Introduced as children by mothers who were the best of friends, Marino and Lisa had no idea that they were destined to make beautiful music together. They met again as adults when Lisa's mother brought her to visit Marino and his family in Puerto Rico. She was an actress in New York and he an aspiring musician. They fell in l...
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August 26, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I don't like Biden's record on our type of issues, however (with a look at the glass being half full) if he becomes the VP, at least he will only get to vote on tech issues when the Senate is at a tie. (And Obama hopefully will still have the power to veto anything too pro RIAA/MPAA/etcAA.) Biden as VP puts him in a place wher...
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August 24, 2008 at 8:35 PM
"My arrangements of public-domain anthems are actually original compositions from a legal point of view," said the Czechoslovakian native to the Post from New York, "which means if someone wants to record them, they have to purchase the material." - It would appear that the Beijing Olympic Committee has infringed his copyright o...
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August 23, 2008 at 7:03 PM
THE Bush administration's plans for a copyright treaty, dubbed "Hollywood's Christmas list" by privacy advocates, may be disrupted as protests over "secret negotiations" emerge in participating nations, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
"John McCain has finally released a technology platform. Most of it is the same old stuff; lower corporate taxes, protect children from porn, and avoid Internet regulation unless 'necessary.' Alas, in his view, helping the RIAA's War on Sharing is necessary to stop the 'global epidemic' of piracy, while Net Neutrality is somethi...
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August 16, 2008 at 9:12 PM