Archive for August 12th, 2003

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Sosumi: Copyright Questions from a Blogger

Last summer I had a law student named Sosumi. Really. This summer
I have again been spending 4 hours a day in a basement room with a dozen
lawyers, an obligation
which
[…]

Must-have Mullet Wigs

For those of you who just can’t
face another day without a mullet, a hairstyle
which is short on the top, short on the side and long in the back […]

Unabomber Wants His Bomb Back

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Convicted
Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski wants the U.S. government to return a
pipe bomb and other items seized from his Montana cabin so that they
[…]

Act Now to Save File Sharing

You may have read
here or elsewhere about the draconian Author, Consumer and Computer
Owner Protection and Security Act (ACCOPS, HR 2752) currently
[…]

Missing Miss Vietnam

Miss
Vietnam Missing, Believed Kidnapped
Relatives of Vietnam’s reigning beauty queen, who disappeared a week
ago, say they believe she was kidnapped by her boyfriend to stop her
moving to […]

Burrito Breath Defense

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska (AP) — A judge has ruled in favor of a man’s claim
that he had alcohol on his breath not because he drank, but due to his
[…]

California Alphabetical Order

How to Run a
Recall: Begin by Juggling the Alphabet
SACRAMENTO - The race to replace Gov. Gray Davis, often likened to a
carnival, looked more like a political version of "Wheel of Fortune" today. Even
[…]

And the Winner is: Candidates “R” Us

So just who will be at the top of the California ballot? The four candidates whose last names start with “R” are Jeff Rainforth, Ned Roscoe, Sharon Rushford and Gregory Russell. Find out who they are and what they stand for
here.

BC and MIT Challenge MP3 Supoenas

In what the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has deemed
a “minor procedural issue,” a federal judge ruled that some of the
RIAA’s subpoenas are invalid because they were issued from the wrong
jurisdiction.
Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology recently received subpoenas requesting the identities of
students suspected of illegally trading copyrighted material, but the
schools noted […]

Right to Privacy?

Man Drinking Beer In Ditch Just Wanted to Be Left Alone
HOUSTON — A police standoff with a man in a southwest Houston drainage
ditch ended peacefully Monday morning. Firefighters were called around
2 a.m. on a report that a man […]


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