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Submission + - Take Action: Norwich, CT Julie Amero Porn Case

Submitted by aurispector on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @09:14AM

aurispector writes: Here's a link to an article about the Julie Amero porn case in Norwich, CT providing information, links and suggestions on how to help. http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070228/tc_pcworl d/129226 If you had any doubts about how wrong this is, the article includes copies of emails from a juror and a detective involved in the case. Included are the email addresses of people in government with actual power to do something about the conviction.

Submission + - Digital Fair Use bill introduced to US House

Submitted by on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @05:16PM

An anonymous reader writes: Ars Technica reports that "US Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA) and John Doolittle (R-CA) today announced the Freedom And Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007 (FAIR USE Act). The bill's aim is to help put an end to the madness circulating around the general imbalance that has befallen copyright in recent years."

Submission + - Thoughts on Django

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on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @08:02PM

An anonymous reader writes: Isaac Alston presents his thoughts and feelings on Django, the Python web framework, and comes to the conclusion that neither it nor Rails, (the Ruby web framework) live up to all they make out to be.

http://unpythonic.blogspot.com/2007/02/thoughts-on -django.html

Submission + - Microsoft slugs Mac users with Vista tax

Submitted by on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @07:20PM

An anonymous reader writes: Mac users wanting to run Vista on their Macintosh will have to buy an expensive version of Vista if they want to legally install it on their systems. The end-user license agreement for the cheaper versions of Vista (Home Basic and Home Premium) explicitly forbids the use of those versions on virtual machines (ie Macs pretending to be PCs).

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