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By fudisbad, Section IP Articles
Posted on Tue Mar 29th, 2005 at 21:20:17 EST

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Bahnhof slams antipiracy ambush (4.40 / 5) (#17)
by br3n on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 11:31:02 EST
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/30/bahnhof_hits_back/
By Team Register
Swedish ISP Bahnhof is considering legal action after it emerged that illegal material uncovered in a raid on its premises was placed there by a paid informant of the antipiracy group that mounted the operation.
br3n

You can pry my MythTV from my cold, dead fingers (4.40 / 5) (#107)
by mikey (mikey at badpenguins dot com) on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 21:05:19 EST
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Looks like Forgent Networks is on the warpath again. This might be a good company for Darl McBride to go work at after he completes running SCO into the ground...

Patent Litigants Target DVRs

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DISCLAIMER:
IANAL, may have no idea what the heck I am talking about, yadda yadda yadda.

Another M$ own goal (4.16 / 6) (#109)
by Potential Recruit on Sat Apr 9th, 2005 at 17:05:59 EST

http://clevescene.com/issues/2005-03-30/news/feature_print.html

Re: Another M$ own goal by mikey, 04/09/2005 22:18:26 EST (none / 2)

Re: Another M$ own goal by br3n, 04/09/2005 22:44:06 EST (3.33 / 3)

SJVN on Patent MAD theory (4.14 / 7) (#8)
by JCausey (jcausey@ip-wars.net) on Tue Mar 29th, 2005 at 22:41:47 EST
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1778839,00.asp

SJVN over at eWeek has a new opinion piece out about the theory of mutually assured destruction (MAD) when it comes to a full out patent war. Have to admit I have a strong urge to gloat a bit given that I've believed the same thing for some time now (and there are others who have as well) even in the face of critics who thought I was ignorant for believing such a war (basically started by M$ really pushing their patent weight around) was an unlikely scenario.

As SJVN notes, patent battles will likely occur at a "lower" level. I'm particularly worried about submarine patent attempts or these companies we see trying to buy up patent portfolios, one would assume to become a patent litigation company.

Jeff

Re: SJVN on Patent MAD theory by FrogstarRobot, 03/29/2005 23:39:59 EST (4.20 / 5)

A Few Notes from the Grokster Argument (4.00 / 4) (#7)
by br3n on Tue Mar 29th, 2005 at 22:31:33 EST
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http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tka/2005/03/29#a53
Timothy K. Armstrong
Along with what seemed like about two-thirds all the lawyers in Washington, I attended today's Supreme Court argument in MGM v. Grokster, the case on the legality of decentralized peer-to-peer file sharing.

this gentleman has written an excellent article about the supreme court hearing.
he is an attorney also so has knowledge.
br3n

Ethics are the new craft (4.00 / 6) (#28)
by mrbuttle on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 20:55:31 EST
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by Cory Doctorow

"Times have changed. Today, businesses shrink away from offering general-purpose technology whose suite of uses includes ones that fall outside the confines of today's copyright -- like automatic commercial-skipping in PVRs. They run screaming from businesses that are clearly infringing by today's standards -- like DVD-ripping movie jukeboxes.

And why not? After all, the penalties for guessing wrong about what the courts will find non-infringing are substantial. Shoplifting a CD might get you a slap on the wrist, but uploading one track off that disc to the Net will earn you a $150,000 penalty under the USA's No Electronic Theft Act (NET Act). With stakes that high, who can blame a company for being a little gunshy?

Of course, that's exactly why the penalties are as high as they are: to discourage risk-taking."

Shirky: stupid (c) laws block me from publishing (4.00 / 5) (#43)
by br3n on Thu Mar 31st, 2005 at 21:56:23 EST
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Shirky: stupid (c) laws block me from publishing own work online
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/03/31/shirky_stupid_c_laws.html
Clay Shirky tells Boing Boing:
Welcome to the Copyfight. So, at Etech this year, I gave a talk entitled Ontology is Overrated. I want to put a transcript up online, and Mary Hodder, who recorded the talk, graciously agreed to give me a copy of the video.
br3n

Re: Shirky: stupid (c) laws block me from publishi by ColonelZen, 03/31/2005 23:03:49 EST (3.60 / 5)

Re: Shirky: stupid (c) laws block me from publishi by mikey, 03/31/2005 23:56:15 EST (4.00 / 4)
Re: Shirky: stupid (c) laws block me from publishi by Potential Recruit, 04/01/2005 01:16:55 EST (4.00 / 5)

Re: Shirky: stupid (c) laws block me from publishi by ColonelZen, 04/01/2005 22:18:31 EST (4.00 / 5)
Re: Shirky: stupid (c) laws block me from publishi by Sunny, 04/01/2005 17:03:08 EST (3.66 / 3)

Microsoft to respond to EC over licensing (4.00 / 6) (#65)
by br3n on Mon Apr 4th, 2005 at 13:39:36 EST
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http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/story/0,10801,100855,00.html
Story by Scarlet Pruitt
APRIL 04, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Microsoft Corp. is due to respond this week to the European Commission's demand that it come up with more acceptable licensing terms for its workgroup server protocols or face a possible noncompliance fine of $5 million a day.
br3n

Attorney general defends Patriot Act (4.00 / 4) (#70)
by br3n on Tue Apr 5th, 2005 at 21:06:11 EST
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/05/patriot.act.ap/index.html
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration's two top law enforcement officials on Tuesday urged Congress to renew every provision of the anti-terror Patriot Act.
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"Experience has taught the FBI that there are no neat dividing lines that distinguish criminal, terrorist and foreign intelligence activity," Mueller said in his prepared testimony.
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Gonzales told lawmakers Tuesday the provision has been used 35 times, but never to obtain library, bookstore, medical or gun sale records.

used 35 times but not for what it was enacted for.
sigh

br3n

Undeleting Cookies Or Is It Just Spyware? (4.00 / 3) (#74)
by br3n on Wed Apr 6th, 2005 at 09:55:08 EST
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20050405/1711209_F.shtml
Contributed by Mike
Cookie technology is often misunderstood. It is quite useful, and it's unlikely to be misused widely. In fact, even the various tracking cookies that some spyware programs highlight aren't really that bad. Still, if you want to delete your cookies, you should certainly be allowed to do so. However, just as reports are coming out claiming that an awful lot of people are deleting their cookies regularly, some company has come up with a technology that secretly restores deleted cookies on the theory that users are too stupid to understand cookies and that they probably didn't want them deleted in the first place.

also has a link to this article here
http://www.internetweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml%3Bjsessionid=SFR2KYWZU2YOOQSNDBGCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=160500749
Opinion: The Dumbest Technology Of 2005
By Mitch Wagner
It's early to be talking about the dumbest technology of 2005. But United Virtualities has set a mark that it's going to be tough for other vendors to beat.
br3n

Judge Knocks EULAs Back A Bit (4.00 / 3) (#75)
by br3n on Wed Apr 6th, 2005 at 10:02:45 EST
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20050405/1640210_F.shtml
Contributed by Mike
Software "end user license agreements" (EULAs) have received plenty of attention over the years for a variety of problems associated with them. First off, most EULAs are non-negotiable, which has some wondering how valid they can be as a contract. Next EULAs are often used to hide that you've agreed to install spyware or to force you to give the software creator extraordinary rights over your computer. Typically, these EULAs tend to be clear as mud.

