Salon: Grokster means the freedom to rip your vinyl and own your data

Grok Headline matches for Salon: Grokster means the freedom to rip your vinyl and own your data

"Atrios discovers that freedom of the
press also means "freedom to censor.""

"Atrios discovers that freedom of the
press also means "freedom to censor."" 05/01/2004 09:27 PM

Freedom of Information means grief for
small biz

Freedom of Information means grief for
small biz 09/14/2004 05:19 AM
What price freedom?

Researcher for whom exploit code means
freedom of speech

Researcher for whom exploit code means
freedom of speech 01/16/2004 10:57 AM

What 2007 means to your data center

What 2007 means to your data center 06/12/2004 03:38 PM
Part I: The SMP revival

Fox is advertising on Grokster, also
suing to put Grokster out of business

Fox is advertising on Grokster, also
suing to put Grokster out of business 03/25/2005 06:37 PM
Cory Doctorow: Grokster goes to the Supreme Court next week, where the MPAA studios are suing the P2P company over producing a tool that can be used to infringe copyright, and nevermind that it has lots of non-infringing uses too. Ironically, Fox, a leading MPAA member, is actually advertising its movies on Grokster:

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP., currently suing Grokster and Morpheus for alleged copyright violations enabled by their peer-to-peer technology, apparently advertises through software bundled with Grokster, according to adware researcher Eric Howes. Howes reported Thursday afternoon that he was served a full-screen trailer for the DVD of the 20th Century Fox movie "Fat Albert," after downloading all of the software bundled with Grokster--eight separate adware programs.

Link (Thanks, Molly!)

Today's Specials: Freedom Fries and
Freedom Toast

Today's Specials: Freedom Fries and
Freedom Toast 03/13/2003 10:24 AM
Today's New York Times reports that Congressman Bob Ney (R-Ohio) ordered the cafeterias in the House of Representative to remove the word "French" from all menus. Now being served: Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast. Seriously.
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How to rip vinyl, per the NYT

How to rip vinyl, per the NYT 01/03/2004 04:50 AM
The NYT has published a detailed how-to for converting vinyl LPs to MP3s or CDs. When Napster started, it solved two distinct problems. The obvious one was that you might not have the CD handy that you wanted to listen to (either because you hadn't bought it or because you'd left it somewhere else, i.e., at your parents' place while you went to college), but the more subtle one was that ripping CDs used to be really hard. You needed specialied software, tons of hard-drive space, and you had to title all those tracks by hand.

This meant that once one person had gone to the trouble of ripping a disc, it made a lot of sense not to replicate that effort: better to download someone else's rips from her Napster share than to go through that fooforaw on your own.

Today, ripping CDs is literally a one-click operation, but ripping vinyl is still very freaking hard. Newsgroups like alt.binaries.sounds.78-era often get nice payloads of ripped wax, shellac and vinyl, but the general attack on P2P means that this stuff is getting harder and harder to find on demand, which means that more and more of us are having to individually rip our music, one side at a time, in order to transfer and preserve it (80% of the music ever recorded isn't available for sale -- if you want to hear the song on that groovy LP through your iPod's headphones, you're gonna have to get ripping).

Some LP restoration software suites, including Pinnacle Clean Plus ($100), come with an external preamp that plugs into a U.S.B. port and works with your existing sound card. (Clean Plus and other software choices are described in more detail in the accompanying article.) There is also the iMic from Griffin Technologies ($40, www.griffintechnologies.com), a small input device that converts analog signals to digital outside of the computer, eliminating the possibility of electronic interference from other computer components...

You also need lots of hard-drive space, because sound files occupy about 10 megabytes per minute; that would be almost a gigabyte for all 77 minutes of Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band's "Trout Mask Replica."

