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Interesting Reading Aug 22, 2008

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Some of the things that caught my eye today:

  • Copyright owners must consider 'fair use' - http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10021999-93.html?tag=nefd.pop
    • Ruling - http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/lenz_v_universal/lenzorder082008.pdf
    • Some comments by readers:
      • Finally, a DMCA ruling that considers the rights of the people.
      • It is a travesty that corporations have so perverted the intent and spirit of IP laws. Copyright and patents are no longer working as intended.
      • She gets to continue the case only to lose it later. I guess this is good since EFF is paying her legal bills. Since the DMCA requires explicit bad faith she'll never get past summary judgment.
      • Re: Fair Use - If She loses one problem we all face is if Pepsi or coke go after you for drinking a soda in a youtube video they don't like. Or someone sings the lyrics to a song in the back ground. copyrights should only go after people that seek profit from it. Maybe cops can charge you for copyright infringement next time you play your radio to loud. Or next time you lend your movie or music DVD or CD to a friend. Greed or common since . So Fair use Fair Use. Common Since the Wisdom of Solomon is needed in Courts
  • New on the fly system to be used by Google to measure adwords ad quality - http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10023046-93.html?tag=nefd.top
Some other headlines today at dailymail.co.uk
Wealthy Mexicans terrified of kidnap implanted with GPS chips
The mobile phone that could kill off the camera Angry iPhone users sue Apple over dropped calls and slow downloads
Men in polygamous societies live longer 'because they have more wives to care for them'
Not so Dumbo: Scientist prove elephants can do maths Green machine: The £92,000 electric sports car that does 125mph in complete silence Pictured: Hubble's view of gravity-defying filaments of gas reaching out from a galaxy far, far away
Living with humans has taught dogs morals, say scientists
Stunning pictures of 'bubble' clouds in the menacing skies above Britain Computer hackers could target pacemaker patients in deadly new form of 'cyber attack', warn scientists
Billy the dolphin teaches his flippered friends to walk on water
Move over Lara Croft! Emily the electronic actress is the most realistic computer character yet
Apple iPod nanos catch fire after 'defective batteries' overheat
Women only have themselves to blame for failing to crack the glass ceiling, says female scientist
How do you spot a lie? It's all to do with the 'blinking' obvious ...
Scientists claim breakthrough in creating 'a limitless supply of blood'
Mirror image: Magpies recognise their own reflections
Student inventor creates £20 wind turbine out of scrap for developing world
'Failsafe' face scanners could replace passport officers at airports How sea air may not be good for you after all...and in fact leave you breathing in noxious chemicals
A mother's grief: Heartbroken gorilla cradles her dead baby
Untangled at last, scientists get to the root cause of a bad hair day
Scientists on 'Indiana Jones' mission hope global warming will help solve 160-year mystery of missing British explorers
Unearthed after 2,500 years, the gold earrings that could have been made yesterday

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