the economist on death of the diamond cartel

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E.J. Dionne: Have You No Sense of
Decency, Sir? Of Course Not, This is the
Bush Cartel. Being Decent Gets You in
TROUBLE with the Bush Cartel, Whose
Natural Home is the Gutter. 4/27

E.J. Dionne: Have You No Sense of
Decency, Sir? Of Course Not, This is the
Bush Cartel. Being Decent Gets You in
TROUBLE with the Bush Cartel, Whose
Natural Home is the Gutter. 4/27 04/28/2004 05:51 AM
Tempest

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Must Read, Very Long NYT Article,
Unusally Candid Piece About Bush Cartel
Ineptness, Arrogance and Spin: The Bush
Cartel Neo-Con Blueprint for Disaster in
Iraq. Crimes Against Our Soldiers and
Our Nation. 11/1

Must Read, Very Long NYT Article,
Unusally Candid Piece About Bush Cartel
Ineptness, Arrogance and Spin: The Bush
Cartel Neo-Con Blueprint for Disaster in
Iraq. Crimes Against Our Soldiers and
Our Nation. 11/1 11/02/2003 07:35 AM
everyone's weekend reading list

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DVD Cartel Gives Up Lost Cause

DVD Cartel Gives Up Lost Cause 01/22/2004 05:08 PM
The Electronic Frontier Foundation rep orts that the DVD consortium has abandoned the argument that its widely disseminated scrambling software, which prevents people from playing DVDs on non-authorized devices and operating systems, is a trade secret.

What The Cartel Thinks

What The Cartel Thinks 04/19/2005 04:08 AM

The fact that iTunes continues to dominate just might be a clue that Steve Jobs' onto something. By Alan Wexelblat, Corante

How Copyright Cartel is Killing Privacy

How Copyright Cartel is Killing Privacy 05/02/2004 02:02 PM
To understand the dangerous confluence of privacy and "digital rights management" that copyright holders use to keep control over what...

DVD cartel backs off, EFF wins, DVD keys
aren't "secret"

DVD cartel backs off, EFF wins, DVD keys
aren't "secret" 01/22/2004 04:53 PM
EFF won an important legal battle today. DVDCCA, the Hollywood licensing body that runs DVD, has dropped its bullshit suit against Andrew Bunner, a client of ours whom they accused of misappropriating their secret keys -- "secret" in this instance meaning, "available on millions of webservers all over the world."

"DeCSS has been available on hundreds if not thousands of websites for 4 years now," said EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. "We're pleased that the DVD CCA has finally stopped attempting to deny the obvious: DeCSS is not a secret."

The California Supreme Court last year ruled that one could apply preliminary restraint on publication of a computer program only in very narrow circumstances. DVD CCA sued Bunner along with hundreds of people, including some T-shirt manufacturers.

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Bush Campaign Backs Down to Copyright
Cartel

Bush Campaign Backs Down to Copyright
Cartel 02/13/2004 01:25 PM

InternetNews.com: NBC Nixes Bush-Cheney Online Video Clip . Using footage from President Bush's Sunday interview with Tim Russert on Meet the Press, the Bush-Cheney campaign sent six million e-mails Tuesday afternoon inviting readers to click on a link to hear the president speak on "Responsibility." After NBC objected to use of its footage in the promotion, the campaign disconnected the link.

Under the fair use doctrine, the campaign had a right to use this footage, which was 30 seconds long (about 100 words). And the campaign was craven to back down to the network's absurd demand. So the copyright cartel strikes again -- in the most arrogant way. (Thanks to Mike Masnick for the pointer.)

Mobile giants deny cartel slur

Mobile giants deny cartel slur 04/22/2004 09:06 AM
Putting pressure on vendors? Us?

Paul Krugman: The Bush Cartel and Class
Warfare 6/1

Paul Krugman: The Bush Cartel and Class
Warfare 6/1 06/01/2004 12:06 PM
Dooh Nibor Economics .. this Krugman column

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Phone DRM cartel lowers fees from
outrageous to merely ridiculous

Phone DRM cartel lowers fees from
outrageous to merely ridiculous 04/13/2005 05:46 PM
Cory Doctorow: Last month, I blogged about the deceptively named Open Mobile Alliance that provides DRM for music/movies on cellphones. The OMA licensing cost was $1 per handset, which means that buying OMA for all of last year's phones would have cost $684 million -- more than the total market for digital music.

The OMA has responded by generously cutting that licensing fee to $0.65/handset, which brings the cost of outfitting all the phones sold this year in line with the approximate market for digital music. Yeah, that'll work. Link (Thanks, Joe!)

