Word: mp3
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...School Professor Lawrence Lessig has written in Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace, on the Internet, owners of intellectual property can enforce their one-user, one-payment dreams. They can architect the format and means of downloading such that you simply cannot e-mail or Instant Message an MP3 file to a friend. Even worse, they can extend the per-use model of the public performance companies to end users, forcing individuals to pay miniscule amounts—say 10 cents—every time they want to listen to an MP3. The enabling technology is called digital rights management...
...Professor of Linguistics Bert R. Vaux tried to sneak in behind Lewis but was halted by Feldstein.”Whoa there! Sorry, dude, no room for Associate Professors here,” Feldstein said, motioning for the HUPD to escort Vaux off the premises. Inside, a frustratingly limited MP3 playlist dicated the tunes, but no one could change it because Yale Registrar Johanna S. Runyan was hooking up with Cornell General Counsel Martin H. White in the bedroom with the computer. Finally, former Provost Harvey V. Fineberg ‘67 set up his ‘tables...
...Inspired by Harvard MP3 favorite “Whatch U Really Want,” Shannon D. Frieswick ’04 invited new acquaintance Adam K.Taylor ’04 over for bagels and lox when all she wanted to do was lick his rocks...
...beginning was the word, and the word was Napster. Sixty million Internet users around the world downloaded this software gratis, used it to swap their MP3 collections and saw that it was good. But the forces of the recording industry feared for their bottom line, and they did smite Napster with every legal means at their disposal. This was easy, since all Napster users had to pass through a central server and could be blocked on the way. Thus were 60 million sinners cast out of the garden of free music...
Geoffrey A. Fowler ’00, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, was on the subway on his way to work immediately after the crashes had occurred. Listening to music on his MP3 player, he wasn’t paying attention to the large numbers of people standing around as he swiped his card. Only when he and the other passengers were evacuated from the Chambers Streeet stop did Fowler learn of the tragedy, one stop away from the WTC on the E train...