Illegal Art: "Sonny Bono is Dead"

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Sonny, Can You Spare Some Change?

Sonny, Can You Spare Some Change? 04/15/2004 08:58 AM
Debt among senior citizens is on the rise. What's up with that, Gramps?

Robots and Emotion: Tetchy the Turtle
Meets Sonny and HAL

Robots and Emotion: Tetchy the Turtle
Meets Sonny and HAL 12/29/2004 10:14 PM
Space.com Dec 30 2004 1:54AM GMT

Illegal immigrants, illegal aliens and
the undocumented

Illegal immigrants, illegal aliens and
the undocumented 01/24/2004 07:13 PM
It's only used by frothing-at-the-mouth xenophobes. Not that there's a shortage of them. Google yields 242,000 Web sites where "illegal aliens" appears. ...

Bono is the new Pope

Bono is the new Pope 04/14/2005 12:36 PM

Mark Pincus speaks his mind about one.org.

Bono on the barricades

Bono on the barricades 05/17/2004 07:25 AM
The rocker humanitarian talks to Salon about why he's hopeful America will do its duty helping Africa -- and how if diplomacy doesn't work, "I'm ready to be out on the streets."

Wolfowitz reaches out to Bono

Wolfowitz reaches out to Bono 03/19/2005 02:52 AM
If the World Bank nominee was hoping for an endorsement, he still hasn't found what he's looking for.

Brad Pitt, Bono Among Celebs on New PSA
(AP)

Brad Pitt, Bono Among Celebs on New PSA
(AP) 04/06/2005 08:59 PM
AP - Brad Pitt is among the A-list celebrities featured in new public service announcements for a campaign led by U2 singer Bono to fight poverty and AIDS.

Bono Moves to Preempt Thieves

Bono Moves to Preempt Thieves 07/23/2004 04:34 AM
U2's new album was stolen last week. If it shows up online, it'll be rushed out on Apple's iTunes, the band has pledged.

Bono rides into Silicon Valley

Bono rides into Silicon Valley 06/16/2004 07:03 AM
Roving rock pundit turns venture capitalist

Bono lights up despite smoking ban
(Reuters)

Bono lights up despite smoking ban
(Reuters) 06/18/2004 06:43 AM
Reuters - Rock and roll ain't what it used to be. U2 frontman Bono has apologised -- for having a cigarette.

Bono promises not to swear again at
awards (Reuters)

Bono promises not to swear again at
awards (Reuters) 01/23/2004 01:27 AM
Reuters - The U.S. government can relax. Irish rock star Bono promises he will not swear again on live television if he wins a Golden Globe Award on Sunday.

Bono cheers 'best frontman' Pope

Bono cheers 'best frontman' Pope 04/03/2005 10:22 AM
Bono, U2 singer and anti-poverty campaigner, praises the late Pope John Paul II as a great leader.

U-2's Bono joining venture capital firm

U-2's Bono joining venture capital firm 06/15/2004 06:15 PM

5/19/04, Commencement Address by Bono -
Almanac Between Issues

5/19/04, Commencement Address by Bono -
Almanac Between Issues 06/03/2004 09:03 AM
Bono's commencement address at UPenn: "Africa needs justice as much as it needs charity" .. commencement .. Bono

upenn.edu/almanac/between/2004/commence-b.html
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Wired News: Bono Moves to Preempt
Thieves

Wired News: Bono Moves to Preempt
Thieves 07/24/2004 02:27 AM
we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes .. But once it's out, it's out

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U2's Bono: We'll release album on iTunes
if leaked

U2's Bono: We'll release album on iTunes
if leaked 07/22/2004 11:47 AM
Last week, U2 had their recently completed new CD, which is planned to be released in November, stolen during a photo shoot in France...

Dead, Dead, Dead. Someday Soon We'll All
Be Dead.

Dead, Dead, Dead. Someday Soon We'll All
Be Dead. 12/02/2003 10:13 PM
I had a 120gig SATA Hard drive in my G5. It died. Dead blocks all over. My last full backup...

Dead pixels instead of dead trees

Dead pixels instead of dead trees 12/22/2004 01:49 AM

I love books, I love browsing stacks, I love libraries, I love Powell's in Portland, I like collecting books, I always have a stack nearby to read, I love looking through picture books, and I love books even though I didn't really become much of a reader until the end of my college years (I never read for fun until then). Plunging into the Internet fed my book addiction further, as I had to read dozens of computer classics to get up to speed and stay ahead of the curve. Every computer desk I've had until recently was flanked by bookshelves loaded with titles.

Earlier this year, I remember hearing Cory Doctorow give a talk about how ebooks were going to rule the world and folks would abandon the printed page for the laptop screen. I thought it was a good talk, but I felt the thesis was a bit ahead of its time. There's really no comparison between curling up with a book and a blanket in front of a fireplace, versus trying to read thousands of words on a screen.

