27th October 2002 Archive
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RIAA chief Rosen loses Oxford debate on P2P
'This house refuses to buy music for King and Country.' Well, not quite...
RIAA chairmam* and CEO Hilary Rosen suffered a heavy defeat at the Oxford Union last week, when the motion she was proposing, "This House believes that the free music mentality is a threat to the future of music," was rejected by 256 votes to 72. The Oxford Union, you may recall, is the debating club that produces top …
Music and Media 27 Oct 2002, 16:14
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EU's MS antitrust process to include public consultation
Prelim ruling this year, final next
The European Union's much delayed Microsoft antitrust case will crank back into action late this year, and come to a final decision next year, according to a Reuters report. Life is frankly too short to try to remember how many times the European Commission has been poised to rule on Microsoft "soon," but this time around it …
Software 27 Oct 2002, 16:52
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Free software org burned by PayPal
AbiWord tip jar raided
A few weeks ago someone illegally used a PayPal account maintained by AbiSource.com, home of the free, GPL'd word processor AbiWord, to buy a digital camera for $581.00. A screen shot of the group's account shows that on 2 October one Jun Jiang was paid for a camera he sold, presumably on eBay, PayPal's owner. A little scam …
Software 27 Oct 2002, 18:05