has a link to another article here
http://madisonian.net/archives/2005/04/05/limiting-software-licenses/
Limiting Software Licenses
by MJM
A win for software users: Krause v. Titleserv, Inc. (pdf), decided by the Second Circuit late last month, which contains a long and thoughtful analysis of Section 117 of the Copyright Act by Judge Leval. Section 117 grants certain rights to copy software to the "owner" of a particular copy, a phrasing that software companies have long seized on to justify many of the more onerous provisions of mass market software licenses. If a software user merely "licenses" the software, then (allegedly) the rights of "owners" don't apply.

has a link to the pdf ruling

br3n

The SCO Group to Release First Quarter Financial (4.00 / 5) (#94)
by br3n on Thu Apr 7th, 2005 at 13:21:35 EST
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The SCO Group to Release First Quarter Financial Results and Host Conference Call After Close of Market on April 13
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050407/lath066.html?.v=4
Thursday April 7, 11:47 am ET

LINDON, Utah, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOXE - News) announced today it will release its financial results, for the fiscal first quarter ended on January 31, 2005, after the close of the market, on Wednesday, April 13, 2005.

In conjunction with the release, the company will also host a conference call that same day at 5:00 p.m. (EDT) or 3:00 p.m. (MDT) to discuss the Company's results.

WHAT: The SCO Group, Inc. First Quarter 2005 Financial Results
Conference Call

WHEN: Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 5:00 p.m. (EDT), or 3:00 p.m. (MDT).

HOW: If you would like to participate in the live call you may dial
(800) 818-5264 or (913) 981-4910; confirmation code: 4288994.

You may also join the call in listen-only mode via Web cast. The URL is listed at http://ir.sco.com/medialist.cfm.

About SCO

The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOXE - News) helps millions of customers to grow their businesses everyday. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 10,000 resellers and developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services, visit http://www.sco.com.

SCO and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.

same day so noone can ask the bad questions
hehehehe
in your face darl and ralphie

br3n

IFPI drafts 'code of conduct' for ISPs (4.00 / 4) (#130)
by br3n on Tue Apr 12th, 2005 at 14:53:43 EST
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/12/ifpi_drafts_code_of_conduct/
By Charles Arthur
Not content with creating a continent-spanning lawsuit-sharing network using special P2P (person to perpetrator) technology, the record companies' consortium, the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) now wants your ISP to sign up to a new "code of conduct" that it has helpfully drafted with the help of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). A warning, though: you probably won't like it.

couple of links to more on this
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number3.7/takedown
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/11/heise_not_allowed_to_mention_slysoft/
br3n

Judge tosses California suit against Microsoft (4.00 / 4) (#172)
by br3n on Mon Apr 18th, 2005 at 20:27:26 EST
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http://news.com.com/Judge+tosses+California+suit+against+Microsoft/2100-1014_3-5675463.html?part=rss&tag=5675463&subj=news
By Ina Fried
A Baltimore federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Microsoft in which California cities and counties accused the software maker of overcharging for Windows and other programs.
br3n

IE7 Features You Won't See (4.00 / 5) (#175)
by JCausey (jcausey@ip-wars.net) on Tue Apr 19th, 2005 at 09:14:52 EST
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http://www.networkcomputing.com/showitem.jhtml;jsessionid=QFV5SODOZYAOCQSNDBCCKHSCJUMEKJVN?docid=160 7lastmile

For some reason, I always find the funniest entries to be the "bottom" entries - in this case 11 - 8. 3 is pretty funny too.

Jeff

NY Attorney General Spitzer Targets Identity Theft (4.00 / 3) (#187)
by br3n on Thu Apr 21st, 2005 at 10:41:17 EST
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1788241,00.asp
By Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Monday said he is seeking stronger state laws against identity theft and computer hacking.
Spitzer's office, together with several consumer advocate groups and crime victim organizations, are asking legislators to give consumers better control over personal information, enhance the state's ability to prosecute crimes that lead to identity theft, and boost penalties.
br3n

EU Trade Commissioner Enjoyed MS Hospitality (4.00 / 4) (#197)
by br3n on Fri Apr 22nd, 2005 at 16:27:50 EST
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http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/22/1550217&from=rss
Posted by Zonk
from the questionable-company dept.
Brian Blessed writes "Today's edition of The Times contains a report that Peter Mandelson, the EU (European Union) Trade Commissioner, spent New Year's Eve as a guest of Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, in the Carribean on Mr Allen's luxury yacht. The story mentions the conflict of interest that this causes because of the protracted legal battle between Microsoft and the European Commission.
br3n

Netscape pioneers launch free content network (4.00 / 3) (#210)
by br3n on Tue Apr 26th, 2005 at 09:29:04 EST
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http://news.com.com/Netscape+pioneers+launch+free+content+network/2100-1025_3-5684073.html?tag=nefd.top
By John Borland
Netscape pioneers Mike Homer and Marc Andreessen are back on the start-up scene, launching a TiVo-like online network for distributing and viewing public TV, radio and grassroots media.
br3n

phone lines got hot yesterday? (3.85 / 7) (#14)
by br3n on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 10:37:22 EST
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www.groklaw.net
on groklaw it seems the dion cornett story about the mock trial is updated. too too funny.it seems dion must have misunderstood darl and the mock trial wasnt the scoxe vs IBM case.
i imagine the sec could be very interested in this?
as it was told to a person that covers financials and was to influence him.
anyway it is so enjoyable to think about some of the words that *might* have been said over the phone to darl yesterday.
br3n

Re: phone lines got hot yesterday? by Sunny, 03/30/2005 12:36:40 EST (3.66 / 3)

Re: phone lines got hot yesterday? by br3n, 03/30/2005 12:59:23 EST (3.50 / 4)

Re: phone lines got hot yesterday? by br3n, 03/30/2005 10:39:13 EST (3.50 / 4)

Torvalds: It's Time to Dump the Penguin (3.85 / 7) (#59)
by Sunny on Sat Apr 2nd, 2005 at 00:21:15 EST
(User Info) http://www.streetdrummers.org/guarana

Check the date.

