Comment: Re:Oh for fuck's sake... (Score 1) 528
I always thought K denoted degrees Kelvin.
Poll: What is your favorite RIAA target?
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davidwr writes "With all the **AA posts lately, it's time for an RIAA POLL:
What is your favorite RIAA target?
College Students
Single Mothers
Dissabled Vets
Household pets
The Deceased
Newborn babies
People without internet
PirateNeal
Credit where credit is due: This is inspired by by Drakin020's comment #18447205 Re:Welcome to ..."
What is your favorite RIAA target?
College Students
Single Mothers
Dissabled Vets
Household pets
The Deceased
Newborn babies
People without internet
PirateNeal
Credit where credit is due: This is inspired by by Drakin020's comment #18447205 Re:Welcome to
Purdue University decides not to follow UW-Madison
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An anonymous reader writes "I attend Purdue University and apparently, they will be bowing to the RIAA not soon after another Big 10 school spat in their face (University of Wisconsin). Every student has been sent the following email:
Some users of the Purdue University Internet network this week will begin receiving notices of threatened legal action from the Recording Industry Association of America.
In a stepped-up effort to enforce music copyright, the association is harvesting Internet addresses of computers that allegedly offered music for others to download illegally. It then is sending emails to Internet service providers and asking that the emails be forwarded to these computer users.
The notices offer the option of paying a settlement fee or facing legal action.
Purdue University, as an Internet service provider, will forward these emails to the user of the specified address when the user can be accurately identified. While the university will do its best to deliver these notices to the proper individuals, it is not responsible for the accuracy of the identification or address to which such notices are sent.
It will be up to each recipient to decide how to respond to these notices.
All users of Purdue IT resources are ultimately responsible for their own conduct and for responding to any notification received from a copyright owner. Should an individual choose not to pay the settlement, the RIAA may ask Purdue for its logs for the purpose of pursuing legal action. The next step would be for RIAA to file a request to subpoena the name of the computer owner. The university will at all times honor valid subpoenas.
Purdue does not generally monitor the content of Internet transmissions.
The university, however, can match computers to the addresses they use when connecting to the Internet.
Information on your legal obligations and methods to protect yourself can be found at:
http://www.purdue.edu/securepurdue/copyright.cfm
Individuals with questions regarding the settlement notice should contact legal counsel of their own choosing for advice.
Sincerely,
Gerry McCartney
Interim Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Purdue University
Thomas B. Robinson
Vice President for Student Services
Purdue University"
Some users of the Purdue University Internet network this week will begin receiving notices of threatened legal action from the Recording Industry Association of America.
In a stepped-up effort to enforce music copyright, the association is harvesting Internet addresses of computers that allegedly offered music for others to download illegally. It then is sending emails to Internet service providers and asking that the emails be forwarded to these computer users.
The notices offer the option of paying a settlement fee or facing legal action.
Purdue University, as an Internet service provider, will forward these emails to the user of the specified address when the user can be accurately identified. While the university will do its best to deliver these notices to the proper individuals, it is not responsible for the accuracy of the identification or address to which such notices are sent.
It will be up to each recipient to decide how to respond to these notices.
All users of Purdue IT resources are ultimately responsible for their own conduct and for responding to any notification received from a copyright owner. Should an individual choose not to pay the settlement, the RIAA may ask Purdue for its logs for the purpose of pursuing legal action. The next step would be for RIAA to file a request to subpoena the name of the computer owner. The university will at all times honor valid subpoenas.
Purdue does not generally monitor the content of Internet transmissions.
The university, however, can match computers to the addresses they use when connecting to the Internet.
Information on your legal obligations and methods to protect yourself can be found at:
http://www.purdue.edu/securepurdue/copyright.cfm
Individuals with questions regarding the settlement notice should contact legal counsel of their own choosing for advice.
Sincerely,
Gerry McCartney
Interim Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Purdue University
Thomas B. Robinson
Vice President for Student Services
Purdue University"
RIAA defends suits against college students
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Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Mitch Bainwol chairman and CEO of RIAA and Cary Sherman it's president wrote a piece defending their new campaign targeting college students. "It's not just the loss of current sales that concerns us, but the habits formed in college that will stay with these students for a lifetime. This is a teachable moment — an opportunity to educate these particular students about the importance of music in their lives and the importance of respecting and valuing music as intellectual property.""
9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood
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Ant
Ant writes "Neatorama lists nine laws of physics that don't apply in Hollywood (movies and television/TV shows). In general, Hollywood filmmakers follow the laws of physics because they have no other choice. It's just when they cheat with special effects that people seem to forget how the world really works..."
History of Apple vs. Beatles Lawsuits
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An anonymous reader writes "Apple and the Beatles have been suing each other for almost thirty years. The Beatles first filed suit in 1978, only two years after Apple was incorporated. Thirty years later, Apple finally won and has rights to use the 'Apple' name in its businesses, including iTunes and the iPod. Read about how the Beatles attempted to kill the 'Apple' name."
National Shutdown Day
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bpedman
bpedman writes "I found this site and idea to be interesting. www.shutdownday.org invites all people that use a computer to shutdown for a complete 24 hours and not use a computer. Over thirty-thousand people have visited the site and committed to either shutdown for the day, March 24th, or not. I am as yet undecided, I do not know how long it has been since I have not powered on my computer or anothers for a full 24 hours. (Think of the electricity alone that would be saved in that one day if all computers were shutdown!)"