Who owns recordings of numbers stations?
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Numbers Stations
Numbers Stations
06/22/2004 04:01 PMNumbers station
: A post over at Boing Boing reminded me of
the phenomenon of numbers stations.
Numbers stations are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin
that broadcast streams of numbers, words, or phonetic sounds. No one
knows for sure where their signals originate or what purpose they
serve. The voices that can be heard on these stations are often those
of children, or are mechanically generated.
Numbers stations appear and disappear continuously, although some
stick to regular schedules. It has been speculated that these stations
operate as a simple and foolproof method for government agencies to
communicate with spies "in the field", using the transmitted codes as
a one-time pad cryptosystem.
The geek factor is off the charts, here. I first learned about
these wonders of mystery in a great book called "Big Secrets" by Willian Poundstone. If things
like this intrigue you, that book is totally worth reading.
As for the stations themselves, I'm pretty sure they're a
distributed, stegano
graphic cr
ypto key based on the
Voynich manusript by some spies hiding out in SubTropli
s (with a sects in Aquapoli
s and the Iron
Mountain complex, of course) perfecting their anti-rocket laser cannons and spy
satellites. They get around in their personal submarines, defending their bases with Metal
Storm cannons from enemy spies attacking in Surface Orbiters.
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Portable Phone Numbers = Market for Cool
Numbers
Portable Phone Numbers = Market for Cool
Numbers
02/15/2004 10:32 AMRescuing recordings
Rescuing recordings
05/07/2004 04:16 PMZDNet May 7 2004 8:06PM GMT
TiVo to Insert New Ads into Recordings
TiVo to Insert New Ads into Recordings
04/05/2005 07:49 PMTiVo and Comcast are jointly developing an advertising system that
inserts up-to-date commercials into previously recorded programming.
The announcement follows news that TiVo has begun testing new
advertising format that will appear as users fast forward through
commercials on its digital video recorder service.
Hallyday wins fight on recordings
Hallyday wins fight on recordings
08/03/2004 09:00 AMFrench rock star Johnny Hallyday wins possession of 1,000 master
copies of his songs held by Universal.
Instant Live Concert Recordings
Instant Live Concert Recordings
04/29/2004 10:38 AMScalia Apologizes for Seizure of
Recordings
Scalia Apologizes for Seizure of
Recordings
04/12/2004 10:07 PMJustice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court has apologized to two
Mississippi reporters who were required to erase recordings of a
speech he gave at a high school there.
If you missed today?s PHP & AJAX
presentation? here are the recordings
If you missed today?s PHP & AJAX
presentation? here are the recordings
06/05/2005 11:20 PM In case you missed our PHP & AJAX talk hosted by Joshua Eichorn,
here are the recordings (note: you will need Macromedia Flash in order
to play these):
Part 1
Part 2 (note there is a pause of about half minute here before the
recording actually starts. This is normal, don’t worry)
In case you missed this, too, [...]
NPR : Pre-Glory Days: The Earliest
Springsteen Recordings
NPR : Pre-Glory Days: The Earliest
Springsteen Recordings
09/19/2004 03:14 PMan Episcopal priest made the first-ever live recording of Bruce
Springsteen .. Pre-Glory Days: The Earliest Springsteen
Recordings
npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3919240
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Enoshop: Brian Eno Recordings and
Products Online
Enoshop: Brian Eno Recordings and
Products Online
06/21/2004 02:48 AMExcellent lecture by Brian Eno on The Long Now .. futurism, time and
long term thinking
enoshop.co.uk/enolog.php?logid=10
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Sampling Short Sequences From Long MP3
Recordings?
Sampling Short Sequences From Long MP3
Recordings?
08/16/2004 03:49 PMLazyweb request - I need a hiss filter
for audio recordings
Lazyweb request - I need a hiss filter
for audio recordings
09/24/2004 09:48 PM
Mark Frauenfelder:
I'm looking for a cheap (under $50) Mac OS X program that will filter
the hiss out of an interview I recorded on a cassette tape. If you
have a recommendation, please
email me!
"jukebox - POPULAR VICTOR, EDISON,
COLUMBIA RECORDINGS FRO 190..."
"jukebox - POPULAR VICTOR, EDISON,
COLUMBIA RECORDINGS FRO 190..."