Torvalds knifes Tridgell (3.85 / 7) (#155)
by br3n on Fri Apr 15th, 2005 at 07:35:06 EST
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/14/torvalds_attacks_tridgell/
By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
Linux founder Linus Torvalds has followed up his weekend condemnation of reverse engineering with an astonishing personal attack on the integrity of one of the most respected figures in the open source community, rsync author and Samba co-lead Andrew Tridgell.
br3n

Perens joins in by AncientBrit, 04/15/2005 19:31:34 EST (4.00 / 5)

Re: Perens joins in by br3n, 04/15/2005 21:58:19 EST (3.33 / 3)

Alma Mater As Big Brother (3.83 / 6) (#16)
by br3n on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 11:29:06 EST
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link provided by cmcnabb on irc
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8331-2005Mar28?language=printer
By Katherine Haley Will
A proposal by the Education Department would force every college and university in America to report all their students' Social Security numbers and other information about each individual -- including credits earned, degree plan, race and ethnicity, and grants and loans received -- to a national databank. The government will record every student, regardless of whether he or she receives federal aid, in the databank.
br3n

Frenzy Begins Over Cookie Alternative (3.83 / 6) (#39)
by br3n on Thu Mar 31st, 2005 at 19:46:06 EST
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http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3494101
By Zachary Rodgers
An existing technology offering cookie-like functionality is gaining attention from publishers, marketers and others as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous, but potentially endangered, text files.

ok how does this effect linux?
br3n

Re: Frenzy Begins Over Cookie Alternative by matesrates, 03/31/2005 20:55:35 EST (4.14 / 7)
Re: Frenzy Begins Over Cookie Alternative by ColonelZen, 03/31/2005 20:50:17 EST (3.83 / 6)

Flash Trash Followup - Flashblock by ColonelZen, 04/04/2005 17:57:43 EST (4.16 / 6)

Re: Flash Trash Followup - Flashblock by br3n, 04/04/2005 19:39:51 EST (3.50 / 4)

Re: Frenzy Begins Over Cookie Alternative by ColonelZen, 03/31/2005 22:41:44 EST (3.83 / 6)

Re: Frenzy Begins Over Cookie Alternative by br3n, 04/01/2005 08:39:10 EST (3.75 / 4)

Grokster blogging from the Supreme Court steps (3.80 / 5) (#11)
by br3n on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 09:08:31 EST
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http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-5645824.html?part=rss&tag=5645824&subj=news
Declan McCullagh
Wendy Seltzer is one dedicated blogger. Just minutes after the oral arguments in the Grokster case ended today, Seltzer whipped out her laptop and fired off a blog post from the Supreme Court steps.

has some excellent links to others coverage also.
br3n

What The RIAA Is Really Afraid Of: Its Own Demise (3.80 / 5) (#12)
by br3n on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 09:26:51 EST
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20050330/025236_F.shtml
Contributed by Mike
It's no secret that the RIAA has been known to fudge the numbers to prove their point that file sharing hurts sales. What was never entirely clear, however, was why they simply refused to believe any study that suggested file sharing could help sales.
br3n

The next chapter in the Patriot Act (3.80 / 5) (#62)
by br3n on Mon Apr 4th, 2005 at 10:13:32 EST
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http://news.com.com/The+next+chapter+in+the+Patriot+Act/2010-1071_3-5650840.html?part=rss&tag=5650840&subj=news
By Declan McCullagh
If you thought the congressional debate over Terri Schiavo was intense, wait until the one over the Patriot Act begins this week.

Both the Senate and the House of Representatives are kicking off what promises to be a tumultuous series of hearings about whether to renew key sections of the controversial 2001 law. Roughly half of the law is set to expire on Dec. 31.
br3n

Proposed Federal Rules On E-Document Destruction (3.80 / 5) (#63)
by br3n on Mon Apr 4th, 2005 at 10:16:35 EST
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Proposed Federal Rules On E-Document Destruction
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/04/0334238&from=rss
Posted by timothy
runner345 writes "The Federal Advisory Committee on Civil Procedure is evaluating a series of 'e-discovery' rules that will change the way litigation handles electronically stored information for the federal courts. Included in this is proposed Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 which would exempt parties from sanctions for electronic evidence destroyed in a 'routine operation of the party's electronic information system.' Microsoft and other technology heavy-hitters have strongly backed this safe harbor because it judicially validates electronic document retention policies (perhaps the most effective Orwellian misnomer for outright document destruction). If you thought it was hard to get incriminating documents from the tech industry now, think about what this rule will do to a plaintiff's chances.
br3n

Join Microsoft. Save the world (3.80 / 5) (#64)
by br3n on Mon Apr 4th, 2005 at 10:47:52 EST
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/04/microsoft_black_hat_job_pitch/
By John Leyden
A team of three from Microsoft attending the world's premier hacker get-together hoping to bring the sort of people Steve Ballmer's mum probably warned him about (some even had piercings and tattoos!) into the fold. Some might consider this as cruising for "rough trade" but perhaps it makes sense for Redmond to get these guys on the inside pissing out rather than the other way around...

funny is just one word to describe this

br3n

Microsoft executive takes to the road to battle (3.80 / 5) (#68)
by br3n on Tue Apr 5th, 2005 at 20:59:31 EST
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Microsoft executive takes to the road to battle Linux
http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_2639966
By Bob Mims
Microsoft has paid billions of dollars to make antitrust and unfair trade litigation go away, even as it endured waves of attacks by hackers and virus writers exposing its products' securities flaws.
But still ahead is the biggest challenge facing the global software giant's bid to become a more open, responsive, customer-centered enterprise worthy of continued operating system dominance.
br3n

Stats_for_all has info on direct M$ meetings by fudisbad, 04/06/2005 08:19:04 EST (4.00 / 5)

Battle brews over unlocking PC secrets (3.80 / 5) (#69)
by br3n on Tue Apr 5th, 2005 at 21:01:40 EST
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http://news.com.com/Battle+brews+over+unlocking+PC+secrets/2100-1016_3-5654272.html
By John G. Spooner
As computer makers move to embed security features deep within PCs, a fight is erupting over a rarely noticed but crucial piece of system software.
br3n

BitKeeper and Linux: The end of the road? (3.80 / 5) (#116)
by br3n on Mon Apr 11th, 2005 at 09:18:43 EST
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http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/04/11/118211&from=rss
By: Joe Barr
BitKeeper, the proprietary source management tool used by Linus Torvalds and other Linux kernel hackers to apply patches to their versions of the kernel, is once again at the center of controversy. This time it looks as if the relationship between Bitkeeper and the poster-child project for free software is going to come to an end as the result of irreconcilable differences. NewsForge has spoken with the three primary figures involved in the dispute -- Larry McEvoy, Linus Torvalds, and Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell -- to learn what happened and whether or not it could have been avoided.

after reading the article i thought reverse engineering was legal and tridge in the article says he didnt reverse engineer.
so this raises other questions.

br3n

FORTINET VIOLATES GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE IN (3.80 / 5) (#148)
by br3n on Thu Apr 14th, 2005 at 11:12:52 EST
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FORTINET VIOLATES GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE IN SECURITY PRODUCTS
Munich court grants preliminary injunction halting sales
link courtesy of Jer on irc

http://gpl-violations.org/news/20050414-fortinet-injunction.html
BERLIN, Germany - Apr. 14, 2005 -- The gpl-violations.org project has
uncovered violations by Fortinet UK Ltd., the UK subsidiary of Fortinet Inc.,
of the GNU General Public License (GPL). According to gpl-violations.org,
Fortinet used GPL software in certain products and then used cryptographic
techniques to conceal that usage.
br3n

New SCOXE reseller press release wookie (3.80 / 5) (#166)
by fudisbad on Mon Apr 18th, 2005 at 09:13:14 EST
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SCO Expands Distribution Presence Through SYNNEX Corporation Covering Key Markets in the U.S. and Canada
Monday April 18, 9:00 am ET

LINDON, Utah, April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") (Nasdaq: SCOXE - News), the owner of the UNIX® operating system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today announced that it has expanded its distribution channel through SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX - News). Through SYNNEX Corporation's recent acquisition of EMJ Data Systems by SYNNEX Corporation's subsidiary, SYNNEX Canada Limited, SYNNEX Corporation becomes one of the largest distributors of SCO products in North America.

