Feed Software Tool of Pirates Gets Work in Hollywood (nytimes.com)
Hollywood studios are going into business with one of their biggest tormentors: the peer-to-peer pioneer BitTorrent.
TXU, the largest energy provider in Texas, agreed last night to a $45 billion buyout that would not only be the largest private-equity deal in history but would also feature an unusual twist: The buyers have promised environmental groups they would cancel a slew of coal-fired power plants on the firm's drawing boards.
"...it raises a much larger issue with respect to copyright. Are IMG Media, the people that organize the Red Bull Air Race, suggesting that they own the copyright to all free public displays of the Red Bull Air Race? What type of precedent would that set?
The biggest difference between time and space is that you can't reuse time. -- Merrick Furst