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Hey, score one for copyRIGHTS!

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 26 Aug 2004 03:31:53 +0000

If you haven't heard of the hilarious JibJab parody of "This Land is Your Land," starring George W. Bush and John Kerry, click on that link, then come back here when you're done laughing. I'll see you in an hour or two.

Well, the supposed owners of the copyright on the original song weren't amused, so they threatened a lawsuit. But the good guys struck back. Not only is parody permissible (are they gonna sue Weird Al Yankovic next?), but the good guys made a convincing case that "This Land is Your Land" is public domain!

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Drowning my sorrows in cholesterol and punk

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 26 Jul 2002 05:00:04 +0000

I can wait a long, long time
Before I hear another love song.
-- Sisters of Mercy

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Brightmail, plus voice recognition

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:48:46 +0000

Brightmail update. I promised an update earlier (or at least I implied one) on Brightmail, the free (for private use) spam filtering service at www.brightmail.com. They'll of course gladly sell your business spam filtering tools--that's the point of their free service: Get you hooked, so you go tell your boss about it and they get some business.

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