"SCO now has two national distributors for our products in the U.S. and Canada," said Alan Raymond, Vice President of Americas Sales, The SCO Group, Inc. "This expansion with SYNNEX Corporation will give SCO resellers more choices with whom they may do business and greater access to SCO products for their customers. SCO is doing this to make things easier for our channel partners wherever they do business. In addition, SCO can expand its reseller base by gaining access to hundreds of thousands of SYNNEX Corporation resellers."

SCO will distribute all of its product offerings through SYNNEX Corporation including SCO OpenServer, SCO UnixWare, Reliant HA, SCOoffice Server, SCOx Web Services, SCO Update and many others.

"Channel resellers are a vital part of SCO's business and as one of the largest distributors of technology products, we are well positioned to provide SCO resellers with outstanding service and support," said Chris Caldwell, Vice President of Sales at SYNNEX Corporation.

About SCO

SCO and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.

About SYNNEX

Founded in 1980, SYNNEX Corporation is a global IT supply chain services company offering a comprehensive range of services to original equipment manufacturers, software publishers and reseller customers worldwide. SYNNEX offers product distribution, related logistics services, demand generation marketing and contract assembly and works with the leading industry suppliers of IT systems, peripherals, system components, software and networking equipment. Additional information about SYNNEX may be found online at www.synnex.com.

Statements in this release that are forward looking, such as our product marketing strategy, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to be materially different from any future performance that may be suggested in this release. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release.

SYNNEX and the SYNNEX logo are trademarks of SYNNEX Corporation or its subsidiaries and should be treated as such. All rights reserved. All other company names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.

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Darl McBride, show your evidence!
Back a stock scam, buy SCOXE!

Re: New SCOXE reseller press release wookie by br3n, 04/18/2005 10:28:41 EST (3.50 / 4)

Re: New SCOXE reseller press release wookie by mikey, 04/18/2005 14:51:08 EST (3.80 / 5)

Re: New SCOXE reseller press release wookie by Sunny, 04/18/2005 22:58:33 EST (3.66 / 3)

Re: New SCOXE reseller press release wookie by FrogstarRobot, 04/18/2005 18:44:02 EST (3.50 / 4)

Re: New SCOXE reseller press release wookie by br3n, 04/18/2005 20:53:43 EST (3.50 / 4)

Another thing. by FrogstarRobot, 04/18/2005 18:45:59 EST (3.50 / 4)

How Linux Saved Microsoft (3.80 / 5) (#168)
by br3n on Mon Apr 18th, 2005 at 12:33:10 EST
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/software/42229.html
By Rob Enderle
As I look at how Microsoft is changing to address the Linux threat, one that may actually turn out to be no more real then Netscape's was, I can't help but see how Microsoft has dramatically benefited from it -- and much more broadly so than they did from the rise of Netscape.

sounds delusional as usual

br3n

Privacy from the trenches (3.80 / 5) (#180)
by br3n on Wed Apr 20th, 2005 at 15:17:28 EST
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/20/privacy_from_the_trenches/
By SecurityFocus
The recent string of high profile security breaches doesn't even hit the radar of the average user worried about the privacy of his personal information.
br3n

RMS: BitKeeper bon-voyage is a happy ending (3.80 / 5) (#206)
by br3n on Mon Apr 25th, 2005 at 09:59:46 EST
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http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/04/25/130207&from=rss
By: Richard M. Stallman
For the first time in my life, I want to thank Larry McVoy. He recently eliminated a major weakness of the free software community, by announcing the end of his campaign to entice free software projects to use and promote his non-free software. Soon, Linux development will no longer use this program, and no longer spread the message that non-free software is a good thing if it's convenient.
br3n

The U.N. thinks about tomorrow's cyberspace (3.75 / 4) (#13)
by br3n on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 09:37:58 EST
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http://news.com.com/The+U.N.+thinks+about+tomorrows+cyberspace/2008-1028_3-5643972.html
By Declan McCullagh
The International Telecommunication Union is one of the most venerable of bureaucracies. Created in 1865 to facilitate telegraph transmissions, its mandate has expanded to include radio and telephone communications.

is there a battle over this coming?

br3n

Re: The U.N. thinks about tomorrow's cyberspace by Sunny, 03/30/2005 12:28:10 EST (3.75 / 4)

alarm bells? (3.75 / 4) (#21)
by br3n on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 14:22:31 EST
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Drug Industry Plans Trials of Digital Signature Specs
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,100662,00.html
by Jaikumar Vijayan
The first pilot projects testing a digital signature standard that's being developed for worldwide use by the pharmaceutical industry are due to be launched within the next two weeks, according to officials involved in the effort.

down in the article it also mentions communicating with governments,is this another standard to try to omit linux?
br3n

Re: alarm bells? by rex007can, 03/31/2005 09:28:51 EST (3.83 / 6)

Re: alarm bells? by br3n, 03/31/2005 10:20:47 EST (3.50 / 4)

Re: alarm bells? by JCausey, 03/30/2005 14:44:45 EST (3.80 / 5)

Re: alarm bells? by rex007can, 04/01/2005 10:37:26 EST (3.80 / 5)
Re: alarm bells? by br3n, 03/30/2005 14:58:35 EST (3.25 / 4)

ISPs Mock Network Neutrality, Want To Block Your (3.75 / 4) (#25)
by br3n on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 15:54:53 EST
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ISPs Mock Network Neutrality, Want To Block Your VoIP Usage
http://techdirt.com/articles/20050330/1158257_F.shtml
Contributed by Mike
It looks like some ISP are just screaming out to be regulated. For the most part, the FCC has avoided mandating network neutrality because there was almost no evidence that ISPs were blocking or favoring certain traffic from competitive offerings. Well, not any more
br3n

Is Intel Building Copy Protected Proprietary File (3.75 / 4) (#26)
by br3n on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 15:58:04 EST
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Is Intel Building Copy Protected Proprietary File Sharing System Into Chips?
http://techdirt.com/articles/20050330/1132206_F.shtml
Contributed by Mike
This Reuters story is quite confusing, so hopefully more details are forthcoming that will explain what's really happening. The story claims that Intel has teamed up with media giant Bertelsmann to build chips that are "compatible with" Bertelsmann's new file sharing app.
br3n

FBI Demands Logs From Radical Website (3.75 / 4) (#27)
by br3n on Wed Mar 30th, 2005 at 18:47:05 EST
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/30/2018225&from=rss
Posted by timothy
sunbird writes "The details are as yet unclear due to a gag order, but apparently the FBI is once again demanding IP logs from dissident webservers.

was reading on slash dot and saw mention of the case i had been following but hadnt heard anything on it in awhile
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=16596&c=262
i think this was when fbi took down the indy servers?
anyway they have a decision by the judge but very hard for me to read it in the form it is in.
a text sure would have been nice
-:)
br3n

FEC Eyes Bloggers' Political Ties (3.75 / 4) (#55)
by br3n on Fri Apr 1st, 2005 at 11:31:58 EST
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,67086,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
By Michael Grebb
WASHINGTON -- A week after the Federal Election Commission proposed rules on how the internet should be covered by campaign-finance laws, one thing seems clear: The growing ranks of political bloggers are watching developments closely.
br3n

San Francisco May Regulate Blogging (3.75 / 4) (#61)
by br3n on Mon Apr 4th, 2005 at 10:11:22 EST
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/04/0149243&from=rss

Posted by timothy
Lawrence Person writes "Forget about theocratic Iran or Communist China; today's report of a political entity trying to regulate blogging comes not from The People's Republic of China, but rather The People's Republic of San Francisco. 'The San Francisco Board of Supervisors [announced] yesterday that it will soon vote on a city ordinance that would require local bloggers to register with the city Ethics Commission and report all blog-related costs that exceed $1,000 in the aggregate.
br3n

Will SCO Case Make The Finish Line? (3.75 / 4) (#82)
by br3n on Wed Apr 6th, 2005 at 15:35:50 EST
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not sure who posted this but believe it was on yahoo.apologies to whoever did post it.today is not my day for browsers.
http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/2005/04/04/will_sco_case_make_the_finish_line.php
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn
It's beginning to look like the SCO-IBM case won't make it to the finish line, an end to discovery and summary judgement.

