From Freedom to Tinker (Ed Feltens' weblog) comes this summary of the Aimster decision yesterday. The devil, apparently resides in the fine print in this one ....

Second, the opinion states, in a surprisingly offhand manner, that it's illegal to fast-forward through the commercials when you're replaying a taped TV show. "Commercial-skipping ... amounted to creating an unauthorized derivative work ... namely a commercial-free copy that would reduce the copyright owner's income from his original program..."

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00 /Copywrongs | 0 writebacks | permanent link

I really do have to add in a new category for 'Oh! No! Not us! We're not a Monopoly!", just for Micro....

CD Duplicator Refuses Linux Job, Citing MS Contract [Slashdot]

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00 /Technology | 0 writebacks | permanent link

Well, as I guy who's worked every day of his life since he was 16, I can tell you which handle I'll not be pulling come November, 2004.

[from Lloyd Grove's "Reliable Source" column in the Washington Post]

As sometimes happens with Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), he let his mouth race ahead of his brain Wednesday night at a gathering of Young Democrats at the Washington nightspot Acropolis. After presidential candidate Howard Dean spoke, Kennedy delivered an impassioned peroration against President Bush's tax cut. We hear that Kennedy told the crowd: "I don't need Bush's tax cut. I have never worked a [bleeping] day in my life."

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00 /Politics | 0 writebacks | permanent link