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From Boston.com:

An MIT student wearing a device on her chest that included lights and wires was arrested at gunpoint at Logan International Airport this morning after authorities thought the contraption was a bomb strapped to her body.

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Ok, one more from Ars.

There apparently was more to NBC’s decision to pull its shows out of the iTunes Store than we were led to believe. Apple is reportedly pushing the concept of cutting the prices of TV shows to 99¢.

(Via Ars Technica.)

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A rather interesting concept, to be perfectly honest.

A new online music service plans to use a P2P network to sell music from independent labels. There’s a twist: users who ’sell’ a track from their PC will get a cut of the proceeds.

(Via Ars Technica.)

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YouTube after the jump, with a big hat tip to Andrew Sullivan

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From Josh Nelson of The Agonist:

“[It] would require ISPs to record all users’ surfing activity, IM conversations and email traffic indefinitely.”

Under the guise of reducing child pornography, the SAFETY (Stopping Adults Facilitating the ( Read more... )

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From an Ars Technica report on a new paper published in the Journal of Political Economy:

Entitled “The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis,” the study matched an extensive sample of music downloads to American ( Read more... )

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Let the schadenfreude flow, thanks to Ars Techica:

Some of you may remember Capitol Record v. Debbie Foster, where the RIAA sued an Oklahoma woman over copyright infringement. In July, the case against her was dismissed with prejudice, ( Read more... )

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