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Pirates Steal Negative $318,500,000 From Music Industry
CD sales went up by 3,600,000 units this past year.
This item on
Slashdot gives a good summary / reality check
on the RIAA's
attempt to put an anti-Napster spin
on the $14,323,000,000 the record labels made in 2000.
The future of web design
Starting with this week's issue, A List Apart will be designed to take advantage of the best features of the latest web browsers. Check it out to find out how and why. (Be sure to bring a standards compliant browser.)
And You Thought Napster Caused a Ruckus?
Taking peer-to-peer file sharing to a new
level, ShareSniffer Inc.
has a product that searches the Internet for
accessible computer hard drives and makes
the files on them available for the average
user to download. SecurityFocus
has the story.
EPIC On Network Solutions Profiteering
The
Electronic Privacy Information Center
(EPIC) sends a letter to Congress about
Network Solutions'
efforts to sell its domain registration
database to direct marketers.
The Reinvention of Privacy
The Atlantic Monthly
offers an excellent non-technical article
on privacy in the Internet age.
Music Online Whether the RIAA Likes It or Not?
With Napster being shut down and no viable legitimate
alternative on the horizon, some key lawmakers in Washington are talking about
altering copyright law to allow music to be sold
online without the consent of the record companies.
The
Washington Post has the story.
The Fifth Element of Taste
Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and.....umami?
This article in
Red Herring discusses the recently-acknowledged
fifth element of taste, umami,
which is a prominent component in the flavors
of aged beef, scallops, and asparagus, among
many other foods.
Amazon.Com and the Return of the Old Economy
The
New Republic offers a well-researched article about
the recent battle between Amazon and
the Amazon employees who have been working to
form a union.
A Love Song for Napster
Discover Magazine offers an article by
Jaron Lanier, noted researcher and originator of
the term Virtual Reality,
on the probable outcome of the path currently being taken
in the legal battle over the controversial music-sharing software
Napster.