âoeEmpirically, basically, if a program is not free software, it probably has one of these malicious functionalities.â

Yeah citation needed there buddy.

I think the question Redbox is going for here is does First Sale Doctrine apply. Disney can say whatever they want on the box, but if the court says it falls under the First Sale Doctrine then it doesn't matter what Disney thinks.

Richard Stallman is that you?

Umm...

http://www.flightstats.com/go/FlightStatus/flightStatusByFlight.do?id=310152560&airlineCode=AS&flightNumber=184&utm_source=49e3481552e7c4c9:-56368adc:12fe6648fb1:-1093&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=weblet

Not in South Carolina, thanks to our stupid legislature.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/05/19/114429/sc-house-approves-amazon-tax-break.html

As if you don't have enough to do, can I get one?

rhodenr (gmail)

I'm pretty sure with your first option they would try (at least) to charge you with obstruction of justice. It's not like they're just going to let you walk out after you say you "forgot" your password.

The second would probably net you obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, and probably some other stuff.

Obviously, IANAL.

Somewhere, somebody (venue/ band / management) pays ASCAP or BMI a license fee for the performance, which in turn a portion of is supposed to go to the underlying copyright holder.

People keep saying this, and I find it hard to believe. Sony know's exactly what is in their best interests. They've done a cost / benefit analysis I'm sure, and decided pissing off some people (like us on /.) is worth it in the long run.

Containment unit != containment vessel. That's one of the huge differences between this and Chernobyl. These reactors have the reactor in a containment vessel that is inside a containment building. Chernobyl just had a containment building and no inner containment vessel. Hence when the roof of the Chernobyl reactor blew off, the core was exposed to the environment. Here, the core is still inside the inner containment vessel, which may or may not be damaged.

"It's only censorship when the government does it."

No, it's only illegal censorship when the government does it. Everyone else can do it as well. However, just because it isn't illegal when a private company does it doesn't make it the right thing to do.

Wish I had mod points here. A local Fox affiliate's news team and Fox News are definitely not the same thing.

Also, even though it says Europe only in the list, this does hold true for NASCAR 09, since there won't be a new version of that game. Polyphony Digital has the NASCAR license now, and it's supposed to show up in Gran Turismo 5, if that ever sees the light of day.

Madden 09 came out in 2008. Madden 2010 came out prior to the start of the current NFL season. Madden 2011 will (presumably) come out later this year.

Lawyers.