the super-laser dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 13, @08:04 (Science) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/0419222
|
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[0]doxology writes "The BBC reports that scientists have been able to
[1]create di-positronium molecules. A di-positronium molecule consists of
two [2]positronium atoms, exotic atoms which are made from an electron
and a positron (the anti-particle of the electron). A potential use of
these molecules is to make extremely powerful gamma-ray lasers, possibly
on sharks."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/0419222
Links:
0. http://cozzyd.web.stanford.edu/
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6991030.stm
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positronium
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| Eavesdropping Didn't Help Uncover Terrorist Plot |
| from the on-second-thought dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 13, @08:43 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/125239
|
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crymeph0 writes "Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell
asserted that the 'Protect America Act,' which frees the intelligence
community from pesky things like judicial oversight while they eavesdrop
on international conversations, was [0]used to good effect in exposing
the recently foiled terrorist plot to bomb US military facilities in
Germany. Not so, according to other, anonymous, intelligence community
officials. [1]McConnell was forced to admit his errors in a phone call to
Sen. Joe Lieberman. Turns out the military got wise to the bad guys
months before the law was passed, simply due to alert military guards
noticing odd behavior by some passers-by, a.k.a. good old fashioned
police work."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/125239
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/11/1337220&tid=158
1. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20749773/site/newsweek/
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| Microsoft Installs New Software Without Permission |
| from the slipperiest-of-slopes dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 13, @09:20 (Microsoft) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1259202
|
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[0]Futurepower(R) writes "Even though I have Automatic Updates turned
off, on August 28, 2007, between 3:49 and 3:51 AM PDT, [1]Microsoft
installed new files on my Windows XP computer." Nine files are updated on
Vista and on XP SP1, a different set of on each, relating to Windows
Update itself. [2]Microsoft-watch.com's Joe Wilcox and [3]ZDnet's Adrian
Kingsley-Hughes confirm the stealth update.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/1259202
Links:
0. mailto:MJennings.USA@NOT_any_of_THISgmail.com
1. http://windowssecrets.com/2007/09/13/01-Microsoft-updates-Windows-without-users-consent
3. http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=774
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| "Lifesaver Bottle" Filters Viruses Out of Water |
| from the drink-me dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 13, @10:02 (Science) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1354235
|
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[0]gihan_ripper writes "British inventor Michael Pritchard has developed
a small self-contained filter system that [1]instantly cleans water,
removing all particles larger than 15nm. He said that he was inspired
after seeing the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the Boxing Day tsunami
in 2004; people had to wait for many days to get fresh water and many
died from drinking contaminated water. The filter is so effective that it
can purify dirty river water and even fecal matter. His bottle will
shortly be available for sale from [2]Lifesaver Systems at an expected
cost of ��190 (approx. $385)."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/1354235
Links:
0. http://www.quizzes-online.com/
2. http://www.lifesaversystems.com/
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| Debian win32-loader Goes Official |
| from the like-a-live-cd-on-steroids dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 13, @10:42 (Debian) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1427241
|
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An anonymous reader writes "After a long process of review and polishing,
the win32 loader from [0]goodbye-microsoft.com has finally made its way
to official Debian CDs. Latest daily builds of [1]lenny (the development
version) are including it, making starting Debian Installer as simple as
[2]just a few clicks (OGG). The win32-loader version, now [3]based on
GRUB 2, includes new features such as detection and pre-seeding of
Windows settings, and is translated to 20 languages."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/1427241
Links:
0. http://goodbye-microsoft.com/
1. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
2. http://people.debian.org/~rmh/d-i/win32-loader/autorun/after.ogg
3. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2007-09/msg00021.html
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| EFF Lands a Blow On DirecTV |
| from the save-it-for-the-guys-who-are-actually-stealing dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 13, @11:24 (The Courts) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1459226
|
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An anonymous reader writes to alert us to a court win for the EFF in two
cases in which DirecTV employed heavy-handed legal tactics to [0]suppress
security and computer science research into satellite and smart card
technology. Here's [1]the ruling (PDF) from the 9th US Circuit Court of
Appeals. From the announcement: "The cases, DirecTV v. Huynh and DirecTV
v. Oliver, involved a provision of federal law prohibiting the 'assembly'
or 'modification' of equipment designed to intercept satellite signals.