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Memories of vinyl

Memories of vinyl 08/22/2004 09:26 PM
I've been thinking about audio files lately. There are lots of interesting audio blogs these days and I realized that putting audio interviews for my shar ing economy research online would be a neat thing to do. For the last month or so, I've been diving into audio gear and software. (I'll write about all this in another post when I figure out what I'm doing.) During this journey into gadgets past, I stumbled into my vinyl records from my DJ days. Most are promotional records that Rockpool sent me when I was reporting my charts to them, but many were from Mark Stephens. Mark Stephens was my mentor and one of my best friends. He was also the first person I knew who died of AIDS. Mark received tons of promos and he would share some of the good stuff with me. He would jot things down on the record jackets or on little post-its. Since I stopped spinning records, I've allowed several DJs as well as my second-cousin Cornelius to go through my record collection and take what they wanted. What I have now is a 1000+ record collection, almost all from 1988-1990, 90% crap, with very high sentimental value. What do I do with them? I looked into software to convert vinyl to mp3's but it looked like a real pain. The other idea I had was browse my vinyl for stuff I liked, scan the notes and try to find the music on a file sharing network. I should know the answer to this question, but is this illegal?

I seem to be getting into these diary-like entries these days, but digging through old vinyl and reading the little notes from Mark brought back a lot of memories. I'm struggling with how to bring some of those memories into the medium I have today.

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How to rip from vinyl or tape

How to rip from vinyl or tape 09/15/2004 11:44 AM
So, you have five hundred tapes and albums of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the like, and want then on your computer? Well, you could spend hundreds of dollars replacing music you already paid for once with CDs. Or, instead of paying twenty bucks per album, you could spend twenty cents per album to convert your tapes and vinyl to CD and rip those. Read more for how. Also, the instructions below will allow you to defeat any copy protection. Period. Just substitute "cheap CD walkman" for "stereo." Caution- doing this in the United Statesor other parts of the world may be a felony. Those in less corrupt, more civilized parts of the world need not fear. Or alternately, you can make CDs of your own band.

"gebrauchte Vinyl-Platten"

"gebrauchte Vinyl-Platten" 06/25/2004 08:56 AM

64 bit VIA Vinyl Audio driver out now

64 bit VIA Vinyl Audio driver out now 06/22/2005 02:16 AM

With a Nod to Vinyl, CD's Take Over the
Turntable

With a Nod to Vinyl, CD's Take Over the
Turntable 09/23/2004 12:41 AM
New York Times Sep 23 2004 4:47AM GMT

"create images of wax cylinders and old
vinyl"

"create images of wax cylinders and old
vinyl" 06/04/2004 08:14 PM

Streaming rip of Tiki Room vinyl

Streaming rip of Tiki Room vinyl 08/03/2004 11:00 AM
BasicHip Oddio is featuring streaming audio of the old Enchanted Tiki Room vinyl. Bummer that it's only available as a stream -- I'm recording it with AudioHijack right now for my archive. Streaming M3U Link (Thanks, Matt!)

From Vinyl to Digital, Hold the Crackle

From Vinyl to Digital, Hold the Crackle 01/02/2004 02:23 AM
New York Times Jan 2 2004 1:45AM ET

"From Vinyl to Digital, Hold the
Crackle"

"From Vinyl to Digital, Hold the
Crackle" 01/03/2004 10:00 PM

Downloads outsell DVDs and vinyl

Downloads outsell DVDs and vinyl 02/10/2004 10:39 AM
Legal music download sales reach a new high to become the second most popular singles format in the UK.

eBay Today: Christmas DVD, CD, And Vinyl
Album

eBay Today: Christmas DVD, CD, And Vinyl
Album 12/25/2003 02:04 AM
Celebrate a Merry Christmas with Star Wars video and music. You'll be rewarded with laughter and cheer because of the absurdity of it all!

Japanese Vinyl Boba Fett Exclusive

Japanese Vinyl Boba Fett Exclusive 05/24/2004 03:43 PM
Sirtan from Japan Star Wars.com has sent in the above images of Medicom's VCD (Vinyl Collectible Doll) Boba Fett. This 18.5 cm exclusive will be limited to 2004 pieces and will only made available at the World Character Convention 18 (June 6th) in Japan. For more information visit Medicom Toyshop.