SCO's sponsors are blowing up. Literally.
br3n

Texas Bill Would Put Transponders In Every Car (3.75 / 4) (#92)
by br3n on Thu Apr 7th, 2005 at 11:03:26 EST
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20050406/1418216_F.shtml
Contributed by Mike
Bob Dole writes "The vice-chairman of the Texas House Transportation Committee has figured out how to do away with those nasty camera tickets. He has introduced a bill to require all state inspection stickers to store and transmit information about you and your vehicle to roadside machines. If the information in a newly created database of every auto insurance policy in the state says your policy is expired, you'll be mailed a $250 ticket. If that ticket gets lost in the mail, don't worry because you won't get another one -- your license and registration are automatically suspended for six months.
br3n

Microsoft on Linux offensive (3.75 / 4) (#112)
by br3n on Sun Apr 10th, 2005 at 09:21:53 EST
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http://www.electronicsweekly.co.uk/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=39247&liArticleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=1&liChannelID=106&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1
by Antony Savvas at Computer Weekly
Microsoft has gone on the offensive against Linux by announcing the results of tests it commissioned on the reliability of Windows and Linux.

on down in the article is this little gem but i dont fully understand its meaning.
"But the Yankee respondents also indicated that the hourly cost of Windows downtime was three to four-times higher than that of Linux server downtime. This was mainly because there is currently more crucial corporate data stored on Windows servers, said Yankee."

they have a link to the study
http://www.veritest.com/clients/reports/microsoft
br3n

How to spin statistics (3.75 / 4) (#113)
by br3n on Sun Apr 10th, 2005 at 09:54:11 EST
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=230
-Posted by Dana Blankenhorn
Info-Tech Research Group reports Microsoft could lose as much as 10% of its mid-sized business customers to Linux, in its best markets, over just the next three years.

such a very good opinion article
.made me smile and then laugh.

br3n

Linux not ready for prime time enterprise: (3.75 / 4) (#118)
by br3n on Mon Apr 11th, 2005 at 09:46:31 EST
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Linux not ready for prime time enterprise: Microsoft
http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=29065
Alex Harris
At the corporate level, the Linux platform just can't deliver the total cost of ownership (TCO), integration, ease-of-use, and functionality benefits that Windows offers by comparison. It's a line that has been repeated for many moons, only this time Microsoft Canada decided to try and prove it. Thus, the software giant hired Richmond Hill, Ont.-based VAR Compugen Inc. to review Windows Server 2003 and enterprise-level distributions of Linux from Red Hat and Novell's SuSE, and examine the practical implications of using one operating system (OS) versus another. The test compared the usability characteristics of the three OSs in terms of performing a set of typical IT tasks from setting up user profiles to installation and to managing desktop security.
br3n

Gateway, Microsoft reach antitrust settlement (3.75 / 4) (#119)
by br3n on Mon Apr 11th, 2005 at 11:02:51 EST
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http://news.com.com/Gateway%2C+Microsoft+reach+antitrust+settlement/2100-1014_3-5662409.html?part=rss&tag=5662409&subj=news
By Dawn Kawamoto
Microsoft has agreed to pay Gateway a total of $150 million over four years, as part of an agreement to settle antitrust claims brought by the computer maker, the two companies said Monday.
br3n

Microsoft goes after Blackberry with Magneto (3.75 / 4) (#120)
by br3n on Mon Apr 11th, 2005 at 11:13:53 EST
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/11/microsoft_blackberry_magneto/
By Wireless Watch
We have seen before how mobile email infrastructure is the first key battlefield in the fight to control the wireless enterprise market. Recently, Microsoft has backed away from ambitions to make Windows devices universal in the corporate sector, recognizing the presence of new clients such as smartphones, but it is relentless in its determination to dominate the middleware that delivers key applications to those clients, with email being the first one to be deployed by most companies. Conversely, its challenger Nokia has stopped trying to exclude Windows and .Net from the enterprise picture and is working to integrate its own software and device platforms with important Microsoft technologies like Exchange.
br3n

The two-edged sword: Legal computer forensics (3.75 / 4) (#121)
by br3n on Mon Apr 11th, 2005 at 21:53:22 EST
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The two-edged sword: Legal computer forensics and open source
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/04/05/2052235&from=rss
By: Bruce Byfield
Ryan Purita of Totally Connected Security is one of the leading computer forensic experts in private practice in Canada. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, holding one of the most advanced security qualifications in the world. Working for both the prosecution and the defence in legal cases, Purita has also taught computer security to law enforcement agencies, probation officers and social workers, and is currently developing programs for the Justice Institute of British Columbia.

best line in the article tho is this one:
"The great thing about Windows is that even though [people] think they have covered their tracks, they haven't."
br3n

Linus Torvalds in bizarre attack on open source (3.75 / 4) (#123)
by br3n on Mon Apr 11th, 2005 at 22:13:56 EST
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/11/torvalds_attack/
By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
Normally we expect an attack on free software to come from one of the usual suspects: payola analysts, right wing "think tanks", or Steve Ballmer. So it's an odd day when Linus Torvalds himself weighs in against the principles of the movement.
br3n

Is The Associated Press Pressuring Google News (3.75 / 4) (#124)
by br3n on Tue Apr 12th, 2005 at 08:38:08 EST
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Is The Associated Press Pressuring Google News For Giving Their Partners Traffic
http://techdirt.com/articles/20050411/1349259_F.shtml
Contributed by Mike
While we were surprised that the AFP sued Google for daring to link to sites that carried their articles, we figured that other news agencies/wires couldn't be quite that clueless. However, it appears that Google's willingness to back down over the issue has caught the attention of the Associated Press who has apparently contacted Google expressing concern over links from Google News to AP stories and suggesting that Google News buy a license.
br3n

Copyright Reform to Free Orphans? (3.75 / 4) (#126)
by br3n on Tue Apr 12th, 2005 at 09:17:34 EST
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http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67139,00.html
By Katie Dean
Veteran filmmaker Robert Goodman is working on a documentary about the first pop culture phenomenon of the 20th century: American picture postcards. But securing permission to use many of these works -- photos and illustrations that are around 100 years old -- is an impossible task, as many of the original owners are unknown or dead, or the publishing companies no longer exist.
br3n