DirecTV maintained that the provision should cover anyone who works with
equipment designed for interception of their signals, regardless of their
motivation or whether any interception occurs. But in a hearing earlier
this year, EFF argued that the provision should apply only to entities
that facilitate illegal interception by other people and not to those who
simply tinker or use the equipment, such as researchers and others
working to further scientific knowledge of the devices at issue."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/1459226
Links:
0. http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_09.php#005434
1. http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/directv_v_huynh/directv_ruling.pdf
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| Theo de Raadt On Relicensing BSD Code |
| from the read-the-berne-convention dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 13, @12:02 (Programming) |
|
http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/156258
|
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iBSD writes "KernelTrap has an [0]interesting article in which Theo de
Raadt discusses the legal implications of the [1]recent relicensing of
OpenBSD's BSD-licensed Atheros driver under the GPL. De Raadt says, 'it
has been like pulling teeth since (most) Linux wireless guys and the SFLC
do not wish to admit fault. I think that the Linux wireless guys should
really think hard about this problem, how they look, and the legal risks
they place upon the future of their source code bodies.' He stressed that
the theory that BSD code can simply be relicensed to the GPL without
making significant changes to the code is false, adding, 'in their zeal
to get the code under their own license, some of these Linux wireless
developers have broken copyright law repeatedly. But to even get to the
point where they broke copyright law, they had to bypass a whole series
of ethical considerations too.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://bsd.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/156258
Links:
0. http://kerneltrap.org/OpenBSD/Atheros_Driver_Developments
1. http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Clarifying_the_ath5k_Licensing
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| A Chat with EVE's Economist |
| from the all-about-the-isk dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday September 13, @12:43 (Role Playing (Ga|
|
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/156240
|
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Earlier this month Dr. Eyj��lfur "Eyjo" Gu��mundsson, the [0]newly hired
EVE Online economist, released his [1]first market report looking at the
mining and trade of minerals within CCP's massively multiplayer online
game. I had a chance to speak to Dr. Gu��mundsson at GDC Austin, to
further understand why it is that an online game needs an econ professor
on staff. We discussed his work on the mineral information, future plans,
the reality of trust in an inherently hostile world and why that makes
for a bad banking environment, and a few words on player communication
from CCP CEO Hilmar Petursson. Read on for the full interview.
This story continues at:
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/156240
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/156240
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/21/0140201&tid=209
1. http://myeve.eve-online.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=498
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| Microsoft Seeks Another OS-Level Adware Patent |
| from the why-share-the-revenue dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 13, @13:22 (Patents) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1447235
|
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[0]theodp writes "Microsoft has just published a patent application for
[1]advertising triggered by sequences of user actions, which describes
how to [2]interrupt game playing, music listening, and photo viewing with
pop-up ads ('the components may be integrated directly into the operating
system'). So will this ad technology get a free pass from [3]Windows
Defender?"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/1447235
Links:
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1. http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220070214042%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070214042&RS=DN/20070214042
2. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1385/1370980934_bc3b2fc882_o.jpg
3. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
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| Time Running Out for Public Key Encryption |
| from the interesting-times-are-upon-us dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday September 13, @14:04 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1720251
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holy_calamity writes "[0]Two research teams have independently made
quantum computers that run the prime-number-factorising [1]Shor's
algorithm ��� a significant step towards breaking public key cryptography.