More kitschy Star Wars holiday vinyl

More kitschy Star Wars holiday vinyl 12/26/2004 01:14 PM
Xeni Jardin: Following up on this previous BoingBoing post, reader Sewer Urchin says,

The Rebel Force Band isn't the only rare Star Wars music out there. As scary as it may sound, there was a Star Wars Christmas album, and as you will hear, it's probably the worst holiday music ever recorded.

With songs like "What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb?)" and "R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas" performed by a pre-fame Bon Jovi, your ears will be begging for mercy. The force was definitely not with the creators of this album.

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car designers upset over blingin' vinyl
tops

car designers upset over blingin' vinyl
tops 07/07/2004 09:33 PM
i am suspecting that german car designers are also not familiar with spinning rims

eBay Today: Vintage Vinyl Caped Jawa

eBay Today: Vintage Vinyl Caped Jawa 08/06/2004 04:42 PM
The most sought-after scavenger of them all...

Legal Net music romps ahead of DVD,
vinyl, tape

Legal Net music romps ahead of DVD,
vinyl, tape 02/10/2004 10:34 AM

Wave Corrector - Process Vinyl Records
and Cassette Tapes on your PC

Wave Corrector - Process Vinyl Records
and Cassette Tapes on your PC 04/17/2004 03:39 AM
Cybergrass Apr 17 2004 8:21AM GMT

Griffin offers Final Vinyl 1.1,
turntable connection cable

Griffin offers Final Vinyl 1.1,
turntable connection cable 03/06/2004 02:09 AM
Griffin Technology today announced the release of Final Vinyl 1.1, the latest version of its utility that allows the recording of vinyl records using just the Griffin iMic or PowerWave and a turntable...

Evolution Vinyl Works Unveils Giveaway
for a Brand New Sony© PSP™

Evolution Vinyl Works Unveils Giveaway
for a Brand New Sony© PSP™ 03/27/2005 03:11 AM
Evolution Vinyl Works is going to give away a brand new Sony© PSP™ to 1 lucky person. All you have to do is visit their website between March 25, 2005 and May 6, 2005 to be eligible to win. [PRWEB Mar 27, 2005]

Evolution Vinyl Works Unveils New
Accessory Stickers for the PSP™ Handheld

Evolution Vinyl Works Unveils New
Accessory Stickers for the PSP™ Handheld 03/27/2005 03:11 AM
Evolution Vinyl Works is proud to bring you their Game Console Stickers™ for the newly released Sony© PSP™. [PRWEB Mar 27, 2005]

Griffin offers Final Vinyl update, new
turntable cable

Griffin offers Final Vinyl update, new
turntable cable 03/06/2004 01:55 AM
Griffin Technology Inc. has announced the release of Final Vinyl v1.1, an update to their vinyl record recording software for Mac OS X. They've also released the Turntable Connection Cable, an accessory for attaching your record turntable to your Mac.

Cutting Edge Nintendo DS™ Skins Revealed
by Evolution Vinyl Works

Cutting Edge Nintendo DS™ Skins Revealed
by Evolution Vinyl Works 12/19/2004 03:10 PM
With 100’s of radical and extreme Nintendo DS™ Skins to choose from, it’s easy to see why Evolution Vinyl Works is the leader in game system Skin design and production. [PRWEB Dec 2, 2004]

Will Salon Ever Die?

Will Salon Ever Die? 03/17/2005 03:13 AM

Salon.com : How many lives does Salon have? I just noticed that two years ago today, we were posting about how they couldn't pay their rent and were almost gone.

Well, Salon is almost bankrupt. We've heard this before — Salon is always rumored to be circling the drain, ready to go under in a blaze of glory. Of course, this time they can't pay their rent, so I think it's serious.

Yet, they're still around.

New Accessory Skins for the iPOD Shuffle
MP3 Player Unvailed by Evolution Vinyl
Works

New Accessory Skins for the iPOD Shuffle
MP3 Player Unvailed by Evolution Vinyl
Works 02/05/2005 09:28 PM
Evolution Vinyl Works, the Skindustry leader announces the release of their iPOD Shuffle™ line of vinyl skins and wraps. [PRWEB Feb 2, 2005]

Technorati Salon

Technorati Salon 05/19/2004 05:45 PM

I have a late afternoon meeting in the City today so I am thinking about stopping by at Technorat i Developer's Salon afterward for pizza, beer, conversation, and adventure (I never been to that part of the town -- Do I need to bring my urban jungle knife, David?).  Maybe I'll see you there.

