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Viacom Grabs the Guillotine

Viacom filed suit seeking a cool billion in damages from Google/YouTube for intentional copyright infringement. Sure, that’d be enough cash to help boost Viacom’s earnings, but if they were really that worried about anyone “illegally” viewing or copying their programs, perhaps they never should have aired them in the first place. No way is this [...]
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Barack Obama Declares; Techies are Amped

Obama’s statements on broadband and net neutrality are being picked up appreciatively among the digerati: Let us be the generation that reshapes our economy to compete in the digital age. Let’s set high standards for our schools and give them the resources they need to succeed. Let’s recruit a new army of teachers, and give them [...]
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Steve Jobs Calls For an End to DRM

Following up on the few comments in class on DRM (Digital Rights Management)-protected files, Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote a lil essay today titled “Thoughts on Music.” Web users and digital media companies have been calling for an end to DRM for some months now as has nearly everyone short of the RIAA, which represents [...]
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