Submission + - Comprehensive review of US copyright law
SEWilco writes: House Judiciary Chairman plans comprehensive review of US copyright law
Yay! (Enough said)
Yay! (Enough said)
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 117 declined, 38 accepted (155 total, 24.52% accepted)
Submission + - Ready for your payroll software update? (hotair.com)
SEWilco writes: A federal payroll tax reduction for two months is being pushed by the President. Paying less money to the government seems good, but if the law is changed it will change the payroll taxes in January and February. Here in Slashdot many of us can well imagine what that will do to the many payroll systems which are already programmed with the 2012 tax rates.
Submission + - Fate saves print of film Manos: The Hands of Fate (manosinhd.com)
SEWilco writes: One of the worst horror movies, "Manos: The Hands of Fate", has come back from the grave. The work print was rediscovered during a move, and an attempt has begun to transfer it to digital HD medium.
Submission + - QWERTYUIOP (theatlantic.com)
Submission + - Licensing problem silences Internet radio stations (soundexchange.com)
SEWilco writes: "Hundreds of Internet radio stations use SWCast.net for services have been affected by a shutdown triggered by SoundExchange claiming lack of payment of royalty fees. Apparently SoundExchange has a new president and this might be a factor in acting on several years of missing payments. In the meantime, SWCast radio stations suffer after paying to legally broadcast."
Submission + - Photo speed tickets challenged based upon photos (washingtontimes.com)
SEWilco writes: "A businessman has challenged automated tickets of his vehicles by calculating the vehicle speed based upon the tickets, which include timestamps of two photos."
Submission + - U.S. open government sites to close (federalnewsradio.com)
SEWilco writes: U.S. government sites which promote open government are going to shut down soon due to not enough funding being directed at them.
Submission + - Copyrights and CD-Rs endanger audio history (yahoo.com)
SEWilco writes: A study by the Library of Congress has found that many audio recordings are being lost due to copyright restrictions and temporary media. Old audio recordings are protected by a various U.S. state copyrights so it's hard for preservationists to get and copy material. Recent data is threatened by being put on writable CDs because CD-Rs begin to lose data after a few years, so recordings from as recently as 9/11 and the 2008 elections are already at risk.
Submission + - SpamAssassin 2010 problem (zimbra.com)
SEWilco writes: You might want to check your SPAM folder, as SpamAssassin has a rule which is tending to make email sent in 2010 be marked as spam. There is some discussion in a Zimbra forum. The SpamAssassin Wiki FH_DATE_PAST_20XX page doesn't have discussion, but it was updated today with a different date rule.
Submission + - Radiation-eating fungi
SEWilco writes: "Fungus growths have been found in many extreme environments, including the Chernobyl reactor walls. Some fungi have been found whose growth is enhanced by radiation. I wonder if someone saved samples of the MIR-eating fungi."
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