Other: Salon Mac Feature

Other: Salon Mac Feature 02/01/2005 08:48 PM
Will the Mini give the Mac a second chance against Windows?

Salon in Libraries?

Salon in Libraries? 03/19/2003 10:45 PM

Last year I said I thought Salon should look into licensing content to libraries, and now they're finally doing something about it. Adrienne Crew, their Content Licensing Manager, sent me the following:

"Thought you'd like to know that Salon's Premium Institutional Subscription program for libraries is finally up and running.... Currently we are offering a one year subscription in the $300-400 range and feeds all access to the articles on the site via an IP authentication system or a single password."

More details as I get them.

Salon TV awards

Salon TV awards 09/17/2004 08:34 AM
Your picks -- and ours -- for who should take home Emmy.

Salon op-ed on DNC bl0ggers

Salon op-ed on DNC bl0ggers 07/29/2004 05:05 AM
Danah boyd has adapted her rant about the NYT's dismissal of the DNC bloggers as "Web diarists" into an op-ed for Salon.

Blogging will not replace traditional journalism, but it presents a threat to the normative press culture and an opportunity for radical reporting. Bloggers do place the issue of professionalism under attack, not by being unprofessional, but by exposing the ways in which the media operates. As blogging reaches the masses, people are introduced to information that was not reported because it did not suit the party line. Bloggers will happily document the power games that they witness in the press room and will expose future Jayson Blairs. Bloggers also capture information that the mainstream press does not yet realize is valuable, which means that ambitious and digitally minded journalists are constantly scanning the blogs for information. More and more, journalists are thanking bloggers for new slants. The competition between journalists and bloggers for readers' attention results in more diverse and compelling coverage.

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Salon article

Salon article 07/14/2004 10:23 AM
Salon

salon.com/ent/indie/2004/07/13/outfoxed/index.html
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Spolsky in Salon

Spolsky in Salon 12/19/2004 03:24 PM
I've been an admirer of Joel Spolsky's writing on software since I started reading it several years ago. Last month when I was in New York I sat down with Joel and had a good long talk about software development, partly for the purpose of my book research and partly because I knew he'd be entertaining and thoughtful. Today's Salon features a write-up of the interview, pegged in part to the publication of a book collection of Spolsky's essays.

Big Win for Grokster

Big Win for Grokster 08/20/2004 04:22 AM
US Court of Appeals .. opinion .. ruling .. ruled

ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/E9CE41F2E90CC8D788256EF40 0822372/$file/0355894.pdf?openelement
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Grok Description matches for Salon: Grokster means the freedom to rip your vinyl and own your data
GrokA matches for Salon: Grokster means the freedom to rip your vinyl and own your data

Pinnacle PCTV USB 2.0 @ Everything USB

Pinnacle PCTV USB 2.0 @ Everything USB 07/11/2004 03:52 AM

everythingusb.com/hardware/index/Pinnacle_PCTV_USB2.htm
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Using Pinnacle PCTV USB with Linux

Using Pinnacle PCTV USB with Linux 10/29/2003 12:13 AM
Re-publishing this from my old homepage, since I know it might be of interest for many Pinnacle PCTV owners. Originaly published late 2002. Having bought myself a Pinnacle PCTV usb device a couple of years ago and repeatadly tried to...

Pinnacle PCTV USB update!

Pinnacle PCTV USB update! 04/09/2004 04:03 PM
For all you guy's cursing out loud becaus you can't get the Pinnacle PCTV USB to work in Linux, Stop cursing. With Usbvision-0.9.6 and the Linux kernel-2.6.4 (which includes the saa7111.ko module), you can make it all fly in a...

Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe/Bungee Console 1.3

Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe/Bungee Console 1.3 01/10/2004 02:18 PM
A GUI for PCTV Deluxe/Bungee Tools.

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it.

