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...Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that peer-to-peer file-sharing networks could be held liable for inducing their users to commit copyright infringement—even if those same networks could be used to trade non-copyrighted material legally...
...Next came the hate-filled crowds in the street chanting, "We want them out!" Huddled inside their new home, Charles Williams, 23, and Marietta Bloxom, 24, watched with growing despair as their daughter Lekeisha, 7, cowered in the middle of the living room, afraid even to peer outside. Faced with the prospect of mob violence, Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode declared a state of emergency on Nov. 22 that banned outdoor gatherings of more than four people in a 30-block area around Williams' house. But by last week the young couple had had enough...
That piece must be found very quickly; the column is due tonight. Meanwhile, more facts crowd the study door like extras on a movie set, peer in, cry, "Use me!" Guatemala, Mr. T, a new novel by Bellow; Dow Jones goes down, Columbia goes up. Say hey, Willie McCovey, you made it too. Nice hat, Mrs. Gorbachev. Hold it, please. I have to think. Didn't I read something by Octavio Paz that fits in here? Or was it Pia Zadora? Where is my authoritative, I've-studied-this-for-years lead sentence? Please, God, let me discover...
...Radio Mercora www.mercora.com Got a fabulous digital music collection, but don't like breaking the law to share it? This peer-to-peer service is legal, because listeners don't actually download any music. Instead, they stream music on their computers that is webcast over the Internet by other members. (The company does have to pay webcasting royalties to copyright holders, and charges some user fees to cover them.) The offerings are listed in the traditional peer-to-peer way, noting artist, album, song title-in this case, the one currently playing-and source. Basic service is free, but limited...
...Greenberg is in deep trouble. State and federal investigators have been poring over AIG's books for months. Greenberg's own board--led by longtime peer and pal Frank Zarb, who for years was his quietly designated successor should the worst happen--lost faith and pushed him to resign, first as CEO and then as chairman, in March. New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed civil fraud charges in May, accusing Greenberg of orchestrating "sham transactions" that hid losses and inflated AIG's net worth. Just last week he resigned from AIG's board, ending his last official...