Sunday, November 2, 2003

RIAA Sues 80 More Swappers. Another round of lawsuits, with warnings beforehand this time, is filed by the music industry against people it says have been sharing songs illegally on the Internet. By Katie Dean. [Wired News] The EFF puts it together: The Electronic Frontier Foundation said that notifying those in advance of suing them is a small step in the right direction, but doesn't do much to solve the larger problem of illegal file sharing. "Suing your customers one at a time is not a business model," said Fred von Lohmann, senior staff attorney with the EFF. "And in the meantime, the RIAA is trampling on privacy and proposing legislation that's dangerous to the Internet generally. 5:50:53 PM     leave/read comments []

Dept. of Mission Accomplished The Art of War vs. the Craft of Occupation. For at least a decade, the Army has spent most of its energies making itself more lethal. Even within the military, that strategy has caused controversy. By Alex Berenson. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] G.I.'s Double Life in Iraq: Win Friends, Fight Foes. Six months since President Bush declared the end of major hostilities in Iraq, America's soldiers are waging two starkly different campaigns. By Dexter Filkins. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] Two different portraits of an army at war with itself and an enemy that knows all the back alleys and which doors are locked. "It's like Jekyll and Hyde out here," said Colonel Sassaman, a 40-year-old battalion commander and former starting quarterback for Army's football team. "By day, we're putting on a happy face. By night, we are hunting down and killing our enemies." 12:45:06 AM     leave/read comments []