06/05/2005 11:45 PMHOWTO Make high-quality recordings from
an iPod
HOWTO Make high-quality recordings from
an iPod
12/30/2004 04:31 AM
Cory Doctorow:
Phillip Torrone's article on Hack-a-Day explains how to trick out your
iPod to get it to record audio
really well, bypassing the
crippling restrictions imposed by Apple:
apple cripples recording on an ipod so belkin and griffin then have to
sell us add-on devices for over $50 that can only record at 8khz,
which is all pretty shitty. apparently (the rumor is) apple does this
so people don’t use their ipods to record stuff they think we
shouldn’t, like concerts, whatever.
but don’t worry, there’s a way around it and you can record at
high quality, all for free.
Link
iTMS to get exclusive John Mayer concert
recordings
iTMS to get exclusive John Mayer concert
recordings
08/09/2004 02:47 PMJohn Mayer announced today that four concerts from his current tour
will be available for download from the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) this
month...
Who Owns What
Who Owns What
04/19/2004 11:12 PMalways good to have a reminder
Who owns ILM?
Who owns ILM?
05/18/2004 02:44 AMZDNet Australia May 18 2004 6:51AM GMT
AIM owns you.
AIM owns you.
03/14/2005 06:29 PM
"You waive any right to privacy." AOL has just updated the
terms of service for Instant
Messanger, which include agreeing to the new requirement that AOL owns
everything you write, has the right to reproduce it at will, and that
you waive all requirements for prior approval to do so.
Librarian of Congress names 50
recordings to the 2004 National
Recording Registry
Librarian of Congress names 50
recordings to the 2004 National
Recording Registry
04/07/2005 03:22 AMloc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-2004reg.html
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Who Owns The Facts?
Who Owns The Facts?
12/02/2003 12:27 AMSlashdot Dec 1 2003 11:10PM ET
Who Owns the Data?
Who Owns the Data?
04/22/2004 06:43 PMInternet.com Apr 22 2004 10:19PM GMT
Oracle owns 3/4
Oracle owns 3/4
12/30/2004 06:51 AMUSA Today Dec 30 2004 10:57AM GMT
Why Red Hat Owns Linux
Why Red Hat Owns Linux
03/20/2003 01:05 PMEvery so often, someone will state that Red Hat is "the Microsoft of
Linux." It is true that Red Hat is the clear market leader for Linux
distributions, but it established its market position without patent
lawsuits, predatory tactics or proprietary technology. How did the
company do it, and can it keep the lead it has built?
Microsoft Now Owns Lindows
Microsoft Now Owns Lindows
07/19/2004 01:16 PMWell after a lengthy an often
childis
h (on
both
sides) battle over the name Lindows, Microsoft has finally
realized that every time they try to beat Michael Robertson in court,
they're just giving him more free publicity. This is, of course,
exactly what he wanted. So, to just settle the damn thing once and
for all,
Microsoft has bought out the Lindows name for $20 million.
Of course, this works out great for Lindows... er... Linspire, as
well. They basically get a $20 million investment with no dilution or
strings attached -- plus a bit more publicity due to this deal.
Who owns your e-mail address?
Who owns your e-mail address?
05/19/2004 06:10 AMStandpipe Studios CEO Mark Phillips says the implications of
increasing rates of spam pose a threat to the continued use of e-mail.
Who owns the User Agent?
Who owns the User Agent?
03/22/2005 05:13 PMA slight rant directed at the anti-autolink, anti-Greasemonkey,
anti-user-control crowd. The web is a user space, not an
author-space.
In which Google owns "webl0gger"...
In which Google owns "webl0gger"...
12/17/2004 06:42 PMHm. I didn't realise that Google now had de facto ownership of
the term "weblogger". While trying to play with the new version of Google Groups this
afternoon, I was confronted by this infuriating error message:
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Who Owns Your Email Address?
Who Owns Your Email Address?
05/19/2004 02:53 PMWhile everyone is trying to figure out how to stop spam, a very
interesting legal question is being raised:
who actually owns
your email address? Is it you? Is it whoever owns the domain
name (assuming you don't own your own domain name)? Is it the
internet as a whole? Since many lawsuits involving email seem to rely
on property rights issues, this question may become more important
over time - and it's unclear if there's a really good answer.
