] It appears that the MPAA runs RespectCopyrights.org
] [respectcopyrights.org], a site designed to explain the
] evils of downloading videos. I noticed that the site
] links to an LA Times article called "Hollywood deals with
] piracy , a wary eye on CDs" [respectcopyrights.org].
] However, although the article's copyright (LA Times) is
] noted, no other citation details are provided. You'd
] expect to find the full publication date, page, month and
] date. More importantly, you'd expect a disclaimer such as
] "Reprinted with permission from the LA Times" or
] "Official reprint: LA Times". I work in marketing and, in
] every case where I've reprinted an article, I've had to
] include such details (and pay a hefty reprint fee). The
] article on the MPAA site doesn't even provide a link to
] the LA Times site, so that users could obtain original
] copies

Slashdot | Besieged Movie Industry Suffers Record Takings

bucy wrote:
] Whatever you think of Cheney,
] he is certainly a skilled and experienced politician --
] probably more so than Edwards.

I don't think probably is the word. He /is/ a more experienced politician, and from that, more skilled. That's why Bush brought him on. Even if the question is of skill in the public market (ie, who will "win" the debates), I think the population is too polarized to matter. The point of Edwards is to make the Kerry ticket more palatable to those who are unsure if they are willing to vote for him. Consider, you've got some on the fence southern voters who still can't see themselves voting for a Northeast Yankee, who have bought into the notion that Bush is Texan... now in good faith they can vote for one of their own without also keeping Bush.

It just makes sense. Now, my question is -- Cabinet post for Clark? For Dean?

RE: Kerry Picks Edwards!

] According to Google's new policy, altered Monday, the Web
] search company prohibits Gmail subscribers from selling,
] trading or transferring the free e-mail accounts "for any
] unauthorized commercial purpose." It also bars people
] from setting up multiple accounts in violation of the
] policy.

I think we are still good in having done out invite giveaway for our non-commercial radio station. I guess we can ask in our upcoming interview with a gmail representative.

Of course people are gmail-username squatting. Huh. Suprised that wasn't obvious, considering the landrush mania to get a username; artificial scarcity brings out the worse in people. In that light, forums like eBay are both powerful mechanisms and inherent in the medium.

Google bans Gmail swaps and sales | CNET News.com

] David Ray Harris, whose false testimony put a man on
] death row for more than a decade in a case featured in
] the documentary "The Thin Blue Line," was executed in
] Texas on Wednesday for a 1985 murder.

This movie was amazing. It is amazing that death row works this slowly, because part of the film hinged on this prisoner already
being on death row in 1987. Errol Morris, prior to winning the Oscar for "Fog of War", made reference to this film when he said an Oscar was not important -- his films had saved a man's life.

Still not sure how I feel about involuntary capitol punishment, but it sounds like this man was aware of his actions and was prepared to die.

Yahoo! News - Texas Executes Key Figure in 'Thin Blue Line' Case

] President Bush and everyone in Washington should screen
] Michael Moore's controversial anti-Bush film "Fahrenheit
] 9/11," a group of military and 9/11 families said
] Wednesday.

I would pay to see a documentary based around Bush and his cabinet watching this movie. The pressuring to get them to watch it, the reactions of their faces during the film, and so on.

1010 WINS: Families Call On Bush To See Moore Movie

] The latest Bush-Cheney '04 web video shows the "Faces of
] John Kerry's Democratic Party," and labels them the
] "Coalition of the Wild-Eyed." This is surely the first
] time in his life Dick Gephardt has been labeled
] "wild-eyed" by anyone, and he is joined by Al Gore,
] Howard Dean, Michael Moore, and -- who's that, Adolf
] Hitler?

If only we could invoke Godwin's Law and hand the election to Kerry.

Hitler's back, this time in Bush-Cheney ad

] Last Friday, educational software provider Blackboard
] (Nasdaq: BBBB) had the second-most successful technology
] IPO this year, rising 43% on its first day of trading.

Damn it, we forgot to bash them on our show. The Enemy.

Fool.com: Blackboard's Screeching IPO [Motley Fool Take] June 24, 2004

] "People ask me if I'm L, G, B or T," Bloomberg went on.
] "I tell them that I am 'S&M' - straight and mayor."

What a sense of humor, that Bloomberg.

New York Daily News - Daily Dish & Gossip - Rush & Molloy: Unkind cut for Colin Farrell in 'Home'

] Computer trade show Comdex, once the biggest event on the
] tech calendar, has been canceled this year, a victim of
] the growing interest in shows emphasizing consumer
] electronics and specialist IT gear.

Organizer cancels Comdex 2004 | CNET News.com

] Even worse, at $24.00, Red Hat trades at a whopping 110
] times 2004 earnings, or 22 times expected fiscal revenue
] for 2005. With a market cap of $4.5 billion, Red Hat's
] valuation outstrips the entire $1 billion market forecast
] for Linux. Even if Red Hat's first-quarter figures (out
] on Thursday) blow the socks off analysts' estimates, they
] still won't be able to provide a convincing case for that
] valuation level.
]
] At such a lofty price, Red Hat stock remains vulnerable
] to even the smallest misstep. Is it any surprise the CFO
] has decided to call it quits?

Fool.com: Red Hat's Red Flags [Motley Fool Take] June 15, 2004