Most of the article is sadly behind a pay-wall, but a blog post at the
New Scientist site [2]nicely explains how the algorithm works. From the
blurb: 'The advent of quantum computers that can run a routine called
Shor's algorithm could have profound consequences. It means the most
dangerous threat posed by quantum computing - the ability to break the
codes that protect our banking, business and e-commerce data - is now a
step nearer reality. Adding to the worry is the fact that this feat has
been performed by not one but two research groups, independently of each
other. One team is led by Andrew White at the University of Queensland in
Brisbane, Australia, and the other by Chao-Yang Lu of the University of
Science and Technology of China, in Hefei.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/1720251
Links:
0. http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19526216.700
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shor's_algorithm
2. http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/09/how-quantum-computer-factorises-numbers.html
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| Compiz Gets Thumbs-Up for Gutsy Gibbon |
| from the cheeky-monkey dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday September 13, @14:47 (Linux) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1721212
|
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Da Chronic writes "After a vigorous debate at the last Ubuntu Technical
Board meeting, the board [0]decided to ship Ubuntu 7.10 with Compiz
enabled by default. The decision was made despite the fact that Compiz
still has some significant issues relating to drivers and Xorg. 'For
instance, there are some problems ��� like accelerated video playback
issues with Intel drivers ��� that can only be resolved by using the EXA
accelerated rendering framework which is still not ready yet. When asked
why Intel isn't addressing the driver issue, technical board member
Mathew Garrett explained that "Intel are working on the basis that
composited desktops won't be ready for rolling out until EXA is stable
enough anyway, so it's not a concern [for them].' In the end, all but one
member voted to include Compiz in Gutsy."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/1721212
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| Wii Outsells 360, PS3 Worldwide |
| from the top-dog-has-a-waggle dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday September 13, @14:57 (Wii (Games)) |
|
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1717223
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[0]Wowzer writes "Despite confusing consoles produced, shipped or sold
reports, the [1]Nintendo Wii is now the best-selling system worldwide.
Its sales exceed that of the Xbox 360 despite Microsoft's console having
a year-long head start. And it's way ahead of the PS3. From the article:
'Sales figures from each console's launch date through the end of July
(and the end of August in Japan) were added up, with the Wii just barely
edging out the 360: 9 million for the Wii, 8.9 million for the 360, and
3.7 million for the PlayStation 3.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/1717223
Links:
0. http://www.wowozanga.com/
1. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3162770
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| TV Torrents - When Piracy Is Easier Than Purchase |
| from the wow-guess-i'll-just-not-pay-you-then dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday September 13, @15:25 (The Almighty Buc|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1820247
|
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An anonymous reader writes "NBC's [0]recent withdraw from the iTunes
store leaves the millions of Apple's customers who have Macs or iPods
without a legitimate way to purchase and watch NBC's content. Online
media stores such as iTunes, Amazon and Walmart have never been able to
compete with the pirates on price, or freedom and flexibility ��� as the
content they sell is typically wrapped in restrictive DRM. The one
advantage that legal purchase offered was ease of use. CNET [1]looks into
the issue, and discovers that with mature open-source media players such
as Miro supporting [2]BitTorrent RSS feeds, it is actually trivially easy
for users to subscribe to their favorite shows. Want to wake up to the
latest episode of The Colbert Report, Top Gear or any of hundreds of TV
shows automatically downloaded and waiting for you? CNET offers an easy
[1]three step guide."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/1820247
Links:
0. http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/31/1215246&tid=176
1. http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9775271-46.html
2. http://www.tvrss.net/shows/
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| Google's $30,000,000 Lunar X PRIZE |
| from the space-is-the-final-search-field dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday September 13, @16:05 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/1821259
|
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[0]chroma writes "It's been a long time since anyone has explored the
surface of the moon. But now Google has teamed up with the [1]X PRIZE
Foundation to offer a $30,000,000 bounty to the first privately funded
organization to [2]land a robotic rover on the moon. Google, of course,
has offered the free [3]Google Moon mapping service for a few years now.