Last weekend I was doing some house cleaning and I kept finding stacks of books. A stack next to the reading chairs. A stack on the coffee table. A stack beside my bed. All these stacks contained books I bought in 2004, but never read. Some, I got halfway through, but even more I got maybe ten pages in. A few I never even cracked open.

When I think back to the last three books I enjoyed, they were all heard on my iPod, while on a road trip. I can't recall the last book I finished in my hands.

I'm going to take a holiday trip soon to a fairly remote location where there's not much to do besides read. I'm going to sit and read the only book I've wanted to read this year, and I have a feeling it might just be one of the last dead tree books I read for a long time.

As much as I didn't agree with Cory back during his E-tech talk, I'm finally realizing it's coming true in my own life. I read thousands of words everyday on my monitors and I rarely take time to read anything on the printed page, and there's no sign of reversal on that trend. The scariest thing for the bookfan inside me is that I don't think it's bad thing, either.

Long live the ebook. Long live the audiobook. So long, dead trees.

""Pat isn't with God,'' he said. "He's f
-- ing dead. He wasn't religious. So
thank you for your thoughts, but he's f
-- ing dead.''"

""Pat isn't with God,'' he said. "He's f
-- ing dead. He wasn't religious. So
thank you for your thoughts, but he's f
-- ing dead.''" 05/05/2004 09:39 AM

Illegal or not?

Illegal or not? 07/01/2004 03:32 PM
Churchgoers get direction from Bush Campaign: The instruction sheet circulated by the Bush-Cheney campaign to religious volunteers lists 22 "duties" to be performed by specific dates. By July 31, for example, volunteers are to "send your Church Directory to your State Bush-Cheney '04 Headquarters or give [it] to a BC04 Field Rep" and "Talk to your Pastor about holding a Citizenship Sunday and Voter Registration Drive." Isn't this blatantly illegal?

more illegal art

more illegal art 02/15/2004 09:16 AM
So my story for the past months has been that this "war" on "piracy" will have unintended consequences -- most importantly, consequences for other creative remix forms of art. After a lecture in London, I was told by a leading executive at a major label that I was "completely wrong." That the "only" thing the record companies care about is controlling "piracy, which means copies." Apparently, Jay Z has inspired them to care more. See the latest entry at Illegal-Art.org.

Why that mix CD might be illegal

Why that mix CD might be illegal 01/16/2004 11:03 AM
BBC Jan 15 2004 9:15PM GMT

Dead Like Me - Dead or Alive?

Dead Like Me - Dead or Alive? 02/01/2005 09:59 PM
In television these days, there is hardly a show that doesn’t have the blood flowing or the boobies showing. It is hard to find a show that makes it on wit alone. Till a few weeks ago, I thought I had found the saving grace with Showtime’s original show, Dead Like Me. I guess a few executives didn’t share my opinion. The fight is far from over though. In the past shows would have died…

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...it was illegal, but it worked well...

...it was illegal, but it worked well... 09/16/2004 08:48 PM
Mr. Sbock's Parallel Universe: "Boobs - the female front. These are the image files of the fake artist Mr. Sbock. His mission: To create strange new pics. To publish great female forms, fascinating breasts and beautiful buttocks. To show on the net what no one has seen before." And quite possibly what no one ever wants to see again. [nsfw - maybe unless you work here]

The question is - was this illegal?

The question is - was this illegal? 08/14/2004 11:54 AM
Scamming in the MMORPG Eve Online

And On The Third Try... WhenU's Pop-Ups
Are Illegal

And On The Third Try... WhenU's Pop-Ups
Are Illegal 12/24/2003 01:26 PM
WhenU, the Gator-wannabe company, has been happily winning lawsuits left and right, but it seems that people just won't stop suing, and now, yet another judge has found that WhenU's adware pop-ups are illegal. In this case, as much as I think companies like WhenU and Gator are being sneaky and misleading, I think the judge was wrong. There should be nothing illegal about having such an ad pop-up if the end-user knows they installed the software that will do that sort of thing. My problem with these companies is the fact that (at least with Gator), they are incredibly sneaky in getting the application onto your computer, such that many people don't realize they've installed it. However, if people do want to install such an application that pops up ads (why? I have no clue), they should certainly be allowed to do so - as long as it's clear that the pop up is coming from WhenU.

Illegal convergence

Illegal convergence 12/15/2003 10:29 AM
Blah, blah, blah, by now we're totally bored with this whole convergence thing -- we get it, you can stream movies and MP3s from your...

will Apple be illegal?

will Apple be illegal? 06/24/2004 10:53 PM
EFF has mocked-up a complaint against Apple under the pending INDUCE Act.

