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Submission + - MP3 of RIAA Argument Available Online (blogspot.com)

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NewYorkCountryLawyer
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "Download this: an MP3 file of the hearing in the First Circuit Court of Appeals, over whether a lower court proceeding in an RIAA case can be made available online, is now available online. The irony of course is palpable, not only because a court which freely makes its proceedings available across the internet is being asked by the RIAA, in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, to prevent the district court from making similar proceedings available across the internet, but also because the end product is an MP3 file which can be freely downloaded, shared by email, shared through p2p file sharing, and even "remixed". The legal arguments focused on relatively narrow issues: the interpretation of a rule enacted in the District Court of Massachusetts, and the legal effect of a resolution by the First Circuit Judicial Council, rather than on broader First Amendment grounds."
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Submission + - MIT building batteries using viruses

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thefickler
thefickler writes: "Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are now using viruses to build cathodes for Lithium Ion batteries. Three years ago these same researchers found they could build an anode using viruses. Creating both the anode and cathode using viruses will make batteries easy to build. This nanoscale battery technology will allow batteries to be lightweight and to "take the shape of their container" rather than creating containers for the batteries, which could open up new possibilities for car and electronics manufacturers."

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