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Aron Schatz
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July 14, 2005
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Man convicted of copyright infringement for LINKING to a site. In AU.

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Although Cooper didn't host pirated recordings per se, the court found he breached the law by creating hyperlinks to sites that had infringing sound recordings. This is the first such judgement against hyperlinking in Australia. Tamberlin found against all other respondents in the case, namely ISP Comcen, its employee Chris Takoushis, Comcen's parent company E-Talk Communications, and its director Liam Bal.


Study about studies prove studies are bogus.

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The sobering conclusion came in a review of major studies published in three influential medical journals between 1990 and 2003, including 45 highly publicized studies that initially claimed a drug or other treatment worked. Subsequent research contradicted results of seven studies -- 16 percent -- and reported weaker results for seven others, an additional 16 percent.


Shuttle problems being looked into.

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The problem appears to lie in one of four fuel sensors that measure the amount of liquid hydrogen in the shuttle's external fuel tank. They work just like the fuel gauge in a car, except NASA is supposed to be able to override the sensors' readings in order to ensure the devices are working.

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