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Submission + - U.S. court denies Webcasters' stay petition (kpfa.org)

Submitted by

Michael Manoochehri

on Thursday July 12, 2007 @01:38PM

Michael Manoochehri writes: "Reuters reports that a "federal appeals court has denied a petition by U.S. Internet radio stations seeking to delay a royalty rate hike due July 15 they say could kill the fledgling industry." This royalty rate hike, put forth by the US Copyright Royalty Board, will increase royalty rates for webcast music tremendously, in some cases to more per year than many webcasters bring in from revenue. Save Net Radio, a coalition of webcasters, is telling listeners that "We are appealing to the millions of Internet radio listeners out there, the webcasters they support and the artists and labels we treasure to rise up and make your voices heard again before this vibrant medium is silenced.""

Submission + - Firefox 2.0 contains 'highly critical' security fl (blorge.com)

Submitted by SpiritGod21 on Thursday July 12, 2007 @01:16PM

SpiritGod21 writes: Ruben Francia at tech.blorge.com posted this morning that "users of Firefox 2.0 and above are being warned of a "highly critical" security glitch that could allow a hacker to execute arbitrary commands and take control of their computer.

"The problem is that Firefox registers the 'firefoxurl://' URI handler and allows firefox to invike arbitrary command line arguments. Using the '-chrome' parameter it is possible to execute arbitrary Javascript in chrome context," security research firm Secunia noted on its Web site.

Submission + - A. Gonzales' Intellectual Property Protection Act

Submitted by

Michael Manoochehri

on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @06:03PM

Michael Manoochehri writes: "Wired News, and a bunch of other outlets, have reported that a new proposed law, entitled the "Intellectual Property Protection Act," would for the first time criminalize attempted copyright infringement. The article states: It's easy to pooh-pooh it, but remember: the RIAA and co.'s current anti-consumer legal strategy operates on the assumption an I.P. address is proof of guilt. The text of the law is here. From the Wired article: The IPPA would come down harder on those found to have violated the DMCA, subjecting them to new forfeiture and restitution provisions. "Any property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit or facilitate the commission of the offense" of violating the DMCA could be confiscated, according to the text of the legislation."

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