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RIAA to stop suing individuals for downloading music

After about 35,000 cases completed, the RIAA has recently announced that they will stop trying to hunt down individuals for downloading illegal music.  However not everyone is out of the woods just yet, they did state that the started cases will continue, but no new cases will be filed.  Under the new plan, the RIAA will contact ISPs when illegal uploading is detected. The ISP will then contact the customer with a notice that would ultimately be followed by a reduction or cessation of service.  The RIAA also says that it won’t require ISPs to reveal the identities of individuals but could, of course, go after individuals who are heavy uploaders or repeat offenders.

Posted on February 4th, 2009 in Music, RIAA | 1 Comment »

2GB Panoramic Photo of Obama’s Inauguration

Check out this 1,474 megapixel image of President Barack Obama delivering his Inauguaral Address.  Taken by David Bergman, the Picture is made up of 220 Canon G10 photos, and took him over six hours to put together using gigapan software and a macbook pro.  The finished image is about 2GB in size.  The picture features about 2 million people watching President Obama giving his inaugural address.

Posted on February 2nd, 2009 in Photography, politics | No Comments »