E.J. Dionne: Why the Bush Cartel Fears
the Choice of Edwards as V.P

E.J. Dionne: Why the Bush Cartel Fears
the Choice of Edwards as V.P 07/08/2004 07:16 AM
than Bush had running for President .. column

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Copyright Cartel Versus Fair Use, Part
MMMCCXVII

Copyright Cartel Versus Fair Use, Part
MMMCCXVII 05/11/2004 09:12 AM

Fox News: Recordable DVDs New Target of Hollywood. One former lawmaker said he didn't realize that the DMCA would restrict digital-content copying to the extent that it has. "I, like most members of Congress, had no idea that what would be deemed to be fair use for books, CDs, and TV programs is not the case for DVDs — and nobody intended that the people that would enable you to make a single copy of a DVD should be held criminally liable and go to jail and that's insane," Bob Livingston (search), former U.S. Republican representative from Louisiana and House Appropriations Committee chairman, told Foxnews.com.

Insane, but it's the law Livingston and his colleagues passed. Now a few brave members of Congress, led by Virginia's Rick Boucher, are trying to redress the wrong they did in the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. They've introduced something called the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act (description of bill), a bill that has no chance of passing at the moment but is worthwhile nonetheless. The fact of the bill (PDF of full text), and a hearing on Wednesday, provides evidence that the long-needed pushback against the cartel is beginning to get some traction. But they're up against an entertainment industry that has just about bought and paid for the Draconian laws now in place. The cartel is drumming up support for its inflexible position, and you need to make your own views known. The EFF has som e good suggestions. (If you email or fax a letter, I strongly urge you to write it in your own words, rather than just copying the EFF's language, because Congress is now well attuned to discount rafts of identical letters. Individual letters get much more attention than the cut-and-paste stuff.) It's good to see former lawmakers like Livingston talking about how they were snookered by the cartel, meanwhile. It won't make enough of a difference to modify the terrible DMCA in any big way, not yet. but it helps.

Copyright Cartel Buying Another Federal
Anti-Infringement Law

Copyright Cartel Buying Another Federal
Anti-Infringement Law 05/27/2004 07:58 AM

Since law enforcement has nothing better to do, and since the victims of copyright infringement -- Hollywood studios and the music companies -- are obviously so strapped financially, Congress may soon order the Justice Department to use resources tracking file sharers and filing lawsuits against them. (Yes, I'm being sarcastic.) As Declan McCullagh reports, legislation known as the "Pirate Act" is moving with light speed through Washington -- getting not even a hearing in committee before being sent to the full Senate. Sadly, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, who should know better, is part of this travesty; but he's running for reelection in a state where he couldn't lose if he tried, and apparently needs more money from Hollywood. Oh, and once the government files suit -- with huge penalties -- the copyright cartel companies will still be able to file their own suits. Nothing like piling on. I'm not endorsing rampant infringement for profit, the kind of activity that truly fits the term "piracy," such as the stamping out thousands of CDs or DVDs in Malaysian and Chinese factories that deserves to be stamped out, harshly. I'm not endorsing petty infringement, either, such as downloading songs you would otherwise have bought in a store. But this kind of legislation, turning the full force of the government against penny ante infringers, is far over the top. In times like these, when there are real criminals out there, it's insane.

Conservatives Dispute Bush Cartel Budget
Figures 12/26

Conservatives Dispute Bush Cartel Budget
Figures 12/26 12/26/2003 11:36 PM
The GOP is lying about the budget numbers .. Politicians are arguing

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Now the Bush Cartel is Imagining It Has
Allies, But Can't Name Them, Maureen
Dowd 3/12

Now the Bush Cartel is Imagining It Has
Allies, But Can't Name Them, Maureen
Dowd 3/12 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
how foolish our "go it alone" policy is .. wearing her schoolgirl outfit again .. imaginary friends .. I Vant to Be Alone .. NY Times .. column .. op-ed .. more

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Bush Cartel War Crimes Update: Paul
Krugman, Just Trust Us 5/11

Bush Cartel War Crimes Update: Paul
Krugman, Just Trust Us 5/11 05/12/2004 02:48 AM
abdicating their responsibility .. This is exactly correct .. The slump is over .. writes

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Mexico Nabs Suspected Tijuana Drug
Cartel Chiefs

Mexico Nabs Suspected Tijuana Drug
Cartel Chiefs 06/05/2004 01:06 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 5 2004 4:40AM GMT

the new diamond age

the new diamond age 06/17/2004 10:58 PM
more on the implications of cheap man-made diamonds

Like a Diamond in the Sky

Like a Diamond in the Sky 02/15/2004 10:33 AM
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Wonder no more, the nursery rhyme has been proven correct.

As Iraq Handover Nears, Bush Cartel
Mistakes Loom Large. Duh! 6/20

As Iraq Handover Nears, Bush Cartel
Mistakes Loom Large. Duh! 6/20 06/20/2004 06:44 AM
"F.U.B.A.R."

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Dodgin' Diamond 2 0.2.1

Dodgin' Diamond 2 0.2.1 07/02/2004 02:55 PM
A little shoot-'em-up arcade game.

Diamond Age Approaching?

