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walktalker · 21-05-01, 08:45 PM

Justices Side With Radio Host
Ruling in a free speech case with special implications for the news media, the Supreme Court said a radio host cannot be sued for airing an illegally taped telephone conversation. In a 6-3 vote, the court said the First Amendment trumps wiretap laws in the case of the host who played a recording made by someone else.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43966,00.html

HP recyles PCs - for a price
Hewlett Packard today kicks off a fee-based recycling scheme in the US that offers to take unwanted computers from any manufacturer. The service, available via HP's Website, is part of the US vendor's Planet Partners Program. The recycling scheme includes pickup and transportation for products such as PCs, printers, servers, monitors and scanners. Prices will range from $13 to $34, CNET reports.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/19098.html

The Blind Physicist Who May Find ET
Kent Cullers, who has been blind since birth, has never glimpsed the Milky Way or witnessed a full moon on a clear summer night. But the 51-year-old physicist is no stranger to star-gazing. As a senior researcher at the Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) in Mountain View, Calif., Cullers has been for decades a guiding light in the quest for life in the cosmos.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/...010516_176.htm

A Milestone Moment For an Energy Bonanza?
Workers will begin installing more than 1,200 feet of new electric cable in the tunnels beneath a century-old power plant in Detroit this week, bringing one of science's most exotic technologies to an inner-city neighborhood in the first experiment of its kind. The cable's 250 pounds of wire are a superconductor -- a revolutionary substance which, at very low temperatures, can carry much more electricity than ordinary wire and lose almost none of it in transmission. It will replace 18,000 pounds of copper in nine existing cables.
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nat...2001May18.html

Will Vivendi Universal Stamp New Label On Pioneering MP3.com?
Music fans could be excused for thinking there was supposed to be a war going on between upstart Internet outfits and traditional record companies. After all, freebie music services Napster and MP3.com spent most of the past year in court, battling copyright-infringement lawsuits launched by the world's biggest recording firms. But with Napster in bed with media giant Bertelsmann AG and MP3.com joining EMusic this weekend in the Internet stable of Vivendi Universal, the online battle lines now seem most clearly drawn between the record companies themselves.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165961.html

Copyrights Won't Save Digital Content
Despite its looming demise, Napster has placed users in complete control of content for perhaps the first time ever. And that's not something that they are likely to forget, a new study from Forrester Research indicates. As such, digital content media will be forced to rebuild their businesses - rather than duck behind copyright protections - to get some measure of control and compensation back.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165959.html

Will Consumers Accept 'Gated' P2P Networks?
Charging for people to get onto peer-to-peer networks might solve many of the legal issues associated with companies like Napster and Scour, but according to a new study, there will be drawbacks for users - especially at first. Webnoize, a company that monitors digital entertainment industries, said consumers might not like the limitations of the new "gated" P2P networks.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165953.html

Music Trading Heads Back Underground
A year ago, the once-underground practice of online file trading was fast approaching the popularity and easy use of an America Online, with the help of Napster and its rivals. But for now it appears the copyright industry has forestalled the threat of a mainstream, long-lasting consumer rebellion. The last few weeks have seen a precipitous drop in the number of songs being traded through Napster.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/news.php3?id=05092001a

File Traders Pick Up Sidekick
The software, being tested by Charlottesville, Va.-based FileFreedom.com, addresses one of the biggest problems apart from filters for people using file-sharing services: faulty or poor-quality files. It lets people avoid such files by reading reviews or ratings for downloads such as they might for a book or CD bought at Amazon.com. Called SideKick, the tool is compatible with file-sharing networks such as Napster, BearShare, iMesh and Audiogalaxy.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/news.php3?id=05042001b

Ex-KGB expert unveils new computer shield
The new system can change the cyber-addresses on a network faster than once a second, cloaking them from all but authorized parties, said Victor Sheymov — founder, president, and chief executive of Invicta Networks Inc. "We believe that our new technology will serve an important role as a facilitator of Internet security and will start a new chapter in Internet history," he told reporters at the National Press Club.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/576522.asp?0nm=C12P

For Your Eyes Only
The first response of the movie and music industries to peer-to-peer piracy was to go to court-to make a technology phenomenon into an issue for the lawyers. Round two is shaping up to be exactly the opposite: a legal issue is becoming an issue for the technologists. How so? Digital rights management (DRM) software puts a virtual lawyer into every song, book, and movie.
http://www.business20.com/technology..._eyes_only.htm

Coalition Developing DVD Watermark
The Video Watermarking Group (VWM) is a combined venture of Hitachi (HIT, info), NEC (NIPNY, info), Pioneer (PIO, info), Sony (SNE, info), Digimarc (DMRC, info), Macrovision (MVSN, info), and Philips (PHG, info). The companies have come together after months of negotiations to combine their technologies and produce a digital watermark that will be embedded in original DVDs, says John Fread, director of public relations for Digimarc.
http://www.business20.com/technology.../watermark.htm

