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Talking in the Library (of Congress...)
This morning the Register of Copyrights addressed the House SubCommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property for an annual oversight hearing. I f…
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Open Source Autos--Update
The bills are HR 2735 and S 2138. Thanks to Erin Murphy for the cites.…
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my generation & 68
For the last ten years I attended the Moers New Jazz Festival on Whitsun. Besides being a lot of fun, this event always managed to puzzle me intellectually and…
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Sandbox to Play on Web
Joi Ito offers a Sandbox where you can experiment with editing a webpage, using a Wiki style edit system.…
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Bill Seeks to Open Car Diagnostic Codes
A bill currently before Congress would force automakers to reveal diagnostic codes for automobiles, Wired reports. As a Slashdot reader writes, Congress "…
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Who Trusted Chalabi with State Secrets?
The most shocking part of the accusations against Chalabi are not that he allegedly betrayed the United States by passing on our secrets to Iran, but that someo…
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What Did Bush Know and When Did He Know It?
A Washington Post story raises serious questions about the President's ability to run a country, especially one that has gone to war. But it also raises an…
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Australian IT: Hard Road to Online Security
Australian IT quotes Jennifer Granick's take on software in this report on AusCERT 2004.…
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Dry Clean Only
The labels on the bags come from a U.S. supplier. Apparently, the reference was originally to the president of the company, but has been interpreted to mean th…
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NY Times March to War--Update
My friend Kwaku Andoh points me to Daniel Okrent's piece in the Times on Sunday on the subject of the Times' disturbing reporting pre-Iraq War. Okrent…
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Read French portion of label in laptop bag made for overseas customers
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