Diamond Age Approaching? 04/29/2004 01:14 PM

Dodgin' Diamond 2 0.1

Dodgin' Diamond 2 0.1 05/15/2004 03:51 PM
A little shoot-'em-up arcade game.

Dodgin' Diamond 2 0.2

Dodgin' Diamond 2 0.2 05/21/2004 08:08 PM
A little shoot-'em-up arcade game.

The Diamond Sutra

The Diamond Sutra 05/08/2004 09:10 AM
A few days ago we had the Gutenberg Bible from the 1450s. Feh. The British Library now presents the oldest printed book in the world, the 868AD Diamond Sutra, in Shockwave format.

Diamond Age Coming Soon

Diamond Age Coming Soon 02/14/2004 06:42 PM

"The Economist"

"The Economist" 01/02/2005 04:25 AM

Economist.com

Economist.com 02/14/2004 08:01 PM
this article on the science of love .. more» .. more

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The Economist gets it

The Economist gets it 05/11/2004 03:40 AM
That bastion of British Toryism, and the center of what in the 19th Century was called liberalism, and would now be called Libertarian Conservatism, The Economist Magazine, has called for Rumsfeld's resignation, in prose and by its choice of cover photo: From the editorial: The scandal is widening, with more allegations coming to light. Moreover, the abuse of these prisoners is not the only damaging error that has been made and it forms part of a culture of extra-legal behaviour that has been set at the highest level. Responsibility for what has occurred needs to be taken—and to be seen to be taken—at the highest level too. It is plain what that means. The secretary of defence, Donald Rumsfeld, should resign. And if he won't resign, Mr Bush should fire him.... That approach was epitomised by the setting up of a prison camp at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba in 2001. The decision to detain combatants caught in Afghanistan for an indefinite period, with no access to lawyers and no legal redress, was understandable as a short-term response to the threat of terrorism and to ignorance about who might actually be terrorists, but it was nevertheless both wrong and disastrous for America's reputation. It was wrong because it violated the very values and rule of law for which America was supposedly fighting, and soon produced evidence of double standards: some American citizens captured in Afghanistan were allowed to stand trial in American courts in the normal way, but such rights were denied to mere foreigners, every single one of whom was labelled as a dangerous terrorist by Mr Rumsfeld, regardless of any evidence. It has been disastrous for America's reputation because of that hypocrisy but also because it has become a symbol of a "we'll decide" arrogance. The Geneva conventions that have governed the treatment of prisoners of war for decades were waved aside. And the argument used to justify America's rejection of the new International Criminal Court—that its soldiers would be vulnerable to unreasonable persecution, with necessary military actions defined as crimes—looked ever more hollow. Thanks to Guantánamo, critics could argue that America really does need the check of the ICC, and that its claim that abuses would readily be dealt with in domestic courts was also hollow. ... But the culture that it represented, with all prisoners considered guilty until proven innocent, with dubious interrogation methods widely considered to...

Online diamond duel

Online diamond duel 07/05/2004 06:09 AM
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The Galaxy's Largest Diamond

The Galaxy's Largest Diamond 02/14/2004 03:48 AM

Astronomers Spy Massive Diamond (AP)

Astronomers Spy Massive Diamond (AP) 02/13/2004 06:40 PM
AP - If anyone's ever promised you the sun, the moon and the stars, tell 'em you'll settle for BPM 37093. The heart of that burned-out star with the no-nonsense name is a sparkling diamond that weighs a staggering 10 billion trillion trillion carats. That's one followed by 34 zeros.

Diamond Exclusive News

Diamond Exclusive News 04/02/2005 04:38 AM
Here is the Diamond Comics exclusive Revenge of the Sith news. Read it at your own risk!

MSI Launches Two Diamond Mobos

MSI Launches Two Diamond Mobos 01/04/2005 04:21 AM
TechTree Jan 4 2005 8:35AM GMT

Economist.com | Wal-Mart

Economist.com | Wal-Mart 04/18/2004 07:15 AM
more» .. report

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Economist.com | Iraq

Economist.com | Iraq 05/08/2004 02:04 AM
Resign, Rumsfeld .. needs to go .. more

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Congo excluded from diamond trade

Congo excluded from diamond trade 07/10/2004 12:43 PM
The Republic of Congo is removed from a list of states recognised to be dealing legitimately in diamonds.

Amazon launches its diamond store

Amazon launches its diamond store 04/22/2004 04:14 PM
InternetRetailer.com Apr 22 2004 8:47PM GMT

Report: al-Qaida Made Pre-9/11 Diamond
Buy (AP)

Report: al-Qaida Made Pre-9/11 Diamond
Buy (AP) 08/07/2004 01:37 PM
AP - A series of witnesses place six top al-Qaida fugitives in Africa buying up diamonds in the run-up to the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a confidential report by U.N.-backed prosecutors obtained by The Associated Press.
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