States' Brief in Support [PDF 995k] of certiorari. (Brief includes AL, AK, AR, AZ, CO, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, MS, MT, NE, NC, NV, NJ, NM, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WV, WI, Guam.) November 8, 2004
Omnibus Brief in Support [PDF 230k] of certiorari. (Brief includes Office of the Commissioner Of Baseball, National Basketball Association, American Society Of Media Photographers, Professional Photographers Of America, Directors Guild Of America, Writers Guild Of America (West), Screen Actors Guild, Association Of American Publishers, Association Of American University Presses, Producers Guild Of America, Graphic Artists Guild, Entertainment Software Association, Video Software Dealers Association, Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association And Author's Guild Of America.) November 8, 2004
NARAS et al's Brief in Support [PDF 787k] of certiorari. (Brief includes National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, The Country Music Association, Inc., The Gospel Music Association, the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, Jazz Alliance International, Inc., and the Rhythm & Blues Foundation.) November 8, 2004
Artists' coalition Brief in Support [PDF 309k] of certiorari. (Coalition includes The Eagles, Brooks & Dunn, The Dixie Chicks, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Babyface, The Grateful Dead, Jimmy Buffet, Patti Loveless, Stevie Nicks, Gavin Rossdale.) November 8, 2004
ASCAP et al's Brief in Support [PDF 458k] of certiorari (Brief includes ASCAP, BMI, Broadcast Music, Inc., Association of Independent Music Publishers, Church Music Publishers Association, Nashville Songwriters Association International, Songwriters Guild of America.) November 8, 2004
Indymedia Servers Mysteriously Reappear, But Questions Remain
San Francisco, CA - Rackspace Managed Hosting, the San Antonio-based company that manages two Indymedia servers seized by the US government last Thursday, said yesterday that the servers have been returned and are now available to go back online. Immediate access to the servers, which host Indymedia's Internet radio station and more than 20 Indymedia websites, will be delayed so that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) can ensure that the servers are secure and take steps to preserve evidence for future legal action.
Now that the servers have been returned, the question still remains: who took them, and under what authority? Citing a gag order, Rackspace would not comment on what had happened both in the original seizure of the servers or their return. All that is known at this point is that the subpoena that resulted in the seizure was issued at the request of a foreign government, most likely with the assistance of the United States Attorney's Office in San Antonio. Although initial reports suggested that the FBI had taken the servers, the FBI has now denied any involvement.
The seizure, which silenced numerous political news websites for several days, is clearly a violation of the First Amendment. "Secret orders silencing US media should be beyond the realm of possibility in a country that believes in freedom of speech," said EFF staff attorney Kurt Opsahl. "EFF was founded with the Steve Jackson Games case fourteen years ago, and at that time we established that seizing entire servers because of a claim about some pieces of information on them is blatantly illegal and improper. It appears the government forgot this basic rule, and we will need to remind them."
EFF will take legal action to find out what really happened to Indymedia's servers and ensure that Internet media are protected from egregious First Amendment violations like this in the future.
Is this article a duplicate of an article from nearly two months ago? Or is there some specific news about this patent-busting project? The blurb didn't seem to help.
the public call-for-submissions ("contest") part of the project was launched yesterday. the post wasn't very clear about that...
Ironically, I find the only thing that makes IE usable at all for me is the current Google toolbar, which implements the popup-blocking that Microsoft neglected to include in their user-hostile browser.
a related book people might want to check out....
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"Pause & Effect" by Mark Meadows. he was a pioneer in virtual worlds (remember VRML?) and went on to write a book on interactive narrative. a virtual world is just an empty stage if there's no story behind it...
lots of good art history and how it relates to immersive worlds:
Ah... I remember the good ol' days when there was this operating system called BeOS. They were going to be in all kinds of high-end audio equipment.
actually, they still are... iZ Technology's Radar 24 (originally distributed by Otari) is based on BeOS. 24 channels, 24 bit/192kHz... one of the first digital recorders with high enough sound quality to convert hardcore analog snobs away from their 2" tape reels.
basically the rich are completely against war because it will screw their investments...If you haven't been paying attention, the deficit between rich and poor is the worst in HISTORY, currently the rich are getting MUCH richer, and the poor slipping behind further. Maybe a good war is what we need...
...but wars tend to be fought by the poor. the rich will lose their investments, the poor will lose their lives.
if you work in any kind of hi-tech field, chances are there's a nice fat pipe available to you somewhere...
build a little server, buy the network administrator eight or nine beers, stick your machine in the server room, and go to down. (the beer trick works especially well if you happen to BE the network administrator.)
i haven't paid for server bandwidth in probably seven or eight years (i.e., "ever"); the downside is that you may have to move it around a lot, as you might change jobs, your company might fold, that sort of thing.
