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Submission + - Latest AACS revision defeated a week before releas

stevedcc writes: "Ars Technica is running a story about next week's release of AACS, which is intended to fix the current compromises. The only problem is, the patched version has already been cracked. From the article:

Despite the best efforts of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Licensing Administration (AACS LA), content pirates remain one step ahead. A new volume key used by high-def films scheduled for release next week has already been cracked.
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Mozilla

Submission + - Firefox going the big and bloated IE way?

abhinav_pc writes: Wired is carrying an article on Firefox becoming big and bloated much like its bête noire competetor, IE. From the article: "... with Firefox 3.0 poised for release this summer, the "IE killer" is in danger of morphing into an early Fat Elvis ...
Music

Submission + - A Threat to Free Legal Guitar Tab Online

An anonymous reader writes: Recently Hal Leonard Corporation (the world's largets songbook publisher) sent an E-Mail to the music publishing and copyright community urging them not to license guitar tablature for free, advertising supported use online. The e-mail includes a number of factual errors and was potentially very damaging to the potential for a free, legal and licensed destination for guitar tab online. Musicnotes and MXTabs have posted the full letter, plus their response here: Hal Leonard Corporation's E-Mail to Music Publishing Community, Plus Response from MXTabs

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