September 25, 2003
NY Times: Studios Moving to Block Piracy of Films Online.
Also, as early as next month the industry will begin promoting a "stealing is bad" message in schools, teaming up with Junior Achievement on an hourlong class for fifth through ninth graders on the history of copyright law and the evils of online file sharing.
IBM DeveloperWorks: What can users do?
Peter Seebach. In principle, usability problems should be addressed by encouraging people to stop making unusable things. However, that's not always practical. While you're waiting, you -- as a user -- can do a lot to make up for the hassles and annoyances of modern computer usage.
Washington Post: Internet Sales Tax May Get Amazon.com's Support.
Amazon and a loose-knit coalition of state policymakers, retailers and congressional staff negotiated all day Wednesday over the scope of the legislation. According to several sources involved in the talks, Amazon wanted to ensure that most Internet retailers are subject to collecting sales taxes...
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