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Is it time for a regime change?

“In this Wednesday April 30, 2003 handout photo from Greenpeace, U.S. President George W. Bush appears as the ace of spades in a the deck of cards issued by anti-nuclear campaigners who have created their own most wanted list. The Greenpeace deck is meant to focus attention on the dangers posed by nuclear arsenals and 600 decks are being handed out to delegates at a two-week meeting on the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, HO)”

Deparate Industry

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Software Bullet Is Sought to Kill Musical Piracy
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN

“Some of the world’s biggest record companies, facing rampant online piracy, are quietly financing the development and testing of software programs that would sabotage the computers and Internet connections of people who download pirated music, according to industry executives.”

Labels reportedly back antipiracy software

“Some of the world’s largest record labels are quietly financing the creation of programs by small software firms that, if deployed, would sabotage the computers and Internet connections of people who download pirated music, according to a published report.”

I have a great solution to music piracy. MAKE MUSIC THAT DOESN’T SUCK (i.e worth shelling out $15 bucks for)!!! The stuff on the market today is overpriced and/or lacking talent. How many frickin’ boy bands does the world need anyway?

Even Paranoids Have Enemies

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“Just because you’re paranoid, don’t mean they’re not after you.”

Making It Harder for Prying Eyes
By Julia Scheeres

A bill in the California state legislature would protect the anonymity of Internet users by requiring Internet service providers to send customers copies of subpoenas seeking to learn their identities. If passed, California’s Internet Communications Protection Act would become the second state law requiring that consumers be alerted when an ISP is issued a subpoena to find out an anonymous Internet user’s true identity. Virginia passed a similar statute last year.

If I Wanted Email From You, I’d Ask For It!

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I wish Pennsylvania would follow Virginia’s lead on this.

Virginia threatens spammers with jail time

“RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — Internet mavens who clog computers with massive volumes of unsolicited e-mail pitches now risk landing in prison and losing their riches under a tough Virginia law signed Tuesday. “

Spam E-Mail Problem Worse Than Imagined
By DAVID HO

“WASHINGTON – The volume of junk e-mail has reached a critical threshold that requires swift action to protect the Internet correspondence millions of people take for granted, regulators said Friday at the end of a three-day forum on ‘spam.'”

Finding Solution to Secret World of Spam
By SAUL HANSELL

“WASHINGTON, May 2 – There probably isn’t a ‘Wendy’ behind the e-mail offering a way to ‘lose 30 pounds in 30 days.’ And it seems unlikely that the real vendor of the ‘Iraqi most-wanted playing cards’ is really named ‘Doc Holiday.'”

Marketers unite to cook spam’s goose
By Stefanie Olsen

“A group of digital marketers is pushing a new antispam system aimed at saving the lucrative e-mail advertising industry.”

Peace Unpatriotic?

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From the Care2 newsletter:

"War has begun, but should we just accept it? While most Americans support the troops, many Americans feel that the war is unjust and an inappropriate use of U.S. power. Does disagreeing with the war mean you aren’t patriotic or that you don’t love your country? Absolutely not, according to one of the greatest presidents in American history, Theodore Roosevelt. "

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong,is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."

"Roosevelt in 1918, challenged Woodrow Wilson’s sweeping crackdown against dissent after the American entry into World War I. While Roosevelt was a major supporter of WWI, he firmly believed the public should be allowed to express dissent."

"Clearly, the ability to stand up in opposition to our leaders has made America strong and unique. It’s not only American; it’s one of our founding principles."