Who owns a web page design?
Who owns a web page design?
06/07/2002 07:44 AM"If someone hires you to design their site, and you bring to it your
unique graphic/coding skills, do you own rights to the
interface/layout design?"
Oracle Now Owns PeopleSoft
Oracle Now Owns PeopleSoft
12/29/2004 09:47 AMTheStreet.com Dec 29 2004 1:28PM GMT
Fidelity owns 1/4 of Google stock
Fidelity owns 1/4 of Google stock
09/11/2004 07:06 AMBusiness.bostonherald.com - Sat Sep 11, 05:17 am GMT
Fidelity owns big share of Google
Fidelity owns big share of Google
09/11/2004 11:12 AMBig News Network Sep 11 2004 2:48PM GMT
My MY My - here we go - who owns what -
and the notion of 'built-in' content
My MY My - here we go - who owns what -
and the notion of 'built-in' content
04/19/2004 01:46 PMMP3.
com Music to Emerge from CNET Limbo.
MP3.com, Michael Robertson’s watershed indie warehouse, rose,
crested, and fell. Then the domain and other assets were bought by CNET. Then darkness and
confusion reigned upon all the land, causing gnashing of teeth among
musicians and rending of garments among their fans. Now, a glimmer of
light. One of the most respected indie-music sites, GarageBand.com
(not without its own ups and downs, having risen from the dead once
already), has licensed some 85 percent of MP3.com’s old music
content from its present owners, a consortium of ex-Universal execs
called TrusSonic. Confusing? Eh, don’t sweat the details. Keep
your eye on GarageBand to see what it does with the word’s
biggest collection of medioc— ...I mean, independantly produced
music.
[The Digital Music
Weblog]
CNET
Music Service Begins Beta Uploads.
One hour after the report of GarageBand licensing most of the old MP3.com musical
stash (click here or scroll down the page to see that post), CNET
sent an e-mail through its mailing list announcing the beta launch of
music.download.com. Musicians may begin uploading
material (music files, bios, pics, etc.) immediately. CNET owns the
MP3.com domain and miscellaneous assets. Apparently, CNET has no
immediate plan to revive the domain, and it does not own the music
files previously hosted at MP3.com. [The Digital Music
Weblog]
Commentary later - after the dust settles.
Who owns my data? Furl vs. Gmail
Who owns my data? Furl vs. Gmail
09/23/2004 05:13 AMI received an email today from Furl founder Mike Giles, announcing
that he had sold Furl to Looksmart. John Battelle, ever quick off the
mark, posted that when he talked to Mike about it, Mike explained he
picked Looksmart because they wouldn't make him move to California,
and because they would allow him to keep developing the Furl service
in the way he wanted to. I liked Furl, although I haven't used it much
since I created a home-grown system for saving and indexing web pages
to create my personal version of the Internet Archive (more on that
later, if anyone is interested). Furl works well, and I haven't
noticed any appreciable downtime. I'm a little uncomfortable with
Looksmart, because they are one of the few remaining search companies
that mixes paid listings in with their search results. However, the
great thing about Furl, for which Mike Giles should be commended, is
that since very early on it provided functions to export the pages you
had saved, and Mike has constantly improved upon them. I've used the
functions several times in the past, and they work. After several
unpleasant experiences during the dotcom era, I swore never to use a
service that doesn't provide an easy way to get my data back onto my
local machine. That's one of the reasons Geodog's gmail account sits
unused -- while there are plenty of good hacks, there is no supported
method to export your email from Google's servers. I feel safe using
Furl, even after Looksmart bought them, knowing that no matter how
their policies change, I can get a copy of my data any day I want to.
If I wanted to, I could use cron and wget to make a backup daily.
Gmail users, what happens to your email if tomorrow Google mistakenly
decides you have violated their TOS and shuts down your account?
Google may at any time and for any reason terminate the Services,
terminate this Agreement, or suspend or terminate your account. In the
event of termination, your account will be disabled and you may not be
granted access to your account or any files or other content contained
in your account although residual copies of information may remain in
our system. With Yahoo you can spend $20 a year and buy POP3 access.
With Google, you are currently SOL. Think about it. I hope Google
and...
