April 25, 2001 -
FTC
spares video gamemakers - By Claudia Puig and
Mike Snider, USA TODAY, Music may have been slammed in
the latest Federal Trade Commission report on marketing
violent entertainment to children, but movie and video
game industries were praised for making progress since the
original report came out last September...
April 28, 2001 - Gamemakers
face stiff penalties under new bill - By
David McGuire, Newsbytes, Manufacturers and
sellers of violent video games would face stiff
penalties for marketing their products to children,
under legislation introduced Thursday by Sens. Joseph
Lieberman, D-Conn., and Herb Kohl, D-Wis. Lieberman
and Kohl — who have, for years, criticized the
violent themes prevalent in video games, movies and
popular music — Thursday took their focus on the
issue a step further, introducing a bill aimed at
curbing the sale of violent products to minors...
April 28, 2001 -
TAKEDOWN
- Kevin
Mitnick, "America's Most Wanted Computer
Outlaw," eluded the police, US
Marshalls, and FBI
for over two years after vanishing while on probation
for his 1989 conviction for computer and access device
fraud. His downfall was his Christmas 1994 break-in to
Tsutomu
Shimomura's computers in San Diego, California.
Less than two months later, Tsutomu had tracked him
down after a cross-country electronic pursuit. Mitnick
was arrested by the FBI in Raleigh, North Carolina, on
February 15th, 1995...
April
17, 2001 - Action!
Piracy clampdown targets movies - By Lisa
M. Bowman, ZDNet News, The movie industry is
training its legal guns on the Gnutella file-sharing
system in its latest efforts to combat piracy. The
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has sent
hundreds of letters to major Internet service
providers and universities, warning them that some
people on their networks are violating the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by trading copyrighted
movies through Gnutella...
April
02, 2001 - Bob
Mondello's Nine Best Films of 2000 - NPR.ORG,
(in no order whatsoever!) Listen to Bob Mondello
present his annual list of top ten films of the year.
He says he really could only justify putting nine on
the list this year.
1. 'Dancer in the Dark'
2. 'Requiem for a Dream'
3. 'Girl on the Bridge'
4. 'Butterfly'
5. 'Human Resources'
6. 'Chicken Run'
7. 'High Fidelity'
8. 'Time Code'
9. 'You Can Count on Me'
April
10, 2001 - Calling
Dante's Inferno - by Kevin Underhill,
NPR.ORG, Listen as lawyer and satirist Kevin
Underhill presents his new translation of Dante's epic
Inferno, on Weekend All Things Considered. [A male
narrator reads the first 2 verses]
Midway in the journey of our
life I came to myself in a dark wood, for the straight
way was lost.
When I reached the foot of a
hill, there where the valley ended I saw a phone
booth, with a number scratched inside.
666-555-1212
Hello. Thank you for calling
the Inferno. We are sorry you have died without
achieving a state of grace. All representatives are
currently assisting other customers, but your call is
very important to us. If you believe you have reached
this recording in error, and would like to speak
directly to God, press the pound key.
[he does] ...