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it. 12/30/2004 11:53 AM
fights back .. lokittorrent .. Loki Torrent

lokitorrent.com
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"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..."

"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..." 12/31/2004 10:23 AM

"a high-quality MPEG version of the
video available as a Torrent"

"a high-quality MPEG version of the
video available as a Torrent" 04/15/2005 03:43 PM

Opera Problems -- Security Issues, New
Version

Opera Problems -- Security Issues, New
Version 03/14/2003 12:25 AM

Clean data, clean profit

Clean data, clean profit 09/24/2004 03:45 AM
Computer Weekly Sep 24 2004 7:19AM GMT

CleanTV - Not just clean, Utah Clean!

CleanTV - Not just clean, Utah Clean! 02/10/2004 02:53 AM
CleanTV (currently in the early stages of construction) is th is guy's new web site. It will log instances of "offensive" material shown on broadcast television, enable offended TV viewers to send email directly to local station owners and management, and/or send emails to the station's local and national advertisers. What happens to advertisers who ignore the email campaign and continue to sponsor shows that CleanTV deems offensive? - "If an advertiser continues to support offensive advertising, they will be targeted for local and national boycott. On the local level, newspapers are notified of the boycott and CleanTV volunteers will demonstrate at the advertiser's place of business until the advertiser decides to rescind their support of offensive programming."

Pinnacle ShowCenter

Pinnacle ShowCenter 11/13/2003 09:52 PM
The Pinnacle ShowCenter is a $300 set-top box that plays music, video, and photos over a network from your PC. It's too bad it doesn't support AAC and MP4, but at least it supports some form of MPEG-4. I'll be watching AVS Forum for reviews. I've previously mentioned the Roku HD1000 which has similar features, and there's also the Hauppauge MediaMVP for only $100.

Pinnacle ShowCenter 1.51 possible DoS

Pinnacle ShowCenter 1.51 possible DoS 09/22/2004 06:44 PM
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Pinnacle Instant CD/DVD 8

Pinnacle Instant CD/DVD 8 12/05/2003 11:24 AM
vnunet.com Dec 5 2003 10:38AM ET

Pinnacle Opts for Wi-Fi in Hotels

Pinnacle Opts for Wi-Fi in Hotels 04/29/2004 04:15 PM
SkyRiver to install 22 Pinnacle hotels with all Wi-Fi service: Pinnacle has 22 properties in the western states and Ohio, and decided against hard-wired Internet because Wi-Fi made more sense as a plan for the future....

Avid to acquire Pinnacle

Avid to acquire Pinnacle 03/22/2005 05:04 PM
Avid Technology Inc. on Monday announced plans to acquire Pinnacle Systems Inc. in a deal valued at US$462 million in cash and stock transfer. Pinnacle makes video editing products for the Windows platform, with an emphasis on consumer video products. The companies expect to close the deal pending shareholder and regulatory approval in the second or third calendar quarters of 2005. Avid said that its acquisition of Pinnacle will serve as the basis of a new consumer video division at Avid.

Pinnacle Studio MovieBox DV

Pinnacle Studio MovieBox DV 10/31/2003 04:09 PM
vnunet.com Oct 31 2003 3:36PM ET

Avid buys Pinnacle for $462 million

Avid buys Pinnacle for $462 million 03/22/2005 03:49 PM
Avid Technology, the leading player in video and film editing tools, has revealed it is to buy rival video-editing maker Pinnacle Systems in a deal reported to be worth $462 million. The move is the latest in a series of buy-outs in the video market, as Avid and Apple Computer battle for the professional video high ground.

The purchase by Avid prices Pinnacle at a premium of 30 per cent above its market value, and is based on a stock and cash deal. Under the terms of the agreement, Avid says it will issue 0.0869 shares of Avid and $1 in cash for each Pinnacle share. Avid says it expects to issue around 6.2 million shares – around 15 per cent of its common stock.

