Tuesday, December 06, 2005

This could be true in the not to distant future

RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums. "We are merely exercising our right to defend our intellectual properties from unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the existence of copyrighted material," a press release signed by RIAA anti-piracy director Brad Buckles read. "We will aggressively prosecute those individuals who attempt to pirate our property by generating 'buzz' about any proprietary music, movies, or software, or enjoy same in the company of anyone other than themselves." RIAA attorneys said they were also looking into the legality of word-of-mouth "favorites-sharing" sites, such as coffee shops, universities, and living rooms.

Friday, December 02, 2005

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Released

On Tuesday, the newest stable version of Firefox, the highly popular, free and open source web browser, was released. Along with enhanced security, stability, and tons of cool features, you also get the chance to use software that contributes to our freedom and community.

So go out and download it already.