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Thursday, June 7, 2007

I’m Sorry Son, You Don’t Have Enough Financial Aid to Cover Your Entire Tuition Bill With These New RIAA Student-Activity Fees

Seeking to outsource its enforcement costs, the RIAA [Recording Industry Association of America] asks universities to point fingers at their students, to filter their Internet access and to pass along notices of claimed copyright infringement. … But these responses distort the university’s educational mission. They impose financial and nonmonetary costs, including compromised student privacy, [...]

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So Bright… So Beautiful…

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Welcome to the Intertubes. Stop. Pay Toll.

Last year was an exceptional one for online retailers, in which e-commerce spending, excluding travel-related purchases, eclipsed $100 billion–a 24% increase over 2005. And 2007 promises to be even better.
Little wonder, then, that state and local governments are lobbying Congress for the right to tax not just Internet connectivity, but online sales as well. Earlier [...]

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

K-Fed: Internet Entrepreneur?

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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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