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Chronicling the Pinnacle of Human
Stupidity

Chronicling the Pinnacle of Human
Stupidity 08/17/2004 01:37 AM

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“The Internet boom and bust of 1996 to 2002 was the most important business phenomenon of the past several decades. In the wake of this historic period, we have an unprecedented opportunity to learn from our past mistakes and successes. To help us learn from history, we are creating the Business Plan Archive (BPA) to collect business plans and related documents from the dot com era. These plans – the “blueprints” that lay out the…

Pinnacle Entertainment Plans Ahead

Pinnacle Entertainment Plans Ahead 08/05/2004 02:13 PM
The casino operator beats earnings estimates and is developing new properties.

Pinnacle ShowCenter: Symbiosis Between
PC And Hi-Fi Device.

Pinnacle ShowCenter: Symbiosis Between
PC And Hi-Fi Device. 12/13/2003 04:09 PM
Tom's Hardware Guide: Pinnac le ShowCenter: Symbiosis Between PC And Hi-Fi Device. I love the guts; now that's an efficient design. On AVS Forum they've discovered that "their server app is really a web server running on port 8000 on your pc. The showcenter client box appears to be mostly a web browser. The server app appears to be mostly written in PHP."

Nepalese Porters Operate at Pinnacle of
Efficiency

Nepalese Porters Operate at Pinnacle of
Efficiency 06/17/2005 03:48 PM

Smoke Detector Considered The Pinnacle
Of Innovation

Smoke Detector Considered The Pinnacle
Of Innovation 06/03/2004 12:07 PM
The details of how this study was conducted are not entirely clear, but apparently, when asked, folks in the UK consider the smoke detector to be the top innovative gadget, beating out mobile phones, microwave ovens and digital cameras. I keep looking for the punchline about how this study was sponsored by a smoke detector company, but can't find it. It's not that the good old smoke detector isn't a useful gadget - it's just that it seems strange that so many people would pick it as the most innovative. The article quotes people saying that this shows how much the Brits value practicality, but it makes me wonder if the Brits are having trouble filling out surveys properly - or if they just tend to set themselves on fire too often.

Pinnacle ShowCenter Skin Denial of
Service

Pinnacle ShowCenter Skin Denial of
Service 09/22/2004 02:20 PM
Marc Ruef (Sep 21 2004)

Docutron and Pinnacle offer management
platform for insurers

Docutron and Pinnacle offer management
platform for insurers 04/15/2005 11:10 PM
Computer Business Review Apr 16 2005 3:35AM GMT

The Michigan Pharmacists Association
purchases gomembers’ PSA for pinnacle

The Michigan Pharmacists Association
purchases gomembers’ PSA for pinnacle 07/16/2004 03:14 AM
gomembers, Inc., announced today that the Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA: http://www.michiganpharmacists.org/index2.htm) has selected a Preferred Support Agreement (PSA) for their gomembers’ pinnacle solution. [PRWEB Jul 16, 2004]

i got pinnacle pro tv tuner card bought
3 months back.On my

i got pinnacle pro tv tuner card bought
3 months back.On my 09/18/2004 04:51 PM
TechTree Sep 18 2004 8:48PM GMT

Orange County Bar Association selects a
PSA with gomembers’ for pinnacle

Orange County Bar Association selects a
PSA with gomembers’ for pinnacle 07/09/2004 03:03 AM
gomembers, Inc., announced today that the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA: http://www.ocbar.org) has selected a Preferred Support Agreement (PSA) for their gomembers’ pinnacle solution. [PRWEB Jul 9, 2004]

Infinium Labs Forms Strategic Alliance
with Pinnacle Marketing Group

Infinium Labs Forms Strategic Alliance
with Pinnacle Marketing Group 02/01/2005 09:57 PM
Agreement will expand retail distribution capabilities for the Phantom Game Service™ in North America. [PRWEB Jan 27, 2005]

My first torrent

My first torrent 07/30/2004 03:00 AM

Thanks to Jim and Ado for setting up the BitTorrent tracker. Here is a torrent for Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture talk in Helsinki that I blogged about earlier.

UPDATE: Please standby. It doesn't seem to be working.

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Torrent Zip

Torrent Zip 03/31/2005 11:44 PM
The project is live!

Salon: Grokster means the freedom to rip your vinyl and own your data

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