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Comment Re:Zotero (Score 1) 122

I use Zotero (but version 1). I just put my zotero data directory inside my Dropbox folder. Then when I change computers I reload firefox and it is all synced. I do not have a Zotero account. This however wont work for multiple users at once. If version 2 has something where it will reload the data files for you before performing any change to the data, then this might work (although you would have to deal with the ensuing race conditions with multiple users, and may have to use locks and semaphores and whatnot). I dunno what they did in ver2, but it might be doable without using Zotero.org account.

Windows

Submission + - FSF Attacks Windows 7's 'Sins' In New Campaign (computerworld.com) 1

CWmike writes: "The Free Software Foundation today launched a campaign against Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Windows 7 operating system, calling it "treacherous computing" that stealthily takes away rights from users. At the Web site Windows7Sins.org, the Boston-based FSF lists the seven "sins" that proprietary software such as Windows 7 commits against computer users. They include: Poisoning education, locking in users, abusing standards such as OpenDocument Format (ODF), leveraging monopolistic behavior, threatening user security, enforcing Digital Rights Management (DRM) at the request of entertainment companies concerned about movie and music piracy, and invading privacy. "Windows, for some time now, has really been a DRM platform, restricting you from making copies of digital files," said executive director Peter Brown. And if Microsoft's Trusted Computing technology were fully implemented the way the company would like, the vendor would have "malicious and really complete control over your computer.""
Censorship

Submission + - Time Denies Issuing DMCA Over Obama Joker Image (thomashawk.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Last week Slashdot posted on the Flickr censorship case where Flickr removed the controversial Obama/Joker image from their site. A representative from Flickr claimed that they only removed the image because they received a DMCA takedown notice over the image and then accused the press and blogosphere of being "makey uppey," subsequently locking the thread where Flickr users were complaining about the takedown. But now it appears that Time, DC Comics, and the photographer of the original photograph used to make the parody image are all denying having issued Flickr a takedown notice. Which raises an interesting question, did Flickr really even receive a takedown notice and if they did who was it from? Flickr was asked who issued the notice by the Los Angeles Times and was told that they were not able to provide that information. The original artist says Flickr has not told him who filed it either, despite the fact that Yahoo has in the past provided the information to people when DMCA takedown requests are issued. So if Time didn't file the DMCA notice, and DC Comics didn't file the DMCA notice, and the original photographer did not file the DMCA notice, then who exactly did?

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