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Daily Archives: August 25th, 2004

Writing On Your Palm: Must… remain… strong…

Writing On Your Palm: Must… remain… strong…
Both of you, GET BACK TO WRITING!
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Writing On Your Palm: Must… remain… strong…

Writing On Your Palm: Must… remain… strong…
I’m not an addict, it’s cool. I never blog just to blog, I never ramble on when I blog, I never…. What was I saying?

Induce Act starting to look like the idiocy it is

Wired News: Copyright Bill Needs Big Changes: “‘We, along with a number of other consumer groups, are very concerned about Senate bill 2560, which we feel will quash innovation and creativity and the fair use of these technologies,’ said Emily Sheketoff, executive director of the Washington, D.C., office of the American Library Association. ‘The answer [...]

Oops! JibJab wins with the “you snooze, you lose” defense

JibJab beats copyright rap | CNET News.com: “Attorneys for JibJab also said they have found evidence that the copyright on Guthrie’s song expired in 1973, meaning that anyone can use it for free.”
If the song’s copyright expired in 1973, then Ludlow’s renewal filed in 1984 is eleven years too late. The song did not follow [...]

Must… remain… strong…

I can’t help myself. I feel compelled to hit that “Publish Post” button, as soon as I can. All those words I spent trying to denigrate the web blog was really a charade, you see. I knew that I’d be a compulsive blogger. The symptoms include an unwillingness to peruse each [...]

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Most of us who write and read Writing on Your Palm are incorrigable gadget fiends. Web vendors are our singles bars; at the least, in a bar one has dim lighting, clothing a size too small, and alcohol to cloud the mind. The gadget fiend has no such excuses. Hard specs list the foibles and [...]