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That's an extreme but not isolated case. Those boys probably wouldn't have paid much attention even if the drinks' labels did include caffeine content, but the rest of us should be able to calibrate our addictions with more information...
...current copyright law: As Lessig explains, today's copyright laws regulate reproductions or "copies." But in a digital context, every time you listen to a song or play a video, that content is "copied" from a server somewhere to the hard drive in your computer. The same is not true when you crack open a book: "For most of American history it was extraordinarily rare for ordinary citizens to trigger copyright law ... RO culture in the digital age is thus open to control in a way that was never possible in the analog age ... For the first time, [copyright...
...birth of the "Copyright Wars": According to Lessig, the war began during the fall of 1995, when members of the "content industry" (read: media giants) began to grasp the implications of digital technology on copyright enforcement. (An analog tape was difficult to copy and disseminate. An MP3 file, on the other hand, just required the click of a mouse). "What before was both impossible and illegal is now just illegal," Lessig explains. In September of that year, movie studios and record labels met with the Commerce Department to map out a new legal strategy. The wildly popular and ill-fated...
...girlfriend. That’s how you get gay.” Unfortunately for the audience, Rex’s role in the movie does not figure prominently. “Sex Drive” follows this theme throughout—getting the peripherals right, but lacking central content. The audience will probably walk away with the memory of minor details, like the soundtrack, which fits perfectly with a number of scenes in the movie. The way Instant Messenger graphics pop up like a thought bubble next to Ian while he’s online is clever. Seth Green...
...make foolhardy decisions despite his good intentions. Traub questions the theory that economic stability and prosperity are necessary for a successful democratic system. He discusses democracy in economically weak Mali at length. Although it has few valuable resources and a subsistence-farm-based economy, the people are genuinely content with the political situation. Drawing on the time he has spent there, Traub convincingly conveys the situation in Mali from a variety of perspectives, allowing the reader to see the social desires that democracy fulfills there. As one Mali citizen declares, “Now you can go and speak...