Archive for January 14th, 2008

Telecos cut off FBI

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Unpaid bills lead phone companies to hang up on FBI wiretaps
A report issued by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reveals extreme deficiencies in FBI budget and expense management procedures for surveillance. According to the OIG, phone companies have terminated FBI wiretaps and FBI surveillance phone lines as a result of unpaid bills.

Wow the FBI isn’t doing any better than some days.

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Ding Dong DRM is dead

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Sony Joins Other Labels on Amazon MP3 Store - New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Sony BMG, the music company, announced Thursday that it would become the fourth and final major label to begin selling digital music on Amazon.com, offering its entire catalog in the MP3 format by the end of the month.

We are apparently hearing the death nell of the scourge of fair use, DRM.

Apples got some worries, because this make Amazon the largest legitimate music down load site, in terms of catalog.

Dap: /.

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