Is Rip Digital Illegal? (No, Probably
Not)

Is Rip Digital Illegal? (No, Probably
Not) 12/24/2004 12:16 PM

Keep in mind that I'm not a doctor of law (although I retain an honorary PhD in 'Home Cookin''), but something didn't seem right to me when I read Bob Kohn's analysis of Rip Digital's CD ripping service (prompted, as it happens, by our review). Kohn—who it must be noted, is no dime store music law pundit—posited the idea that Rip Digital's service might be illegal, on the grounds that hiring someone else to do your home taping equivalent might fall outside of the scope of the owner's right of reproduction. Here's my expert opinion: Hrmmm.

But I talked to Rip Digital's founder Dick Adams, who assured me that they "architected [their] service in compliance with US copyright law," and even contacted the music industry and made them aware of their plans before they started (not that that prevents a RIAA banhammer in the future, but still). And if you think about it, who could possibly be using Rip Digital to infringe copyright, when the service only rips commercially-pressed CDs you send them and they ear mark each MP3 they send back with a code that ties it to you? You'd have to be the most hardworking pirate in the world to get around their voluntary protections—and then why would you need their service?

Is This Digital Ripping Service Legal? [BobKohn]

Is Sharing Wi-Fi Illegal?

Is Sharing Wi-Fi Illegal? 08/08/2004 09:06 PM

Is Using WiFi Illegal?

Is Using WiFi Illegal? 05/03/2004 01:45 PM
A few weeks ago we wrote a post wondering if it's illegal to get hacked. Tower Records was fined for having their customer records hacked, with the rationale that they didn't do enough to protect them. While it makes sense to fine a company that has revealed customer records, this becomes a slippery slope. What if you put in place all sorts of protective measures, and hackers still get through? Or, take the argument in a different direction - what if you think it's fine to leave your system open? With that in mind, Mark Rasch takes a look to see whether or not using WiFi may constitute a felony. It seems like a fine line, but if someone felt it was necessary, you could get in an awful lot of legal trouble for using WiFi. On the end user side of things, connecting to an open WiFi access point may run afoul of laws that make it illegal to "knowingly access a computer used in interstate or foreign communication 'without authorization.'" If the response is that the system was open, and thus the authorization was implied, then does that apply to situations where a customer database is left open as well? What if the security is so flimsy as to basically be non-existent. Where's the line? On the other side of things, Rasch points out that just by setting up a WiFi network, you could be in trouble as well. Unless you carefully make sure that no one outside of your home can access the network, you may run into problems with many state laws that make it illegal to "share" an internet connection, the same way it's illegal to share a cable or satellite TV connection.

Is It Illegal To Get Hacked?

Is It Illegal To Get Hacked? 04/21/2004 03:53 PM
Tower Records and the FTC have apparently reached a settlement after the FTC accused them of allowing hackers to access customer records. This brings up a very interesting question that isn't often discussed. Since hack attacks to get at customer data happen all the time how does anyone determine whether or not the company itself is negligent in not protecting the data? At what point is it negligence rather than just being vulnerable? If the standard is set too low, then companies have less incentive to protect their data (though, pissed off customers may provide that incentive). However, blaming the victim for being hacked seems to present a lot of slippery slope style questions.

collected $110,000 in illegal
contributions

collected $110,000 in illegal
contributions 12/18/2003 04:32 AM
WaPo

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Cheap, Illegal Software

Cheap, Illegal Software 06/10/2004 05:43 PM

OEM software scams on the rise: In a moment of serious self-delusion I almost fell for one of these outfits. Yes, I'll admit, I wanted Dreamweaver MX for $60.

[sigh] Too good be to true, and all that.

It is not difficult to recognise the pirates from reputable resellers: their prices are typically much lower than those offered by official resellers. They often use anonymous domain hosting services and their sites lack sufficient contact information.

More importantly, the software they offer is unlikely to be OEM. Adobe never offered Acrobat or Photoshop (with the exception of Photoshop Elements) as OEM software, but it is widely available from OEM vendors.

I asked Chris for his opinion, and he noted that the ordering page of the site I was looking wasn't even secured with SSL. Yikes.

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Threats and lies, yes. Illegal? HHS
doesn't think so

Threats and lies, yes. Illegal? HHS
doesn't think so 07/07/2004 09:34 AM

TSA Work Sloppy, but Not Illegal

TSA Work Sloppy, but Not Illegal 03/26/2005 07:37 AM
Homeland Security fails to keep airline passenger records safe and issues false information about data transfers, but these mistakes aren't against the law, a report says. By Ryan Singel.

Is It Illegal To Say You're Raising
Money?

