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Wie verfilmt man "Das Kapital" von Karl Marx? Wenn es einer kann, dann Alexander Kluge. Mit stehenden Ovationen ehrte die jüngere Generation den Regie-Partisanen beim Deutschen Filmpreis. Kluge, der Extrem-Filmemacher, greift weit zurück – und noch weiter voraus, zur iPod-Generation.

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Juristische Verwirrung um Tauschbörsennutzer: Das Landgericht München schützt ihre Privatsphäre vor der Musikindustrie, das Landgericht Offenburg unterminiert sie. Außerdem im Überblick: Microsoft verschenkt USB-Schnüffelsticks an Polizisten.

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Bei der Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Wilder & Beuger gibt es den Verwertungsvorschlag einer Staatsanwaltschaft zu lesen, was man denn mit dem beschlagnahmten Rechner eines Tauschbörsennutzers machen kann. Die kreative Idee: Wo eine gültige Lizenz schonmal dabei ist und der Rechner schneller als das eigene Inventar ist, könnte man ihn doch selbst nutzen.

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A US federal judge has shot down one of the Recording Industry Ass. of America's key arguments in its brave pursuit of students, idiots and grandmothers it accuses of sharing music over peer-to-peer networks.

In an order in the case of the Atlantic vs Howell in Arizona yesterday, Judge Neil Wake said that the RIAA's claim that making copyright sound recordings available to download counts as distribution was wrong. It means the major labels' bid to score a summary judgement victory has been denied, and the case will proceed to trial. The RIAA will have to come up with a new argument.

theregister.co.uk

The release of Wikiscanner last year brought much attention to white washing of controversial pages on the community generated encyclopedia. Apparently Wikipedia is very serious in fighting such behavior as they've temporarily blocked the US Department of Justice from editing pages for suspicious edits

theregister.co.uk

A federal magistrate judge on Thursday chastised the Bush administration for failing to fully answer questions related to a long-running dispute over missing White House emails. The White House is facing lawsuits from two public interest groups, Citizens for Responsibilty and Ethics in Washington and the National Security Archive at George Washington University, demanding that the White House restore the missing e-mails and put in place systems to prevent further e-mail losses. Administration officials were ordered to provide detailed information about the burdens involved in taking immediate actions to preserve copies of hard drive, tapes, and other media that may contain copies of the missing e-mails.

arstechnica.com

Inside the Cellblock 9 visiting room here at Santa Rita Jail, inmate number BFPS63 looked like a man with a big hangover.

Hans Reiser may be confronting the reality that he could spend the rest of his life behind prison walls. The 44-year-old Linux programmer and developer of the ReiserFS filesystem was found guilty of first-degree murder on Monday in the disappearance of his wife. He faces a mandatory 25-to-life term.

wired.com old shit

A giant inflatable pig that went missing from a Southern California music festival at the weekend has been found in tatters in a desert town.

The pig, which has been a signature Pink Floyd stage prop since its appearance on the 1977 cover of "Animals" and the song "Pigs on Wings," broke away from its tethers on Sunday night at Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.

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