21 Jan 2007
RIAA's legal win not so easy listening for XM

One question: After they finish this off, will they go after the cassette recorder?

XM Satellite lost its bid to get a copyright infringement lawsuit dismissed, paving the way for the case challenging two radio receivers that allow listeners to make digital recordings of songs played on XM channels.

(link) [The Register]

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Who Knew About Jamestown? In 1607, There Was Too Much Else Going On

A fascinating look at the events of 400 years ago ... lots of tidbits I didn't know, and more than a few which I didn't associate with 1607. Read it for a great little history lesson.

One of the loveliest attractions in a city with a surfeit of them, the Pont Neuf in Paris is a delicate series of stone arches that spans the Seine. Though its name means "New Bridge," it is in fact the oldest in Paris, having opened the same year that English colonists landed in Jamestown, an ocean away. Bridging, as it does, the old and the new, the Pont Neuf is an apt metaphor for 1607—a year of extraordinary transition around the world.

(link) [U.S. News & World Report]

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