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21-05-01, 08:45 PM	#4
walktalker The local newspaper man Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,036	The Forum is back online !! Justices Side With Radio Host Ruling in a free speech case with special implications for the news media, the Supreme Court said a radio host cannot be sued for airing an illegally taped telephone conversation. In a 6-3 vote, the court said the First Amendment trumps wiretap laws in the case of the host who played a recording made by someone else. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43966,00.html HP recyles PCs - for a price Hewlett Packard today kicks off a fee-based recycling scheme in the US that offers to take unwanted computers from any manufacturer. The service, available via HP's Website, is part of the US vendor's Planet Partners Program. The recycling scheme includes pickup and transportation for products such as PCs, printers, servers, monitors and scanners. Prices will range from $13 to $34, CNET reports. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/19098.html The Blind Physicist Who May Find ET Kent Cullers, who has been blind since birth, has never glimpsed the Milky Way or witnessed a full moon on a clear summer night. But the 51-year-old physicist is no stranger to star-gazing. As a senior researcher at the Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) in Mountain View, Calif., Cullers has been for decades a guiding light in the quest for life in the cosmos. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/...010516_176.htm A Milestone Moment For an Energy Bonanza? Workers will begin installing more than 1,200 feet of new electric cable in the tunnels beneath a century-old power plant in Detroit this week, bringing one of science's most exotic technologies to an inner-city neighborhood in the first experiment of its kind. The cable's 250 pounds of wire are a superconductor -- a revolutionary substance which, at very low temperatures, can carry much more electricity than ordinary wire and lose almost none of it in transmission. It will replace 18,000 pounds of copper in nine existing cables. http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nat...2001May18.html Will Vivendi Universal Stamp New Label On Pioneering MP3.com? Music fans could be excused for thinking there was supposed to be a war going on between upstart Internet outfits and traditional record companies. After all, freebie music services Napster and MP3.com spent most of the past year in court, battling copyright-infringement lawsuits launched by the world's biggest recording firms. But with Napster in bed with media giant Bertelsmann AG and MP3.com joining EMusic this weekend in the Internet stable of Vivendi Universal, the online battle lines now seem most clearly drawn between the record companies themselves. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165961.html Copyrights Won't Save Digital Content Despite its looming demise, Napster has placed users in complete control of content for perhaps the first time ever. And that's not something that they are likely to forget, a new study from Forrester Research indicates. As such, digital content media will be forced to rebuild their businesses - rather than duck behind copyright protections - to get some measure of control and compensation back. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165959.html Will Consumers Accept 'Gated' P2P Networks? Charging for people to get onto peer-to-peer networks might solve many of the legal issues associated with companies like Napster and Scour, but according to a new study, there will be drawbacks for users - especially at first. Webnoize, a company that monitors digital entertainment industries, said consumers might not like the limitations of the new "gated" P2P networks. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165953.html Music Trading Heads Back Underground A year ago, the once-underground practice of online file trading was fast approaching the popularity and easy use of an America Online, with the help of Napster and its rivals. But for now it appears the copyright industry has forestalled the threat of a mainstream, long-lasting consumer rebellion. The last few weeks have seen a precipitous drop in the number of songs being traded through Napster. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/news.php3?id=05092001a File Traders Pick Up Sidekick The software, being tested by Charlottesville, Va.-based FileFreedom.com, addresses one of the biggest problems apart from filters for people using file-sharing services: faulty or poor-quality files. It lets people avoid such files by reading reviews or ratings for downloads such as they might for a book or CD bought at Amazon.com. Called SideKick, the tool is compatible with file-sharing networks such as Napster, BearShare, iMesh and Audiogalaxy. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/news.php3?id=05042001b Ex-KGB expert unveils new computer shield The new system can change the cyber-addresses on a network faster than once a second, cloaking them from all but authorized parties, said Victor Sheymov — founder, president, and chief executive of Invicta Networks Inc. "We believe that our new technology will serve an important role as a facilitator of Internet security and will start a new chapter in Internet history," he told reporters at the National Press Club. http://www.msnbc.com/news/576522.asp?0nm=C12P For Your Eyes Only The first response of the movie and music industries to peer-to-peer piracy was to go to court-to make a technology phenomenon into an issue for the lawyers. Round two is shaping up to be exactly the opposite: a legal issue is becoming an issue for the technologists. How so? Digital rights management (DRM) software puts a virtual lawyer into every song, book, and movie. http://www.business20.com/technology..._eyes_only.htm Coalition Developing DVD Watermark The Video Watermarking Group (VWM) is a combined venture of Hitachi (HIT, info), NEC (NIPNY, info), Pioneer (PIO, info), Sony (SNE, info), Digimarc (DMRC, info), Macrovision (MVSN, info), and Philips (PHG, info). The companies have come together after months of negotiations to combine their technologies and produce a digital watermark that will be embedded in original DVDs, says John Fread, director of public relations for Digimarc. http://www.business20.com/technology.../watermark.htm The Garfield comic strip of the day ! The Dilbert strip of the day ! The Boondocks strip of the day !