According the band’s official website, they don’t seem to support the many DRM inconveniences that users have to put up with. They have posted instructions on how to get their music into iTunes, by bypassing the included DRM. It involves the lame task of burning the tracks to a CD, then ripping again.
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Two senators have propose a law that will ban cities from implementing free wifi for their citizens. Instead, they will allow private companies to capitalize on what would have been free for everyone. Call your senator and revolt!
This bill is just rediculous. Senator Ensign and McCain have been bought by big telecommunication companies. More [...]
Microsoft opened a lawsuit Tuesday against Google and a former Microsoft executive who was hired by the search giant to run its China operations.
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Everyone’s favorite Russian MP3 music service is the subject of a rather extensive FAQ at Museekster.com. Some good info on the service, its origins, and how they are able to get away with selling music so inexpensively.
I e-mailed the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) about this topic and here’s what they have to say.
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This is a great comic about micropayments. Good read.
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Is this the beginning of the end for property rights?
Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling approving a Connecticut city’s plan to take private land by eminent domain may seem far away.
But to John Revelli, whose family has operated a tire shop near downtown Oakland for decades, the [...]
To determine what is legal in your State, click on your State name in the list.
Michigan is pretty boring when it comes to fireworks… We only allow sparklers, smoke bombs, fountains, and novelties (those snap things you throw at the ground, etc.). Here’s the rundown for Michigan:
Bottle Rockets:
With Permit Only
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From LifeHacker:
Attorney Evan D. Brown notes that in a recent Munster vs. Groce court case in Indiana, the court determined the plaintiff hadn’t exercised due diligence finding the defendant because Google wasn’t searched:
The court seemed to chastise this failure: “[W]e discovered, upon entering “Joe Groce Indiana” into the Google search engine, an address for Groce [...]
AP:
Cities may bulldoze people’s homes to make way for shopping malls or other private development, a divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday, giving local governments broad power to seize private property to generate tax revenue.
This is rather disturbing news.
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From Engadget:
It was a close call, but an amendment that would have tacked the Broadcast Flag onto an appropriations bill failed to make it out of a Congressional subcommittee yesterday. Apparently H.R.2862 was referred to the Committee on Appropriations without the amendment in question attached, which means that, for the time being at least, we’re [...]