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Washington Post says it 'incorrectly' reported RIAA story

2008-01-07 23:30:00 by Greg Sandoval in Webware.com
 
...Washington Post has backed off a story that erroneously accused the recording industry of trying to criminalize ripping CDs to a computer The Post issued a correction Saturday, more than a week after the paper triggered a wave of media coverage by claiming that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was trying to outlaw the very...
 
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Searchles Connects Washington Post Readers Based on Similar Comments

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2008-07-23 15:16:56 by Adam Ostrow in Mashable!
...Washington Post and its MyPost social network. Now, when browsing the profiles of other MyPost members, you will see Searchles Related Users widget, which shows you other people who have taken an interest in similar stories on washingtonpost.com, based primarily on comments The basic idea is that connecting people based on similar reading...
 
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Washington Post sticks by RIAA story despite evidence it goofed

2008-01-03 12:00:00 by Greg Sandoval in Webware.com
 
...Washington Post has yet to correct a story that accused the recording industry of trying to paint law-abiding music fans as criminals But the paper should make things right and soon Marc Fisher, a Post columnist, wrote on Sunday that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) asserted in a legal brief that anyone who copies music...
 
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How To Get Heard In Washington: A Tech Geek's Guide

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2008-06-28 15:35:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
...Washington. I've done it During the last debate about open access on U.S. spectrum, I helped create a group that got interviewed by big media like NPR and the WSJ, and we testified at Senate and House hearings. Better yet, we got some of what we wanted accomplished. Here's how you can, too 1. Find an issue that matters. A big one, not a pet...
 
Tags: wireless founders coalition, players, key players, washington, coalition, issue, pet issue, tech geeks, political geeks
 
 
 
 
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RIAA shreds Washington Post story in debate

2008-01-04 05:26:00 by Greg Sandoval in Webware.com
 
...Washington Post columnist who alleges that the organization is trying to outlaw the practice of copying CDs to a computer Here was a golden opportunity for Cary Sherman to declare once and for all that copying CDs for personal use is lawful. He stopped short of that, saying that copyright law is too complex to make such sweeping statements ...
 
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RIAA shreds Washington Post story in debate

2008-01-04 23:01:56 by admin in Web 2.0 Portals
 
...Washington Post columnist who alleges that the organization is trying to outlaw the practice of copying CDs to a computer Here was a golden opportunity for Cary Sherman to declare once and for all that copying CDs for personal use is lawful. He stopped short of that, saying that copyright law is too complex to make such sweeping statements ...
 
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Plug-ins converge on Washington

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2008-06-16 14:56:00 by A Googler in Official Google Blog
...Washington to showcase plug-in electric vehicles and examine how the government can support their widespread adoption. An impressive lineup of Members of Congress, auto and utility executives, and technology experts spoke to a packed house about the potential of plug-ins to reduce oil dependence, lower the cost of driving, and fight global...
 
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Washington Post's Cable Unit: We Spied On Our Users, Too

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2008-08-12 11:30:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
...Washington Post Company (WPO In a response to a House query, WaPo unit Cable One admitted it collected data on 14,000 subscribers in Anniston, Ala. for 180 days in order to serve targeted advertising. And no, they didn't ask for consent, but argued that customers "opted in to our monitoring of their Internet usage ... when they agreed to our...
 
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Uni. Washington and Microsoft Research collaborates on (yet another) mindblowing 3D photo viewer

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2008-08-13 16:12:32 by Long Zheng in MS Windows Vista Compatible Software
 
...Washington and Microsoft Research who only two years ago in 2006 published their paper Photo Tourism and their technology demonstration Photosynth have again pushed the boundaries of what can be achieved by intuitively processing the abundance of digital images shared on the web This week at SIGGRAPH 2008 theyre sharing with the world some...
 
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