14 Sep 2007
Pats' spy flap has Eagles wondering

No doubt, some of the patina of their Super Bowl (and playoff) triumphs is definitely gone. But apparently, spying is sports is now a common practice.

AP - Sheldon Brown and the Eagles hoped a blitz would rattle Tom Brady. One problem: Every time the Eagles rushed Brady in the Super Bowl, the Patriots nullified the defensive attack with screen passes. Lots of them. On almost every play defensive coordinator Jim Johnson called for a blitz, the Patriots used the short pass to confuse the Eagles.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

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eBay Seller Sues Autodesk for $10 Million

This looks pretty cut and dried to me - and if the dude wins, it'll force a huge change in the industry practice of "software is licensed, not sold".

A lawsuit has been filed in Federal Court (US District Court for the Western Washington District C07-1189 JLR) that alleges Autodesk, Inc maker of the industry standard AutoCAD software and their attorney Andrew S. Mackay have devised an illegal scheme to have used copies of their software removed from the eBay site using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Finally someone decided that non-transferable licenses must be stopped.

(link) [Slashdot]

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