Frustrated cancer researchers: Who owns
our mice?
Frustrated cancer researchers: Who owns
our mice?
10/31/2003 08:33 PMUSA Today Oct 31 2003 7:40PM ET
Coming back to 'who owns the data'
Coming back to 'who owns the data'
02/10/2004 02:48 AMA couple of weeks ago I brought you the tale of a reader who had
"solved" the technology problems of an identity management project,
multiple times. Each time, though, the project broke down over
political issues.
Who owns culture? A chat with Lessig and
Jeff Tweedy.
Who owns culture? A chat with Lessig and
Jeff Tweedy.
04/08/2005 12:59 AMJust got back from seeing Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Larry Lessig, and Steven Johnson talk
about "Who
owns culture?" at the New York Public Library. They webcast the event, so if
you've never seen Lessig wield his formidable PowerPoint clicker, you
may be able to catch it archived there at some point. I'm not going to
try to weave this into something narrative, so here are a few random
thoughts/observations:
My favorite quote of the evening, from Tweedy (I think I got this
down accurately): "I'd like people to hear my music and say they don't
like it rather than not be able to hear it because they can't afford
it".
Tweedy: "Music is finished in the audience". He credited the
audience with 50% ownership in the creation of a musical piece...the
creator is not much until someone listens to the music they've
created.
Lessig: Fair use doesn't apply to music or movies like it does for
text. I can excerpt a book and critique it, but if I wanted to play a
clip of a new Fischerspooner song on a podcast and then review the
album, I'd need to secure the rights ahead of time.
Johnson: Why isn't there a company that has come along and
basically done what the record companies do for artists (distribute
and promote records) but do it without all the overhead and let the
artists keep the rights to their material? This is probably being done
on a small scale (Factory
Records comes to mind), but at first blush, this seems like a
fantastic business opportunity. All the economies of scale without the
monopoly.
Wilco's cover of Don't Fear
the Reaper. I think it goes without saying that it needs more
cowb, ah screw it.
Tweedy: Wouldn't it be great if an artist like Paul McCartney
decided that he had made enough money and just started giving his
music away to people to enjoy because that's what music is all about
for him. Quote from this
Wired article: "If Metallica still needs money then there's
something really, really wrong."
Tweedy: What the music and movie companies are asking of artists,
to create in a vacuum, is impossible. Not being able to sample, use a
piece as a jumping off point for another piece, borrow tunes from
other songs, or otherwise be influenced by an artist or poet or
writer, it's not possible because that's what art is.
Lessig/Tweedy: Legislating against things like remixing and
sampling is racist (also mentioned briefly in this
Wired article). The argument goes that genres that tend to rely
heavily on sampling and remixing (like hip-hop and rap) tend to be
practiced by minorities and that legislating against them is de facto
racism. More generally, it's about the powerful (who, in the US, tend
to be middle-aged white men) trying to keep their power by limiting
the powerless (i.e., the poor and otherwise disenfranchised, who, in
the US, tend to be minorities). (Apologies if this is confusing or I
misrepresented Tweedy's views on this or overused the word
"tends"...racism is one of those hot button issues and I don't want
anyone to fly off the handle and say Tweedy or I said that all poor
people are black and like rap music or some nonsense like that.
Anyway, tried to be careful with it, but the above may not necessarily
reflect the nuance of Tweedy's views on this issue.)
At one point, Johnson and Tweedy started talking about alternative
models for music distribution and Tweedy made the point that music has
been around for a lot longer than the record companies and there's
lots of ways that music (and other forms of media) has traditionally
been distributed, like via subscriptions and patronage. And Steven
missed the perfect opportunity to say, "a friend of mine is exploring
a micropatronage model for blogging...." ;)
Techbrief; Bezos owns early stock in
Google
Techbrief; Bezos owns early stock in
Google
05/20/2004 07:11 PMInternational Herald Tribune,France-32 minutes ago ... of Amazon.com,
who was ranked by Forbes magazine in February as the world's
82nd-richest person, stands to move up a notch or two when Google
holds its initial ...
Techbrief: Bezos owns early stock in
Google
Techbrief: Bezos owns early stock in
Google
05/21/2004 05:39 AMIHT May 21 2004 9:31AM GMT
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