I pretty much agree with Dagmar on this. New intellectual property rights are not required to deal with signal piracy and they would create a myriad of unintended consequences that would largely be counterproductive.

No, no, a thousand times, no 'Broadcast Treaty'

Hey, hey... check it out... If you can handle beta-quality releases and are an unforgivable cheapskate, Google has the solution to your "why does broadband have to cost so much?" problem!

NEW Google Free Wireless Broadband Service

This link goes to the USGS web page on the quake, with lots of technical data and charts that various news organizations will reference without linking.

See also http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia.gif (before it changes) to see some of the biggest shake boxes ever...

Merry Christmas South East Asia!

Internet on fire. Bill Gates to blame (again).

Internet Storm Center

] Weiss says the RIAA wanted to send a deterrent message
] others who had similar services up on their college
] campuses. "Nobody is above the law," she said. "And that
] is the important thing to remember here."

If these search engines are really search engines and not simply used for piracy then the RIAA, apparently, is above the law.

Messages sent:
1. In the United States of America you get exactly as much justice as you can afford.

2. The financial details of a court settlement are more important then the moral details.

3. The RIAA will get you even if what you are doing is only tangentally related to their interests.

ABCNEWS.com : Record Industry Targets Teen Programmer

Cyan and her cellphone...

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