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Interview with EFF's Fred Von Lohmann

Posted by michael on from the talking-the-talk dept.

scubacuda writes "Tech Focus has an --> interview with EFF's Fred Von Lohmann, Senior Intellectual Property Attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Covered in the interview: Kazaa, commercial skipping, DMCA, 802.11b networks, congressmen friendly to the idea of "fair use", and how to "make a difference"." Update: 01/08 17:42 GMT by M : Link changed to reduce the load on Techfocus.

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  1. Fred von Lohmann by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    How come nobody ever asks him who cuts his hair?

  2. Re:slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I'm amazed people haven't figured out yet that you can't use Linux for a real workload.

  3. In other news, Speed of /. Effect defined. by _Sambo · · Score: 3, Funny

    In addition to the speed of Gravity being measured and defined, the infamous Slashdot Effect has also been measured and defined.

    Researchers at Cal Tech measured the speed at which a server went down when linked from a slashdot post as, "Damn near the speed of light."

    When asked for clarification on that speed. The researcher said, "We've observed it in 10 replies or less. That's shorter than a New York Minute for Gosh sakes."

    Wow.

  4. I really liked the part about dietcoke! by notque · · Score: 3, Funny

    Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Too many connections in /home/virtual/site23/fst/var/www/html/pnadodb/driv ers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 170
    mysql://dietcoke:@localhost/techfocus_org failed to connectToo many connections

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    http://use.perl.org
  5. Dear Fred by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's your position on weenies who don't even give an article that says "Interview" a cursory reading before assuming that it's a Slashdot interview question solicitation?

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    If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
  6. The right to slashdot... by FurryFeet · · Score: 3, Funny

    Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Too many connections in /home/virtual/site23/fst/var/www/html/pnadodb/driv ers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 170
    mysql://dietcoke:@localhost/techfocus_org failed to connectToo many connections

    They should have asked him wheter slashdotting should be made illegal. Or is it covered by free speech as a form of expression?

  7. Re:Text from the article by nicodaemos · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the future, slashdotters will stop posting comments altogether. Everyone will be reposting the article text in a effort to get people to read the article that they didn't, but reposted.