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Can You Legally Rip a DVD? Trial to Test 'Fair Use'

On Wednesday, a key copyright trial began in San Jose, as Kaleidescape Systems and the DVD Content Control Association went to court in a case expected to test the concept of “fair use”. Kaleidescape manufactures the Kaleidescape System, essentially a DVD jukebox, connected via Ethernet to a separate player box. …

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Fears Come in Many Forms

They call it agoraphobia. The fear of going out in public places. The thought so petrifying, so near heart-stopping that you all but board yourself up in your home. And you never leave. Ever. Many, many years ago when I wrote for an Indiana newspaper, I profiled a series of …

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Failed Star Is Smallest Known Object With Ejection Jets

A “failed star” with only 24 times the mass of Jupiter is the smallest known object to spout jets of matter from its poles, a phenomenon typically associated with much larger black holes and young stars. The new finding, detailed in the current issue of Astrophysical Journal, confirms that a …

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