FROM THE ARCHIVELegit and Illegitimate Streaming Music

Last.fm offers free streaming full-length songs on demand with the studios' blessing, while Seeqpod the music search engine gets sued.

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NewsVista Activation Strikes Again - Time to Fight Back

Vista's activation DRM may shut you down for 'too many' hardware changes, even if you changed drivers, not hardware. Here's how to avoid getting nailed - and some advice for Microsoft.

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FROM THE ARCHIVEFlickr User Sues Creative Commons Over License

After unwittingly licensing his photograph to permit commercial uses, a Flickr user's photo gets remixed into a cellphone ad campaign in Australia. And, of course, sues.

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FROM THE ARCHIVEMicrosoft's Licensing Madness

Will Vista's EULA cause more problems than the operating system is meant to solve?

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