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@arniebear, Thank you sir! Fortunately the store is only a block away. The crisis is over and my morning can now go on as planned.

How did you know my brand?

 

Good morning Box! Ran out of ciggs huh? I NEVER let that happen LOL!

@box and arniebear....I just heard something on the news...
The Italians are going to open a University in Iran and they're going to call it:

AYE-AH-TOLL-AH U

 

Sounds like a good aternative to all those upcoming high school grads who are being turned down by Universities here.

 

Good morning gerry,Yes I did run out of smokes,I had to pay $7.90 for a pack! I have a friend from work who picks them up for me in Indiana,only $28.00 for a carton,but he took off work yesterday due to nice weather.lol!

I also heard about that new university opening...I understand uniforms will be mandatory to cut down on peer pressure, all students are required to wear pin striped Italian suits!

 

LMAO!!

 

I also noticed from pictures I've seen that all the students appear to be taking up the violin,as they all are carrying the cases.

I had no idea the violin was so popular in this day and age!

 

Squeek, squeek, squeek.

 

Italian suits,oops wrong suit


if ye see a guy warring a Italian pin strip suit and ye get a kiss ye might be waring this.

 

She is much better than a violin

 

Good morning folks! Today its very strong coffee...cup after cup of it because I've got a couple of hundred pages of new and lobotomizing government regs to read

@brobear...any idea where I can get the cliff notes on this one??

 

good morning,afternoon or what ever,just got up....ist cup of coffee

 

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Congress readies new digital copyright bill


By Declan McCullagh
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: April 23, 2006, 6:00 AM PDT
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For the last few years, a coalition of technology companies, academics and computer programmers has been trying to persuade Congress to scale back the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Now Congress is preparing to do precisely the opposite. A proposed copyright law seen by CNET News.com would expand the DMCA's restrictions on software that can bypass copy protections and grant federal police more wiretapping and enforcement powers.

The draft legislation, created by the Bush administration and backed by Rep. Lamar Smith, already enjoys the support of large copyright holders such as the Recording Industry Association of America. Smith is the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee that oversees intellectual-property law.

Smith's press secretary, Terry Shawn, said Friday that the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006 is expected to "be introduced in the near future."

"The bill as a whole does a lot of good things," said Keith Kupferschmid, vice president for intellectual property and enforcement at the Software and Information Industry Association in Washington, D.C. "It gives the (Justice Department) the ability to do things to combat IP crime that they now can't presently do."

A DMCA dispute
But one of the more controversial sections may be the changes to the DMCA. Under current law, Section 1201 of the law generally prohibits distributing or trafficking in any software or hardware that can be used to bypass copy-protection devices. (That section already has been used against a Princeton computer science professor, Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov and a toner cartridge remanufacturer.)


READ IT ALL HERE
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6064016.html?part=rss&tag=6064016&subj=news

 

good afternoon all,up all night,on my second cup of coffee..

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RIAA nails family with no computer,

p2p news / p2pnet: In their latest sue 'em all mess, the owners of the RIAA have subpoenaed a Georgia family for allegedly sharing files online, says the Rockmark Journal.

Targeted by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is Carma Walls and the subpoena states:

"Plaintiffs are informed and believe that Defendant, without the permission or consent of Plaintiffs, has used, and continues to use, an online media distribution system to download the copyrighted recordings, to distribute the copyrighted recordings to the public, and/or to make the copyrighted recordings available for distribution to others'."

Interesting: "has used, and continues to use". However, the Walls don't even own a computer.
http://p2pnet.net/story/8612

 

good morning ireland

 

No lawsuits, please!

 

Beware wireless hacking

SECURITY experts are warning internet users of a new threat to their computer systems, with thieves gaining access to other people's broadband from unsecured wireless networks in homes and businesses. Known as "leaching", the unusual form of theft involves neighbours and passers-by logging on to a home or business wireless network and surfing the web for free. The consequences can range from slower download speeds to massive bills for unsuspecting network owners. Market research firm IDC estimates there are more than 200,000 wireless networks operating in homes around Australia, increasing the opportunities for sneak thieves. Stealing internet access has also become easier. Thieves need only a tiny wireless card for their laptop computer.

 

DMCA law-makers prepare the thumbscrews

Knowledge will be illegal

By Nick Farrell: Monday 24 April 2006, 16:26
NEW, TOUGHER copyright laws are being considered by Congress that could make even the knowledge of how to bypass copy-protection illegal.

Under current law, it is illegal to distribute or traffic in any software or hardware that can be used to bypass copy-protection devices.

Under changes being considered in DMCA II, the law would include the "making, importing, exporting, obtain[ing] control of, or possession of" certain hacking tools, if they may be redistributed to someone else.

According to Peter Jaszi, who teaches copyright law at American University, the change in wording will mean that if you tell others about holes in DRM software you could go to jail.

The current law was seen as bad enough. The first people to discover Sony's Rootkit were apparently terrified that the government would lock them away under the DMCA. The tightening of the law would have made this a certainty.

Under the propsed legislation, copyright crimes could be investigated by wiretaps, criminal penalties for breaches would double, computers thought to be used to commit acts of piracy could be seized and disposed of and record companies and movie studios could keep "records documenting the manufacture, sale or receipt of items involved in" any infringements.

In other words, the RIAA will be allowed to get any records they like and find out what every single person has downloaded in their life. µ

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