Linux servers praised for security (3.75 / 4) (#129)
by br3n on Tue Apr 12th, 2005 at 14:50:39 EST
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39194702,00.htm
Ingrid Marson
Survey: A recent Yankee Group report may have incensed Linux devotees on some counts, but it did conclude that Linux is more secure than Windows. That finding that is now backed up by a new survey of software development managers

hehehehe
got to love articles like this

br3n

New Filings (3.75 / 4) (#133)
by br3n on Wed Apr 13th, 2005 at 09:15:33 EST
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http://sco.tuxrocks.com/Docs/IBM/IBM-429.pdf
http://sco.tuxrocks.com/Docs/IBM/IBM-430.pdf
http://sco.tuxrocks.com/Docs/IBM/IBM-431.pdf

as usual thanks to frank at tuxrocks.

i especially loved the 431 pdf.scoxe tries to claim privilege from before the time they bought from novel.cute huh?privilege from the time before they even existed.
do we see the reason for all the name mixups now?

br3n

Re: New Filings by JCausey, 04/13/2005 11:26:04 EST (3.80 / 5)

Re: New Filings by br3n, 04/13/2005 11:46:15 EST (none / 2)

IBM patent sparks open source code rewrite (3.75 / 4) (#142)
by br3n on Wed Apr 13th, 2005 at 14:44:06 EST
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39194883,00.htm
Ingrid Marson
A patent filed by IBM has prompted PostgreSQL developers to rewrite an algorithm, even though IBM says it is opening up many of its patents for the open source community
br3n

VICTIMS MAY LIMIT CROOKS' USE OF DATA (3.75 / 4) (#143)
by br3n on Wed Apr 13th, 2005 at 15:22:33 EST
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2314&ncid=738&e=5&u=/sv/20050413/tc_siliconvalley/_www11383143
By Matthai Chakko Kuruvila, Mercury News

The revelation Tuesday that as many as 310,000 people may have had their personal information stolen from a LexisNexis database underscores how vulnerable consumers are to identity theft.

ok i am p*ssed
how come it is always the innocent that it costs extra,and extra trouble to correct things that the companies carelessness caused the problems?
i want it to cost the companies and lots and lots of cost to them
in fact full audits done of their code and their procedure
whatever else is needed to make the info at least a little more secure
this is ridiculous.i know i am not a coder but i sure am tired of the nonchalant attitudes about my private data.
if you have my ssn,drivers license or any other info about me,then I DEMAND to know about it and how you plan to keep it secure and if you dont i want recourse to punish you,not to be punished by it costing me to protect myself from incompetence
sigh
br3n

IBM on the hunt for Firefox programmers (3.75 / 4) (#145)
by br3n on Wed Apr 13th, 2005 at 19:44:27 EST
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http://news.com.com/IBM+on+the+hunt+for+Firefox+programmers/2100-1032_3-5669519.html?part=rss&tag=5669519&subj=news
By Stephen Shankland and Paul Festa
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
In the newest indication that Firefox has become mainstream, IBM is trying to hire programmers to adapt the open-source Web browser to work well with Big Blue's server software.
br3n

SCO's Revenue Continues to Plunge (3.75 / 4) (#153)
by br3n on Thu Apr 14th, 2005 at 12:18:33 EST
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1785640,00.asp
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Good news continues to be hard to find for SCO as it reported, after the market's close, still more losses and revenue decreases in its first quarter of 2005, which ended on Jan. 31.
br3n

Music moguls trumped by Steve Jobs? (3.75 / 4) (#158)
by br3n on Fri Apr 15th, 2005 at 08:54:48 EST
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http://news.com.com/Music+moguls+trumped+by+Steve+Jobs/2100-1027_3-5671705.html?part=rss&tag=5671705&subj=news
By John Borland
When Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs walked into the suites of top record label executives in 2002, iTunes software in hand, he was welcomed as a trailblazer to a digital music future.

Now, nearly two years after Apple's iTunes launch, record executives have become worried that they have inadvertently ceded too much power over their industry to this charismatic computer executive.

it really bites because they cant control the music price.it seems the music/film industry really has a history of failure to read the markets.
if they had to function as normal business they would have went bust years ago.
we really need copyright laws changed back to 14 years and option to extend one time for 14 more.

br3n

George Bush fears email privacy breach (3.75 / 4) (#163)
by br3n on Sun Apr 17th, 2005 at 09:42:38 EST
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http://www.theregister.com/2005/04/15/bush_private_email/
By Lester Haines
US prez George Bush has admitted he does not send personal emails to daughters Jenna and Barbara for fear that his "personal stuff" might end up in the public domain.

this is awfully hypocritical of the President.
he wants more power to invade our privacy but seems to feel he is entitled to more.
sigh

br3n

An R-Rated Trademark Dispute? (3.75 / 4) (#176)
by br3n on Tue Apr 19th, 2005 at 09:20:22 EST
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20050419/0020230_F.shtml
Contributed by Mike
The MPAA really does get a little crazy when it comes to over-reacting on intellectual property issues. Their latest move is to send out cease-and-desist letters to sites that host fan fiction -- not because those made up stories use characters, places and themes from real movies -- but because they use the (trademarked) MPAA movie rating system. That's right, if you happen to label your story as rated G, PG, PG-13, R or NC-17, you'd better watch out, the MPAA might come after you.
br3n

UK Recording Industry Dismisses Promotional (3.75 / 4) (#181)
by br3n on Wed Apr 20th, 2005 at 16:18:22 EST
(User Info)

UK Recording Industry Dismisses Promotional Impact Of File Sharing As Nonsense
http://techdirt.com/articles/20050420/1151234_F.shtml
Contributed by Mike
The recording industry continues to keep its blinders on. After announcing new lawsuits targeted at people file sharing in the UK, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) -- which is the UK equivalent of the RIAA -- trotted out their favorite phrase about how much money file sharing makes them "lose."
br3n

SCO Group seeks to amend IBM suit a 3rd time (3.75 / 4) (#194)
by br3n on Fri Apr 22nd, 2005 at 07:16:58 EST
(User Info)

http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_2679009
By Bob Mims
The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah's SCO Group, claiming it can show IBM copied 200,000 lines of its Unix code into the freely distributed Linux operating system, wants a federal judge to amend its lawsuit a third time.
br3n

Copyfight debate of the century video torrent (3.75 / 4) (#204)
by br3n on Sun Apr 24th, 2005 at 14:18:24 EST
(User Info)

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/23/copyfight_debate_of_.html
posted by Cory Doctorow
Allison sez, "Here's a torrent for the 481 MB mp4 of the 3-hour copyright Debate of the Century at Cornell [between an EFF staffer, a copyfighting academic, and the legal heads of the RIAA, MPAA, Napster II and Universal]. Some of the video is fuzzy but at least it's a small file.

sigh
wish i could do videos

br3n

Traffic Studied Using Computer-Linked Cars (3.75 / 4) (#205)
by br3n on Sun Apr 24th, 2005 at 14:33:43 EST
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&ncid=738&e=1&u=/ap/20050424/ap_on_hi_te/smarter_highways
By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press Writer
TROY, N.Y. - Picking up doughnuts on the way to work recently, George List slid back into the driver's seat and heard a voice from the cup holder suggest an alternate route. The car wasn't talking, exactly. The voice came from a handheld computer nestled in the holder that links his car to 200 other vehicles in the area. Data from all the vehicles -- where they are, how quickly they move -- is being used to create snapshots of area traffic patterns.
br3n

