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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
Gowers goes after the pirates…
but ripping CDs is allowed. The Gowers Review of Intellectual Property has just been published as part of Chancellor Gordon Brown’s pre-budget report. In his introduction Andrew Gowers writes: the Chancellor and the Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry, and Culture, Media and Sport asked me to establish whether the system was fit for [...]
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Say goodbye, wave hello…
My laptop is dying. After over two years in which it has been my constant companion, I think it is reaching the end of its useful life. The case is bruised and battered, worn and scratched with a few unusual indentations. The ‘5’ key often sticks. The CD drive has died with a disk still [...]