Balance sheet. (Citings).Home Court The California Supreme Court rules that Hollywood cannot drag a Texas man into Golden State courts because he posted an unlicensed DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. decoder on the Net. The DVD Copy Control Association The DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA) is an organization primarily responsible for the copy prevention of DVDs. The Content Scramble System (CSS) was devised for this purpose to make copyright infringement difficult. should file suit in the man's home state or the state where it thinks the offense occurred, the court says. French Stew A French court brushes aside arguments from jose Bove's lawyers that the tech-hating sheep farmer had no choice but to attack and destroy a field of genetically modified crops. Bove now faces several months in prison and wants President Jacques Chirac to pardon him. Net Good Web charity is alive and well. Visitors send $20,000 to the youthful proprietress pro·pri·e·tress n. 1. A woman who has legal title to something; an owner. 2. A woman who owns or owns and manages a business or other such establishment. See Usage Note at -ess. Noun 1. of savekaryn.com to help defray her credit card bills. And Ernie's House of Whoop Ass enters its second year of PayPal donations to fund holiday travel for overseas U.S. military. Last year visitors donated $13,000. Duty Call The Bush administration calls for the elimination of all tariffs on manufactured goods by 2015. The change would affect an estimated $6 trillion in goods. Change Due The Ohio Education Association backs down and allows a member teacher to use her dues to support the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, instead of the union's political activities. The union admits no wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do , however, and refuses to acknowledge the "sincerity" of teacher Kathleen Klamut's 'professed beliefs." Quantum Leap Just in time for the total surveillance state, here comes quantum encryption. The process, which scrambles individual photons, is fast, requires no keys, and is thought to be unbreakable. Mystery Map The National Geographic Society National Geographic Society U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. says only 13 percent of Americans aged 18 to 24 can find Iraq on a map. Slightly better known--after a year of bombing it--is Afghanistan, with fully 17 percent of those surveyed able to pinpoint it. Secret Sales The perverse Digital Millennium Copyright Act The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law which implements two 1996 WIPO treaties. It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services that are used to measures that control access to copyrighted works (commonly (DMCA) is used by WalMart, Target, Best Buy, and Staples to force Web sites to delete any information giving consumers advance notice about sales. The retailers claim their prices are DMCA-protected trade secrets. Approval Upheaval After nearly two years without an administrator, the Food and Drug Administration now takes more time to approve an application than it has in 10 years. New drugs trickle into the market. Official Reminder A public school superintendent in Illinois sends policemen and truant officers to demand that homeschoolers appear for a "pre-trial hearing" to prove they are actually teaching their kids. State law has no such requirement for parents. Pill Boxes Patients receiving prescriptions in Indiana and 18 other states may find the Drug Enforcement Administration The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was established in 1973 by President richard m. nixon as part of the Justice Department, thus uniting a number of federal drug agencies that had often worked at cross-purposes. has information on their medical backgrounds, right down to the number of pills they take. Drugs such as Percodan, Vicodin, and Lorcet are part of the Diversion Control Program, which means the feds track who takes them. Osama Tax New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. adopts an 18.5 percent property tax hike that some pols call a "wartime tax." In reality, war has nothing to do with it. During the '90s states and localities went on a spending binge that now has to be paid for. |
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