As I posted on October 27, two students at MIT created an innovative and supposedly legal music downloading service for use by the students. Reports now indicate the service (called LAMP) has been curtailed due to a licensing dispute. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2003
DoD Reviewing Use of Blogs
Government Computer News reports that the Navy is piloting the use of enterprise blogging applications for specialized technical projects. This pilot will serve as an evaluation platform for adoption of blogging by other branches of the service. Continue Reading
Looking to Build a Safer Web?
The increase in the number of attacks against the Internet has raised growing concerns about national security. The San Franscisco Chronicle reported that researchers from UC Berkeley and the University of Southern California received a $5.6 million grant to build a parallel Internet, on a much smaller scale, which will be subjected to malicious attacks… Continue Reading
Do Not Call Registry Complaints Top 50,000
From the FTC: “As of 8:00 a.m., November 3, 2003, consumers registered with the Do Not Call Registry filed more than 51,000 complaints against telemarketers who continue to call them. More than 33,000 telemarketing organizations have accessed the Registry, with over 650 downloading all of the area codes in the Registry. Continue Reading
Downloading Includes Music and Films
From 60 Minutes, Pirates of the Internet: “Illegal downloading of full-length feature films is a relatively new phenomenon, but it’s becoming easier and easier to do.” Continue Reading
