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By alex | Published: 5/1/2007
So it seems that the key for the HD-DVD encryption scheme has been broken. Unfortunately, distributing the method for decrypting a device is illegal according to the DMCA. But surely a key, as such, cannot be. This is a number all alone, it can’t be considered a machine. It is human-readable (as a number) but […]
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Freedom to assemble, sort of

By alex | Published: 3/25/2007
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Thank goodness for the FUF

By alex | Published: 2/28/2007
Every few months I get an email like the one I recently received from Gunnar, a film student in our program at Quinnipiac. He was unsure as to whether he could use a short clip of music in a documentary he was working on, and how he would determine whether or not it counted as […]
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Thought bombs

By alex | Published: 2/1/2007
Am I the only one who sees the arrest of two artists as a scary thing. Boston had a citywide “bombscare” because of the “Mooninite” magnetic LED signs that had been posted near roadways in the city. The two men responsible for building the devices have been arrested for making “bomblike” devices. The CNN story […]
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