Feds Rethinking RFID Passport (3.75 / 4) (#211)
by br3n on Tue Apr 26th, 2005 at 09:59:40 EST
(User Info)

http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67333,00.html
By Kim Zetter
Following criticism from computer security professionals and civil libertarians about the privacy risks posed by new RFID passports the government plans to begin issuing, a State Department official said his office is reconsidering a privacy solution it rejected earlier that would help protect passport holders' data.
br3n

Microsoft to add 'black box' to Windows (3.75 / 4) (#212)
by br3n on Tue Apr 26th, 2005 at 11:05:28 EST
(User Info)

http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+to+add+%27black+box%27+to+Windows/2100-9588_22-5684051.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn
By Ina Fried
SEATTLE--In a move that could rankle privacy advocates, Microsoft said Monday that it is adding the PC equivalent of a flight data recorder to the next version of Windows, in an effort to better understand and prevent computer crashes.
br3n

Fortinet (UK) Ltd. Reaches Amicable Settlement (3.75 / 4) (#213)
by br3n on Tue Apr 26th, 2005 at 11:17:01 EST
(User Info)

link courtesy of _Arthur on irc.
Fortinet (UK) Ltd. Reaches Amicable Settlement Agreement with gpl-violations.org Project
http://www.fortinet.com/news/pr/2005/pr042505_gpl.html

Fortinet (UK) Ltd. Reaches Amicable Settlement Agreement with gpl-violations.org Project

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and MUNICH, , April 25, 2005 - Fortinet (UK) Ltd., and Mr. Harald Welte, founder of the gpl-violations.org project (http://gpl-violations.org/), today announced the successful conclusion and agreement concerning the GNU General Public License (GPL), a license commonly used with Free and Open Source Software, such as the Linux Operating System Kernel. This includes the modification of Fortinet's End User Licensing Agreement, inclusion of the GPL licensing terms with all Fortinet shipments, and making available the full corresponding source code of all GPL licensed software upon request for the cost of distribution. In addition, the settlement agreement states that all Fortinet partners are not subject to any legal action.

The source for the Linux Operating System Kernel and other GPL licensed components, including Fortinet's modifications, is available upon request at the cost of CD copying and distribution at www.fortinet.com. Additionally, Fortinet and its partners are providing written copies of the GPL license terms with all Fortinet product shipments.

About the gpl-violations.org projectThe gpl-violations.org project is a volunteer-based effort to make corporate distributors of GPL-licensed Free Software aware of the licensing issues involved with GPL-licensed software. For any reported case of GPL license violations, it will try to locate the respective copyright holders and inform them about possible actions to bring their products into license compliance. gpl-violations.org is founded and run by Harald Welte, a long-term contributor and developer of GPL-licensed software.

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet is the confirmed leader of the Unified Threat Management market. The company's award-winning FortiGate<sup>TM</sup> series of ASIC-accelerated antivirus firewalls, winner of the 2004 Security Product of the Year Award from Network Computing Magazine and the 2003 Networking Industry Awards Firewall Product of the Year, are the new generation of real-time network protection systems. They detect and eliminate the most damaging, content-based threats from e-mail and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more in real time - without degrading network performance. FortiGate systems are the only security products that are quadruple-certified by the ICSA (antivirus, firewall, IPSec, NIDS), and deliver a full range of network-level and application-level services in integrated, easily managed platforms. Named to the Red Herring Top 100 Private Companies, Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.
br3n

"Dumb Ass" is not a defamatory term (3.66 / 6) (#71)
by mrbuttle on Tue Apr 5th, 2005 at 23:46:01 EST
(User Info)

"... in its March 24 decision in the case of Vogel v. Felice, the California Court of Appeal has determined that calling someone a "dumb ass" does not give rise to liability for defamation. "A statement that [a person] is a 'Dumb Ass,' even first among 'Dumb Asses,' communicates no factual proposition susceptible of proof or refutation."
link

Re: "Dumb Ass" is not a defamatory term by hgc, 04/27/2005 00:14:51 EST (3.50 / 4)

SCO Announces Support Promotion for Reseller (3.66 / 3) (#73)
by br3n on Wed Apr 6th, 2005 at 09:26:58 EST
(User Info)

SCO Announces Support Promotion for Reseller Channel
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050405/latu077.html?.v=4
Tuesday April 5, 10:41 am ET
- Support Campaign to Last Six Months, Effective Immediately

LINDON, Utah, April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOXE - News), owner of the UNIX® operating system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today announced a promotion campaign to increase the company's service sales through the channel while providing channel resellers with significant incentives. The campaign offers free support for all partners (registered, authorized, and premier/VSP) who meet defined service sales targets on a quarterly basis.
The campaign aims to produce a higher profit for partners through increasing services sell-through profit margin for all SCO partners by 30 percent. This includes any new sales combination of support offerings ranging from call packs to customized consulting and professional services.

Partners will retain complete control of end user relationship. SCO Support, Professional and Consulting services will be sold to customers through partners and SCO will deliver the service. The partner can be named as an authorized technical contact, if they so choose. Technical activity between SCO and the end user account will be sent to the partner in a monthly summary. All SCO contract renewal communications will be sent directly to the channel partner.

SCO reseller partners who are interested in taking advantage of this promotion, which runs through Oct. 31, 2005, can gain more information by visiting SCO's web site at www.sco.com/services/promo. Resellers who visit the site will also have the opportunity to register to win one of four portable DVD players that will be given away during the month of April.

About SCO

The SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOXE - News) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses everyday. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and 4,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services, visit http://www.sco.com.

SCO and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
br3n

Linux? No Thanks. (3.66 / 3) (#76)
by br3n on Wed Apr 6th, 2005 at 10:39:33 EST
(User Info)

from a comment on yahoo by pencil i think.cant seem to find the comment again after the browser just crashed.
http://forbes.com/smallbusiness/2005/04/05/cz_dl_0405linux.html
Daniel Lyons
NEW YORK - The open source Linux operating system gets lots of media hype, but it hasn't caught on with medium-size businesses, a new study says.

as usual a spin article.
i doubt he will ever get a clue.

br3n

Green light for 2nd reading of Software Patent (3.66 / 3) (#77)
by br3n on Wed Apr 6th, 2005 at 10:41:52 EST
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Green light for 2nd reading of Software Patent Directive

from anon on irc
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/58240
The European Parliament has dropped its objections to the way the "common position" of the EU Council on the planned Directive on the Patentability of "Computer-implemented Inventions" was adopted. The Legal Committee of the European Parliament had initially insisted on examining the protocols of the decisive meeting of the Council of Ministers at the beginning of March.

sigh again
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Yankee changes tack on Linux (3.66 / 6) (#83)
by br3n on Wed Apr 6th, 2005 at 15:55:33 EST
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22364
By Nick Farrell:
THE YANKEE Group, which has done much to play down the upswing in Linux, has decided that the running operating system IS about the same cost as Windows.
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Re: Yankee changes tack on Linux by matesrates, 04/06/2005 20:38:42 EST (3.50 / 4)

