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Consider as a final instructive example a highly controversial portion of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which added to the copyright code (Chapter 12, section 1201) protection against the “circumvention of a technical measure” put in place to control access to copyrighted works. It is perfectly legal and not very difficult to manufacture a set of master keys that will allow you to open just about any deadbolt lock ever built, and it is evident that once you’ve purchased your house, if you’d like to pick...
...protected conservation areas from 1.7 million hectares to 6 million hectares over the next five years. The RBG is mapping the island's flora to help the government identify the best sites for 11 new reserves. It has also included Madagascar as one of the regions covered by its Millennium Seed Bank Project, which aims to conserve seeds from 1,000 Malagasy species over the next 10 years. The other lifeline for Madagascar's flora - RBG's newly launched Threatened Plants of Madagascar Project - has singled out orchids, palms and succulents for special conservation efforts. Rare orchids - Madagascar boasts over...
...asked again and again: given the new millennium, and the altered vision we bring to this review from last time, what can Yale do to enhance its strengths and fix its weaknesses in order to meet the new imperatives and address the old issues,” she continues...
...watershed moment when America turned into a nation of nesters and began eating chicken potpies at home while wearing pearls and sweater sets. But, says Franoise Serralta of Peclers Paris, an international trend-forecasting agency, the shift really started earlier, in anticipation of the new millennium: "Sept. 11 only speeded up a reaction to what was already happening." The ongoing terrorist threat, sluggish economy and war in Iraq have helped fuel the thirst for nostalgia, but there are other factors at work...
...delivered to the Clinton Administration in late 1999. In the wake of such CIA reports, the Clinton team's insistence on shaking "the agency for whatever it has," in the words of Clinton National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, helped thwart several plots set for the eve of the new millennium. Rice is prepping for her testimony by reviewing briefing books that she studied for a private session with the commission in February, and she will be peppered with mock questions from aides. Sources tell TIME that Rice plans a 20minute opening statement to make the case for the Bush team...