Is It Illegal To Say You're Raising
Money? 12/19/2004 03:47 PM
You see stories all the time from startup companies saying that they're in the process of raising money from investors. However, the folks at Silicon Beat have noticed that this practice may be illegal. There are plenty of regulations concerning raising funds, and soliciting them from the public without going through the whole SEC process is a no-no. Of course, the companies in question will obviously say that a statement to the press that they're raising money is quite different from soliciting funds -- but depending on how you read the regulations, this might not matter. If the funding source comes by way of this press statement, then it almost definitely does violate regulations. While the regulations are there for a good purpose -- to avoid tricking gullible investors, this does make you wonder if they go too far. Statements to the press shouldn't be considered solicitation of funds no matter what, and any investor at such an early stage is likely to go through a lot more due diligence (one hopes) than simply reading about a company in the news.

BitTorrent Inherently Illegal?

BitTorrent Inherently Illegal? 03/25/2005 05:12 PM

US illegal downloads on the rise

US illegal downloads on the rise 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
The number of people downloading songs illegally rises after a six-month slump, US analysts say.
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Eulogy for My Father

Eulogy for My Father 07/05/2004 06:22 AM
This month's letter from the editor.

A special kind of eulogy

A special kind of eulogy 03/31/2005 05:36 PM
Ann Coulter shares her thoughts on what Terri Schiavo's demise might mean for the land of liberal Hollywood.

HUBERT SELBY, JR. Eulogy by Nick
Tosches

HUBERT SELBY, JR. Eulogy by Nick
Tosches 04/29/2004 12:11 PM
"Hubert Selby died often .. announces

exitwounds.com/Hubert-Selby-Jr.htm
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Full text:
Thatcher eulogy to Reagan

BBC NEWS | Americas | Full text:
Thatcher eulogy to Reagan 06/12/2004 06:14 AM
BARONESS THATCHER'S EULOGY .. remembers .. the BBC .. tribute

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3797947.stm
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President Bush's Eulogy at Funeral
Service for President Reagan

President Bush's Eulogy at Funeral
Service for President Reagan 06/13/2004 06:20 PM
President Bush's Eulogy at Funeral Service for President Reagan .. George W. Bush

whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040611-2.html
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Hallucigenia 01 clips

Hallucigenia 01 clips 12/08/2003 11:48 AM
ZDNet Japan has some video clips of the Hallucigenia 01, that futuristic eight-wheeled car/transportation robot with wheels that can rotate independently of the others, and it can move up hills while the body of the car remains level. Read...

Britcom clips online

Britcom clips online 01/11/2004 12:27 PM
BBC Comedy has posted dozens of clips from classic britcoms -- alas, in RealVideo instead of something useful like MPEG that could be readily cut up, turned into homemade animations, incorpoated into school-reports, etc. Still and all, funny stuff!

* 2 Point 4 Children
* Absolutely Fabulous
* All Gas And Gaiters
* 'Allo 'Allo!
* Are You Being Served?
* Black Adder, The
* Blackadder II
* Blackadder The Third
* Blackadder Goes Forth

Link (Thanks, Kim!)

No. 3 Stanford Clips California 68-61
(AP)

No. 3 Stanford Clips California 68-61
(AP) 01/18/2004 05:58 AM
AP - Matt Lottich scored 15 points and No. 3 Stanford stayed unbeaten with a 68-61 victory over California on Saturday night in the first meeting of the season between the rivals.

Krugman vs. O'Reilly -- my clips

Krugman vs. O'Reilly -- my clips 08/12/2004 04:21 AM
more of O'Reilly being a blustering asshole .. The producer strikes back .. Jim Gilliam

jimgilliam.com/2004/08/krugman_vs_oreilly_my_clips.php
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MilkandCookies - Video Clips

MilkandCookies - Video Clips 01/27/2004 09:44 PM
05:28 MilkandCookies - Video Clips .. RC car plus more video clips

milkandcookies.com/topic/40
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Daily Show RNC clips

Daily Show RNC clips 09/06/2004 09:30 PM
Cory Doctorow: Lisa Rein has posted a slew of Daily Show clips covering the Republican National Convention: Part 1 Link, Part 2 Link, Part 3 Link, Part 4 Link, Part 5 Link

Surfline | Video New Clips

Surfline | Video New Clips 12/28/2004 03:30 AM
video section .. the videos

surfline.com/video/index.cfm
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Worst TV Clips of the Week

Worst TV Clips of the Week 04/16/2005 02:13 AM
the most offensive scenes on television .. "Worst TV Clips of the Week" .. stuck them on their website .. Parent’s TV Council .. Bless you, Brent Bozell .. Kids, don't look here .. all the naughty stuff .. keeps a gallery

parentstv.org/PTC/clips/main.asp
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Microsoft Clips Longhorn

Microsoft Clips Longhorn 04/09/2004 04:04 PM

Illegal Art: "Sonny Bono is Dead"

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