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Source: New York Post

Using an iPad without the right apps is like driving a Ferrari with a Ford engine — especially with the high-definition “Retina” display of the latest version of the iPad. To really unlock the tablet’s power, head to the App Store and download these prog ...
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A Former Kazaa User Has To Pay A $675,000 Fine For Sharing 31 Songs Back In 2005

Source: Dr Jays Blog

Remember Kazaa? Yeah, you do. If you’re a fan of music and even just a little bit tech savvy, you no doubt had Kazaa running on your computer 24/7 back in the mid-2000s. Back before iTunes was as big as it is tod ...
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Source: The New York Times Music

From the deluge of art, a critic chooses some standouts. Readers are invited to add their own impressions in six words. Anthony Tommasini explores the qualities that make a classical composer great, maybe even the best o ...
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Former Kazaa User Forced To Pay $675,000 Fine For File-Sharing After Supreme Court Rejects Appeal

Source: Complex

In the mid-2000s, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) went on a rather misguided witch-hunt, filing lawsuits against individual file-sharers seemingly at random, despite winning a combin ...
Full article at: Complex  More like this  4 days ago, 10:57am CDT

Tenenbaum Verdict Stands as Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case

Source: ZeroPaid

In 2009, Joel Tenenbuamn was fined $675,000 for sharing 30 works. Last week, Tenenbaum appealed to the Supreme Court. Through the appeals process, the award was slashed to $67,500. Now the Supreme Courts has mad ...
Full article at: ZeroPaid  More like this  4 days ago, 9:05am CDT

And You Think YOU Have Student Debt...

Source: AlanCross.ca

I'm tempted to bring up the name of George Lawrence Price. Two minutes before the armistice to end WWI went into effect--10:58pm on November 11, 1918--he was shot by a sniper. He's gone down in history as being the last person killed in the ...
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Supreme Court Will Not Review Music Downloading Case

Source: RedOrbit

The highest court in the United States has refused to review the case of a former Boston University student who was hit with a $675,000 penalty for illegally downloading music and sharing it on the Internet. The petition was brought ...
Full article at: RedOrbit  More like this  4 days ago, 3:13am CDT

US Supreme Court Lets $675K File-Sharing Fine Stand

Source: ArtsJournal

"The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal ... effectively let[ting] stand a jury's $675,000 damages award against Joel Tenenbaum, a former Boston University student who admitted to downloading some 30 song ...
Full article at: ArtsJournal  More like this  4 days ago, 2:39am CDT

Supreme Court Lets Student's $675,000 File-Sharing Fine Stand [File Sharing]

Source: Gizmodo

The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a $675,000 file-sharing damages award that a jury levied against a college student for making 30 music tracks available on a peer-to-peer network. Without comment, the high court, with Chief Justice John ...
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