Politics

Copyright vs PC’s Round 1

To hear Congressman Hatch say following chills me to the bone: “I’m interested,” Hatch interrupted. He said damaging someone’s computer “may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights.” The only way the government can legally monitor what…

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Todd Cochrane
Politics

Legislature speech highlights consumer fair rights

In a very interesting speech it is obvious that representative Lamar Smith wants to preserve consumers fair use of digital media. The concern arises from the conversion to Digital TV from Analog. The speech also scored some points for the…

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Todd Cochrane
Politics

Spammer testified to Congress is an Idiot

I truly believe spammers are all washed up idiots that can’t hack it in the real world. What the spew from there mouth amazes me and makes 99.9999% of us see absolute red. Read on to see the ideology a…

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Todd Cochrane
Politics

Anti Piracy Laws scares programmer!

Some states are enacting anti-piracy laws that have already started to affect software developers. In the big scheme of things some business industries are trying to stifle innovation in order to protect there bottom line. [Yahoo]

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Todd Cochrane
Politics

Super DMCA coming to a State Near You!

If you thought the DMCA legislation was bad wait till you see what some states are sneaking through. Digital Rights Group is calling the legislation the “SUPER DMCA” this article has me wondering if have been asleep at the wheel…

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Todd Cochrane
Politics

Pirates and Posses: The Battle over Digital Copyright

I discuss digital copyright issues a great deal here on Geek News Central and one of the reasons is that it is one of the top issues that we are facing on the Net today. Companies, Artist, writers are terrified…

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Todd Cochrane