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...LASA convention to present parts of a book they had co-written with two Harvard professors: John H. Coatsworth, director of Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and Jorge I. Domínguez, director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The balanced content of the book, including several sections which are critical of the Cuban government as well as sections that point out positives in Cuba, belies the State Department’s explanation and makes clear that, as Domínguez writes, “These are real academics. They point out things...
...course, such a discussion remains unlikely so long as the majority of congressmen remain content bringing home pork-barrel projects to their constituents. These leaders have no real incentive to plead for less money for their state’s defense. While the Department of Homeland Security maintains some veto power over how the money is spent, fixing this problem requires strong leadership from the executive branch. No action is likely unless the white house transforms this matter from a funding allocation issue into a significant political issue. And in this tight election season, such action is all but definitely...
...world of four years ago was a substantially different place from the world of today, and for the most part, I’m perfectly content to let all of the other columnists tell you about it. One sphere of subtle changes, however, is getting shamefully little attention during this very intense campaign season, and I feel it my duty to rectify the disparity. Recall that during the fateful 2000 campaign, Al Gore ’69 actually thought he could get away with claiming to have invented the Internet. Certainly, times have changed. And so we must...
Download speed is just one reason file sharing may not be as immediate a threat to the movie business as it may seem. "There were very beautiful copies of Shrek 2 available on the Internet when it was released," says Ted Sarandos, chief content officer for Netflix. "That didn't seem to hurt [Shrek's] ticket sales any." When DVDs are packed with special features and available to rent for $2 or to buy for $15, who wants to waste a day downloading a movie? "I've frequently suggested they give up on all this copy protection because it doesn...
...today's fast-paced websphere, any attempt to restrict content is probably doomed to failure anyway. Exhibit A: The MPAA sued the company 321 Studios into bankruptcy last year for producing a piece of DVD-copying software called DVD X Copy. So what happened? DVD Shrink, a free product that does the same job, started popping up on the Internet. Exhibit B: Even before the launch of TiVoToGo, the online cognoscenti have latched on to BitTorrent software for swapping TV shows. Privately, some movie bosses admit the industry is on the wrong track. "Studios can only bitch so much before...