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Journal Journal: Royalties For Hardware

Journal by JrOldPhart on Thursday March 22, 2007 @02:04PM

Imagine if hardware manufacturers used the same business model
as the Movie and Music Industries. You get a license to use the hardware
each time you put in a piece of media you pay royalties to the manufacturer
for the use of the equipment.

Feed Dentists Spot Diseases in Spit (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Thursday March 22, 2007 @01:52PM

Your saliva contains 1,500 proteins and 3,000 mRNA species. Dentists can analyze it for conditions from oral cancer to bodywide afflictions. In Bodyhack.

Feed The Well Rejects Kevin Mitnick (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Thursday March 22, 2007 @01:52PM

The legendary hacker goes back to his ISP, the Well, 12 years after doing his jail time, but it's "application denied." In 27B Stroke 6.

Feed Viacom Sued Over YouTube Demand (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Thursday March 22, 2007 @01:32PM

When the cable network asks the video site to remove a Colbert Report parody, activists claim the move violates "fair use" provisions of copyright law. By the Associated Press.

Submission + - Viacom Sued Over YouTube Parody Removal

Submitted by A self aware computer input device on Thursday March 22, 2007 @01:29PM

A self aware computer input device writes: Just a week after Viacom sued Google over copyrighted material, MoveOn.org Civic Action and Brave New Films LLC have sued Viacom claiming the cable network company improperly asked the video-sharing site YouTube to remove a parody of the network's "The Colbert Report." Couple this with the iFilm fiasco reported earlier on /., and you have to question how a company like Viacom can cry fowl when it can't even accurately account for its own copyrighted material.

Bookmark Office 2007 Office 2003 (microsoftsale.com)

by JakeBo on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @03:48PM

Submission + - Question of Piracy

Submitted by

kaylar

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @03:29PM

kaylar writes: "Before there was recording media one had to attend the theatre
to see/hear a performance. Subsequently there were motion pictures
which still required one attend a theatre.

Radio and Television destroyed this paradigm allowing one
to buy the equipment, plug it in, and hear or see and hear
a performance without further expenditure.

With the advent of tape recorders I could take what I
was getting for free on the radio, put it onto a tape
and hear it when I chose.

(You can continue the historical background up to
dling on your computer)

The point is this, the 'losers' in piracy are not
the artistes or performers,they are the greedy
middlemen who make money off another's work.

Do the artistes get anything more or less when
I record a song from the radio or a show on
television? Nope. They got paid already, they
got paid when the station aired it.

I have no intention of buying a CD when I only
like one tune, or in buying DVDs. Just want to
see this episode and forget it.

The entire idea of piracy needs to be countered.
Especially where it suggests that the artistes
are the ones losing money.

How much money does an artiste actually get when
you buy the CD or DVD..and how much goes to the
battallion of middlemen, who have been rendered
redundant?"

Submission + - Star Trek's 'Q' Talks about Technology

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @03:23PM

An anonymous reader writes: Star Trek's 'Q' Says Science Fiction And Technology Can Change The World Actor John de Lancie loves his Apple laptop and wants better voice recognition so he doesn't have to use the remote to change the TV channel. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jh tml;jsessionid=IPPC0S4HDK2EGQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?ar ticleID=198100537

Submission + - The Top 25 inventions of 2007

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @03:20PM

coondoggie writes: "Ever wonder where the next great idea will com from? Well, seems likely it could come from this group: The History Channel and Invent Now, a subsidiary of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, today named the Top 25 Inventions of 2007. These top 25 creators come from 17 states across the U.S. and their inventions cover a myriad categories, ranging from medical advancements such as a modular, information technology platform for motorized wheelchairs called the Gryphon Shield to environmental breakthroughs such as a green home powered by solar and geothermal energy. Other inventions include a shield designed to protect windows during hurricanes to a method that forces diesel engines to take in and re-use their own exhaust, reducing pollution. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1274 1"

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