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...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 music-sharing giant...
...structures and replacing regulators and those with responsibility to protect the economy with those focused more on rescuing the economy than on rescuing Wall Street - will not only restore confidence but in due time also enable America to live up to its full potential. Halfway approaches, on the other hand, by continually bringing disappointment, are sure to fail...
...what needs to be done to get faster. He’s also a pretty relaxed guy most of the time—guys on the team have a lot of respect for him as a coach.” Since coming to Cambridge, Overington has experienced first hand the ups and downs of collegiate rowing—the team finished second at the IRA National Championships for two years in a row before failing to even field a varsity eight at nationals last spring. “We had some great races in my sophomore year...
...minds of many Americans. The festival’s organizers sought to counteract what they see as a one-sided portrayal of Palestinians in news media. “The Palestinian narrative is missing from the mainstream here in the USA, where all we get is second-hand processed images whose purpose is to dehumanize Palestinians. We hoped to present an alternative,” Ayyash said. “We are inundated with information about the Middle East and especially Palestine and the Palestinians, but most people lack an understanding of the situation.” For many filmmakers...
Imagine sitting down in a theater, popcorn in hand. The lights dim, Kung-Fu Panda reminds you to silence your cell phone, and the previews start. But instead of the new Saw flick, a trailer for Culture and Belief 11: “Medicine and the Body in East Asia and in Europe,” plays across the screen, narrated by Shigehisa Kuriyama, a professor of East Asian studies. As the name implies, the class is a historical comparison of the body and medicine in East Asia and Europe, and its approach is anything but traditional. Kuriyama jettisons...