Looks like the other search engines have some [4]catching up to do in the
space exploration department."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/1821259
Links:
0. http://www.bigbluesaw.com/
2. http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/
3. http://www.google.com/moon/
4. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/13/358739.aspx
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| Viacom Yields to YouTuber Who DMCA Counterclaimed |
| from the live-and-let-live dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday September 13, @16:46 (The Internet) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/2028206
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[0]Jason the Weatherman writes "Two weeks ago [1]Viacom charged
Christopher Knight with copyright infringement for posting on YouTube a
clip from Web Junk 2.0 on VH1 that featured Knight's zany school board
commercial. Two days ago YouTube reported to Knight that [2]his clip was
back up and that his account wouldn't be punished. What happened? Knight
filed a DMCA counter-notification claim with YouTube: something that
[3]happens 'all too rarely' according to Fred von Lohmann at the
Electronic Frontier Foundation. From the article: 'Almost no one ever
files a counter notice. That's the biggest problem we've encountered
[with DMCA claims on sites like YouTube]. Most people have no idea that
right exists.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/2028206
Links:
0. mailto:weathermanspence81@gmail.com
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/30/128226&tid=188
2. http://theknightshift.blogspot.com/2007/09/viacom-situation-update-youtube-has.html
3. http://www.theregister.com/2007/09/13/youtube_viacom_bow_to_light_sabre_wielding_video_maven/
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| Microsoft Sued by a Beijing Student Over 'Privacy Violation' |
| from the guy-thinks-highly-of-himself dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday September 13, @17:25 (Microsoft) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/2043225
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[0]freakxx writes "Xinhua report that [1]a Beijing University student has
sued Microsoft for allegedly gathering personal information via Windows
Genuine Advantage. He has demanded a compensation of 1,350 RMB (around
US$ 180) and an open apology printed in a national newspaper. The student
has accused Microsoft of using WGA to gather information about his
computer and himself, rather than solely checking whether or not the
installed Windows XP system was genuine. A Microsoft spokesman has
declined to speak on this issue and said that the matter is under
investigation."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/2043225
Links:
0. mailto:freakxx@gmail.com
1. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/13/content_6718045.htm
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| Verizon Sues FCC over 700MHz Open Access Rules |
| from the hit-em-where-it-hurts dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday September 13, @18:09 (The Courts) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/222224
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Carterfone writes "Verizon is upset at the [0]open access conditions for
the 700MHz spectrum auction, [1]and they're going to court to get them
overturned. The company has filed a lawsuit in the Court of Appeals for
the DC Circuit, urging the court to overturn the rules. 'In its petition
for review, Verizon argues that the FCC exceeded its authority in
mandating the two open access conditions, accusing the Commission of
being "arbitrary" and "capricious," and saying that the rules are
"unsupported by substantial evidence and otherwise contrary to law."
Google [2]is critical of Verizon's lawsuit: 'It's regrettable that
Verizon has decided to use the court system to try to prevent consumers
from having any choice of innovative services. Once again, it is American
consumers who lose from these tactics.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/222224
Links:
0. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/31/1946200&tid=193
2. http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2007/09/consumer-choice-is-always-right-answer.html
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| RIAA Complaint Dismissed as "Boilerplate" |
| from the boil-this dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday September 13, @18:49 (The Courts) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/221257
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[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The decision many lawyers had been
expecting ��� that the RIAA's 'boilerplate' complaint fails to state a
claim for relief under the Copyright Act ��� has indeed come down, but from
an unlikely source. While the legal community has been looking towards a
Manhattan case ([1]Elektra v. Barker) for guidance, the decision instead
came from Senior District Court Judge Rudi M. Brewster of the US District
Court for the Southern District of California. The decision handed down
denied a default judgment (i.e. the defendant had not even appeared in
the action). Judge Brewster not only denied the default judgment motion
but [2]dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim. Echoing the
words of Judge Karas at the [3]oral argument in Barker , Judge Brewster
[4]held (pdf) that 'Plaintiff here must present at least some facts to
show the plausibility of their allegations of copyright infringement
against the Defendant. However, other than the bare conclusory statement
that on "information and belief" Defendant has downloaded, distributed
and/or made available for distribution to the public copyrighted works,
[5]Plaintiffs have presented no facts that would indicate that this
allegation is anything more than speculation.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/221257
Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/04/127206&tid=141
2. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/09/riaa-complaint-dismissed-in-california.html
3. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/27/1917218&tid=123
4. http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=interscope_rodriguez_070817OrderDismissComplaint
5. http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13266
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| Kilogram Reference Losing Weight |
| from the incredible-shrinking-alloys dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday September 13, @19:51 (Math) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/2234236
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[0]doubleacr writes "Ran across a story on CNN that says the
"118-year-old cylinder that is the international prototype for the metric
mass, kept tightly under lock and key outside Paris, is [1]mysteriously
losing weight ��� if ever so slightly. Physicist Richard Davis of the
International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Sevres, southwest of
Paris, says the reference kilo appears to have lost 50 micrograms
compared with the average of dozens of copies.""
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/13/2234236
Links:
0. http://doublea.speedgeeks.org/
1. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/12/shrinking.kilogram.ap/index.html
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