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A couple years ago, law professor Wendy Seltzer used the NFL as an example of sports leagues performing copyfraud, by claiming copyright control beyond what is allowed by law.Specifically, she was talking about the warning mentioned at some point during every game.For the NFL it was: "This telecast is copyrighted by the NFL for the private use of our audience. Any other use of this telecast or of ...
09-05
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About four years ago, I signed up for ATT CallVantage VoIP service and ditched my traditional POTS landline phone service.This was back when ATT was actually betting on CallVantage and using it as a (many reviews claimed) better alternative to Vonage.Then, of course, SBC bought ATT and wanted nothing whatsoever to do with CallVantage.It neglected the service, and quality got worse and worse until ...
09-05
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Every few months or so, we read about some freaked out reporter/columnist/pundit/politician complaining about how the internet and texting are destroying kids' ability to write.Yet, pretty much every study on the subject has found the opposite to be true. Study after study after study after study after study have all found that kids today are better writers than in the past.Clive Thompson writes a...
09-05
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In its continuing effort to make up for deleting unauthorized George Orwell ebooks from the Kindle, Amazon is apparently now offering $30 to those who lost their books.Well, actually it's a $30 check, gift certificate or they'll redeliver the book they deleted.Of course, assuming the ebooks cost less than $30 (Kindle's version of 1984 costs $9.99), it's difficult to see why people wouldn't just ta...
09-05
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Over at GrindEFX, they've put together a nice column discussing 5 Reasons Why Nobody is Buying Your Music, which touches on all the basics that we tend to talk about here.You should go read the full details, but the short list is:Does anyone know? Is your music up to scratch? Are you giving your fans options? Are you giving your fans a reason to buy? Are your prices reasonable?It's a good list -- ...
09-05
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