gurutechanimal - Slashdot User

Comment And this is news....why? (Score 1) 441

by gurutechanimal on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @02:42PM (#18084976) Attached to: Don't Believe What You See at the Movies

I remember when X-Men 3 came out, there was an article showing the "anti-aging" effects applied to Professor X and Magneto (A quick googling shows this: http://www.fxguide.com/article357.html). I'm not sure why this should make headlines. Yes, special effects can alter what you see on the screen. That's the point of special effects. Computers are powerful things, and they can make the old young, the nervous calm, and the fat skinny. As long as it's not being passed off as a non-fiction documentary, the movie's director can do as he sees fit to actualize his vision.

FAA To Free Aircraft Hobbled By IP Laws 106

Posted by kdawson on Thursday February 08, 2007 @05:25PM from the maintain-it-but-we-won't-tell-you-how dept.

smellsofbikes writes "The FAA is attempting to develop a legal process that will allow them to release data about vintage aircraft designs that have obviously been abandoned. Existing laws restrict the FAA's ability to release this data because it is deemed to be intellectual property even though the owner of record has long since ceased to exist. This is fundamentally the same problem that copyright laws impose on people looking for out-of-print books. But in the case of vintage aircraft, the owners are legally required to maintain them to manufacturer specifications that the owners cannot legally obtain: an expensive and potentially lethal dilemma. If the FAA, notoriously hidebound and conservative, is willing to find a solution to this IP Catch-22, maybe the idea will catch on in other places."

MySpace Sues Spam King 118

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @10:58AM from the why-would-you-call-yourself-spam-king dept.

Harry Maugans writes to mention a lawsuit filed by MySpace against Scott Richter, the 'Spam King'. Filed under California's harsh anti-spam laws, the suit alleges that Richter sent millions of unsolicited 'bulletins' to MySpace users over the past few years. From the article: "The suit is aiming for monetary damages and an injunction that would permanently ban Richter and his affiliates from MySpace. The amount of money sought by MySpace has not been disclosed. Richter was already ordered to pay $7 million in a 2003 lawsuit filed by Microsoft after initially refusing to settle the dispute for $100,000. Microsoft announced in 2005 that it would be using the money from the settlement to fuel further antispam operations."

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