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Submission + - Author drops copyright case against Scribd filter. (wired.com)

Submitted by natehoy on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @12:23PM

natehoy writes: Apparently, monitoring for copyright violations is not in itself a copyright violation, lawyers for Elaine Scott decided. As a result, they have dropped the lawsuit against Scribd, who was being simultaneously sued for allowing copies of Scott's work to be published, and retaining an unlicensed copy of the work in their filtering software to try and prevent future copyright violations.

Submission + - Obesity accelerates brain aging? (usnews.com)

Submitted by natehoy on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @01:49PM

natehoy writes: According to the US News and World Report, a recent study has shown a link between obesity and the loss of neurological tissue. The brains in elderly patients who were obese had an average of 8% less brain tissue than their trimmer counterparts. Overweight patients suffered about half the impact, or 4%.

This could have implications for the onset of dementia illnesses such as Alzheimer's. Just one more risk factor to add to the growing body (no pun intended) of reasons to try and stay trim.

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