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Comment Spam

p. “(extlink)Six Log: Comment Spam”:http://www.sixapart.com/log/2003/10/comment_spam.shtml talks about spammers increasingly leaving comments on blogs (particularly those powered by MovableType) as in addition to the circulation you would get from email Spam, it helps to build a site’s “(extlink)Google PageRank”:http://www.google.com/technology . This problem has become prevalent that “(extlink)Jay Allen”:http://www.jayallen.org has produced “(extlink)MT-Blacklist”:http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist/ a plug-in designed to reject ...

Legoland searches for Master Builder

p. An article on: Wired News: Wanted: Master Lego Model Builder talks about Lego’s search for an additional master builder. bq. the “role of the master builder exists to offer design, build, repair and service functions to all models and animated features within LegoLand California and selected external locations.” p. Lego will be launching a ...

Parents Sue NFL for fan DWI

The “NYTimes”:http://www.nytimes.com posted an article titled N.F.L. Is Sued Over a Crash That Left a Child Paralyzed that mentions actions by a parent suing the NFL, the NYC Giants, the Meadowlands, the vendors, and anyone else who could possibly have money for a tragic auto accident by an intoxicated fan conviced of a DWI and ...

SunnComm Drops Lawsuit

The “Daily Princetonian”:http://www.dailyprincetonian.com has an article titled “Threat of lawsuit passes for student”:http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2003/10/10/news/8797.shtml regairding SunnComm’s decision to drop a threatened lawsuit against a Graduate student who published a method to defeat their newest copy protection scheme. While they are trying to spin it off as a desire not to be the company that “creates any ...

Software Customer Bill of Rights

In Cem Kaner’s blog: Software Customer Bill of Rights Cem Kaner discusses issues related to increasingly restrictive end user licensing agreements for various software, and how they are diverging from commonly accepted fair use rights for both software and other copyrighted works. Finally, he addresses issues of embedded software in items like automobiles, medical devices, ...