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Submission + - Court rules playlist customization not interactive

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prostoalex

on Sunday April 29, 2007 @05:43PM

prostoalex writes: "Is music played via customized playlist delivered interactively (i.e., via user participation) or non-interactive (i.e., decisions are made on the server side)? The question does seem metaphysical, but it took Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Yahoo! six years to figure it out. User-driven playlists are bucketed with on-demand music services, while server-driven playlists are equaled to broadcasts, thereby causing different licensing mechanisms to take place. Yahoo! inherited the legal wrangle when it purchased a music startup Launch, which built a music recommendation feature. Court decision determined that recommendation algorithms that rely on usage data to build playlists server-side are still eligible for broadcast license, thereby substantially lowering the costs of operating a music recommendation site."

Feed FON router used in DIY wireless network printer (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Friday April 27, 2007 @08:52AM

Filed under: Peripherals, Wireless, Networking

Sure, turning your OS X or Linux-based machine into a FON Spot is snazzy in and of itself, but what about that dusty grey printer that stays shoved beside your desk? In an admittedly impressive feat of determination, a certain modder took a screwdriver, cutting utensil, and a few dollars worth of FON routers to the inside of a printer's case, and the result is a lesson in utility to say the least. By shoving one of those inexpensive FON routers inside the case, and relying on DD-WRT to open up the appropriate channels, he was able to convert a HP LaserJet 5 into a wireless printer and WiFi hotspot, all without making a scene. Still, the idea of turning your tethered printer into one that accepts incoming jobs wirelessly is no easy task, and judging by the laundry list of duties required to pull this all together, we wouldn't recommend giving this a go without hordes of spare time on your hands. That being said, those still interested should be delighted that a step-by-step guide (with pictures, no less) has been made available for the brave and talented, so be sure to hit the read link and start digesting.

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Journal Journal: OpenZaurus time is over - long live Ångström

Journal by gselfridge on Friday April 27, 2007 @07:57AM

In a blog by Marcin Juszkiewicz on http://www.openzaurus.org/wordpress/, Openzaurus software for versions of the Sharp Zaurus palmtop is going to move to the Angstrom distribution http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/. From the article:

Journal SPAM: Prosecutors seek OK to create phony files 2

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @08:23PM

Florida's prosecutors are floating a proposal to the Legislature to give them the power to secretly falsify public court records -- with a judge's approval -- for undercover law enforcement purposes.

Spurred by Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle, the draft bill would limit the authority to manufacture and plant fake documents in court files to 180 days.

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