Uh.. from Chapter II, Section 9 of the Japanese constitution:
i doubt a government would let some pesky little thing like a consitution get in the way. the american government doesn't seem to get too bothered about the US constitution, for example.
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http://www.youtube.com/user/NMFires2011#p/u
From http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster/
> From what I've seen, they're already do as much as they possibly can.
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2004_10.php#00200 6
Indymedia Servers Mysteriously Reappear, But Questions RemainSan Francisco, CA - Rackspace Managed Hosting, the San Antonio-based company that manages two Indymedia servers seized by the US government last Thursday, said yesterday that the servers have been returned and are now available to go back online. Immediate access to the servers, which host Indymedia's Internet radio station and more than 20 Indymedia websites, will be delayed so that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) can ensure that the servers are secure and take steps to preserve evidence for future legal action.
Now that the servers have been returned, the question still remains: who took them, and under what authority? Citing a gag order, Rackspace would not comment on what had happened both in the original seizure of the servers or their return. All that is known at this point is that the subpoena that resulted in the seizure was issued at the request of a foreign government, most likely with the assistance of the United States Attorney's Office in San Antonio. Although initial reports suggested that the FBI had taken the servers, the FBI has now denied any involvement.
The seizure, which silenced numerous political news websites for several days, is clearly a violation of the First Amendment. "Secret orders silencing US media should be beyond the realm of possibility in a country that believes in freedom of speech," said EFF staff attorney Kurt Opsahl. "EFF was founded with the Steve Jackson Games case fourteen years ago, and at that time we established that seizing entire servers because of a claim about some pieces of information on them is blatantly illegal and improper. It appears the government forgot this basic rule, and we will need to remind them."
EFF will take legal action to find out what really happened to Indymedia's servers and ensure that Internet media are protected from egregious First Amendment violations like this in the future.
I bought the top-of-the-line version of Logic when 6 came out. Shortly afterward suddenly they redid the pricing structures...
just be thankful you didn't buy 2.5, 3, 4, and 5 platinum...
ACLU's site is getting hammered; the decision has also been posted on EFF's site:
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism/ PATRIOT/20040929_NSL_Decision.pdf
(EFF's press release is here.)
http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/p2p_copyright_wp.php
sort of a clunky name.
why not try... Filefox!
if you're interested in building your own PVR, you should take a look at EFF's broadcast flag page:
http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/
in less than a year, it will no longer be possible to buy a PC/HDTV decoder that is free of broadcast flag restrictions.
something to think about...
not linked from story:
http://www.eff.org/patent/wanted/
IF we let them.
let's not forget the "of the people, by the people, for the people" part.
Is this article a duplicate of an article from nearly two months ago? Or is there some specific news about this patent-busting project? The blurb didn't seem to help.
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the public call-for-submissions ("contest") part of the project was launched yesterday. the post wasn't very clear about that...
contest:
http://www.eff.org/patent/contest/
press release:
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2004_06.php#0016
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Ar chive/Oct2003/California_fc.TMOA2003299_lrg.jpg
http://www.glgarden.org/foreverman/brasseye.html
(if you're impatient, click "page 2" and search for "sound wave".)
just a thought.
"major" being: courier, sendmail, postfix, exim and qmail.
it looks like it's about a year old, and has some missing information, but it's a place to start for anyone looking to switch MTAs.
try firebird (has native popup blocking):
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/
http://googlebar.mozdev.org/
lots of good art history and how it relates to immersive worlds:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735 711712/
no, it's not:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_166.html
yeah, but i bet she can't dance like monkey boy ballmer.
actually, they still are... iZ Technology's Radar 24 (originally distributed by Otari) is based on BeOS. 24 channels, 24 bit/192kHz... one of the first digital recorders with high enough sound quality to convert hardcore analog snobs away from their 2" tape reels.
http://www.izcorp.com/
not much of an equalizer.
needless to say, it's in their best interest to jack up bacteria paranoia levels whenever possible.
nowhere does it say that the bacteria levels on the desktop are unhealthy, just higher.
build a little server, buy the network administrator eight or nine beers, stick your machine in the server room, and go to down. (the beer trick works especially well if you happen to BE the network administrator.)
i haven't paid for server bandwidth in probably seven or eight years (i.e., "ever"); the downside is that you may have to move it around a lot, as you might change jobs, your company might fold, that sort of thing.
DSL works nicely for low-impact serving, too.
i doubt a government would let some pesky little thing like a consitution get in the way. the american government doesn't seem to get too bothered about the US constitution, for example.