Random Tech Tidbits
October 29, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Trends
Woman jailed for killing avatar: “Reportedly, the husband divorced his virtual wife without warning, and hell hath no fury like an avatar scorned… so she entered the game using his password and deleted the character… the Sapporo woman was arrested and taken into custody charged with ‘illegally accessing a computer and manipulating data’.”
Humans taste of bacon, says gourmet robot: “when NEC demonstrated the cybersommelier to a reporter and snapper from Associated Press, the robot claimed the former’s hand tasted of prosciutto ham, while the latter apparently had the unmistakable whiff of bacon about him.”
10 Years Later, Misunderstood DMCA is the Law That Saved the Web: “Still, the DMCA’s separate notice-and-takedown provision has proven even more crucial to the growth of the internet. The provision grants immunity to so-called “intermediaries” — ISPs, for example — for any copyright infringement by their users. To earn that so-called “safe harbor,” the intermediary such as video-sharing site YouTube must promptly remove material if the copyright holder sends a takedown notice. But the company can restore the content if the user certifies that it’s noninfringing, and the copyright claimant fails to sue.”