More proof that Best Buy is actually (3.66 / 3) (#95)
by br3n on Thu Apr 7th, 2005 at 14:24:09 EST
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More proof that Best Buy is actually "Worst Buy": Man arrested for paying in $2 bills
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=1562162&enterthread=y

leads to this article
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.olesker08mar08,1,76004.column?coll=bal-local-columnists&ctrack=1&cset=true
Michael Olesker
PUT YOURSELF in Mike Bolesta's place. On the morning of Feb. 20, he buys a new radio-CD player for his 17-year-old son Christopher's car. He pays the $114 installation charge with 57 crisp new $2 bills, which, when last observed, were still considered legitimate currency in the United States proper. The $2 bills are Bolesta's idea of payment, and his little comic protest, too.

one of thise you just got to read it to believe it
sigh

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Insider Hints at GPL Changes (3.66 / 3) (#96)
by br3n on Thu Apr 7th, 2005 at 14:44:04 EST
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3495981
By Michael Singer
Version 3.0 of the General Public License (GPL) may be years away, but one insider says proposed changes to it could impact companies like Amazon, Yahoo and Google.
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Open-Source Referees Change the Rules (3.66 / 3) (#97)
by br3n on Thu Apr 7th, 2005 at 21:46:13 EST
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20050407/tc_zd/149535
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols - eWEEK
The Open Source Initiative board on Wednesday adopted a new way of approving open-source licenses, as well as a new classification system for existing licensees, at its meeting at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco.

looks like they want input from people?
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Indian Call Center Employees Hack US Bank Accounts (3.66 / 3) (#98)
by br3n on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 09:00:59 EST
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/08/061245&from=rss
Posted by CowboyNeal
The Ascended One writes "Call center employees working for an Indian software company, MSource, supposedly used confidential client information to transfer client funds to themselves.
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It's Not Too Late to Save Peer-to-Peer (REVISED) (3.66 / 3) (#99)
by br3n on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 09:03:48 EST
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http://deathintheafternoon.blogspot.com/2005/04/its-not-too-late-to-save-peer-to-peer.html
by Death
I read an interesting article in The American Lawyer a week or two ago. (I seem to have misplaced the magazine, but looking on the website it seems that the article was titled Supreme Advocacy: Federalist Ferment and was writen by Tony Mauro.) The article was about the influx of supreme court amicus briefs and the inability of the court to read them all.

very interesting read and ideas
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Rethinking the DMCA (3.66 / 3) (#100)
by br3n on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 09:19:12 EST
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http://news.com.com/Rethinking+the+DMCA/2010-1030_3-5659364.html?part=rss&tag=5659364&subj=news
By Charles Cooper
Time and again since its 1998 passage, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has proved to be one of the worst-ever pieces of technology legislation.

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Open Source Meets Capitalism (3.66 / 3) (#101)
by br3n on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 10:17:54 EST
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/42089.html
By Sonia Arrison
The open source community is evolving in a positive way, and the best thing governments can do is relax and let the marketplace shape the future. When governments try to guess what path is best for technology development, they usually botch the job.

very misleading article in some ways and very clear in other ways.
is it me or are things this mixed up?
sigh

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Bank predicts 50% savings by dropping Sun for (3.66 / 3) (#102)
by br3n on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 10:38:24 EST
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Bank predicts 50% savings by dropping Sun for Red Hat
http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=137801&liFlavourID=1&sp=1
by Antony Savvas
One of Italy's biggest banks is migrating from Sun Solaris to Red Hat Enterprise Linux to support its servers and desktop. It expects the move will bring about hardware and software cost savings of 50%.
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Court upholds Florida Microsoft settlement (3.66 / 3) (#103)
by br3n on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 16:53:22 EST
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http://news.com.com/Court+upholds+Florida+Microsoft+settlement/2110-1047_3-5660522.html?part=rss&tag=5660522&subj=news
By Ina Fried
A Florida appeals court on Wednesday upheld Microsoft's settlement of a class action suit that provides benefits to consumers who purchased licenses for Microsoft operating system, productivity suite, spreadsheet or word-processing software between Nov. 16, 1995, and Dec. 31, 2002, for use in the state.
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DNS issue hobbles Comcast (3.66 / 3) (#104)
by br3n on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 16:55:54 EST
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http://news.com.com/DNS+issue+hobbles+Comcast/2100-1038_3-5660518.html?part=rss&tag=5660518&subj=news
By Jim Hu
Comcast, the nation's largest broadband Internet provider, said an issue with its domain name system caused a nationwide service outage Thursday evening.
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Medical group: Data on 185,000 people was stolen (3.66 / 3) (#105)
by br3n on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 17:06:07 EST
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http://news.com.com/Medical+group+Data+on+185%2C000+people+was+stolen/2100-7349_3-5660514.html?part=rss&tag=5660514&subj=news
By Dawn Kawamoto
A California medical group is telling nearly 185,000 current and former patients that their financial and medical records may have been exposed following the theft of computers that contained personal data.

this is getting to be a regular announcement?
seems like someone isnt taking privacy isues seriously

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Re: Medical group: Data on 185,000 people was by mikey, 04/08/2005 21:03:02 EST (4.00 / 3)

Editor's Note: With Friends LIke These.. (3.66 / 3) (#108)
by br3n on Fri Apr 8th, 2005 at 21:24:00 EST
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http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2005-04-08-025-26-OP-BZ
By Brian Proffitt
Managing Editor
"This week saw a big change in the IT environment surrounding Linux, and I am not talking about Mandriva. This change was bigger, and potentially a lot more damaging to Linux. And it's realy subtle.

sigh
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Does IBM Freeing Patents Really Need An (3.66 / 3) (#114)
by br3n on Mon Apr 11th, 2005 at 08:35:16 EST
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Does IBM Freeing Patents Really Need An Explanation?
http://techdirt.com/articles/20050411/0256238_F.shtml
Contributed by Mike
Want to know just how far the debate over intellectual property has been skewed these days? A few months after IBM decided to free up approximately 500 patents they weren't really using in hopes of stimulating growth in other areas, the NY Times felt it was necessary to write a whole article explaining how it was actually possible to profit from freely sharing information.

the NYT article is here
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/11/technology/11ibm.html?ei=5090&en=dbc95a2028b33bbe&ex=1270872000&partner=techdirt&pagewanted=all&position=
I.B.M. Hopes to Profit by Making Patents Available Free
By STEVE LOHR
I.B.M. is renowned for its rich storehouse of patented inventions. It once again led the research sweepstakes in America last year, collecting 3,248 patents, more than any other company. And it earned more than $1 billion last year from licensing and selling its ideas

excellent articles and even i understood them.
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Microsoft Files 8 Counterfeit Lawsuits (3.66 / 3) (#115)
by br3n on Mon Apr 11th, 2005 at 08:46:13 EST
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=738&e=10&u=/nm/20050411/bs_nm/tech_microsoft_dc
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news), the world's largest software maker, on Monday said it was filing lawsuits against eight computer system builders and resellers in seven U.S. states, accusing them of distributing counterfeit and unlicensed software and software components.

all i can say is keep it up MS.the small mom and pop shops can just switch to installing linux?see what happens to your edge then MS?
hehehehe

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