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3:00 PM ET, September 13, 2007

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Thomas Claburn / InformationWeek:
Fair Use Worth More to Economy Than Copyright, CCIA Says  —  Fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws account for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the Computer and Communications Industry Association.  —  Fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws account …
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www.ccianet.org:
Fair Use Economy Represents One-Sixth of U.S. GDP  —  WASHINGTON D.C. - Fair Use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws are responsible for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the findings of an unprecedented economic study released today.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Fair Use: Worth More To The Economy Than Copyright?
Matt Asay / CNET News.com:   Does copyright create $2.2 trillion in value? No, but fair use does
Christopher Phin / MacFormat:
Mum is no longer the word  —  OK, folks, what does this cryptic invite mean?  Suggestions in the comments!  —  Just to quell any conspiracy theories, the blanked out text is just the RSVP email address and phone number; we thought it only polite to hide them.
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Reuters:
Apple calls on UK press as iPhone talk swirls  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Apple Inc is calling a London news conference next Tuesday as speculation mounts that the consumer electronics guru will unveil long-awaited plans to bring its iconic iPhone cell phones to Europe.
Discussion: Compiler and Mobility Site
Tony Smith / The Register:
Apple invite brings UK hacks out in iPhone fever
Scott Dunn / Windows Secrets Newsletter:
Microsoft updates Windows without users' consent  —  Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users' knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates.  —  Many companies require testing of patches before they are widely installed, and businesses …
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Elizabeth Montalbano / InfoWorld:
Microsoft: 'Secret' updates were for Windows Update  —  (InfoWorld) - Microsoft claims updates sent out to Windows XP and Vista machines without users knowing about them were for the Windows Update mechanism, though the company acknowledged it could have been more "transparent" before changing files on user computers.
Discussion: Hardware 2.0
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Some Details About Google Related Genome Start-up, 23andMe  —  Did you know that Apple's (AAPL) iPhone can store your entire genome?  I learnt this earlier today when reading through Matthew Herper's piece on 23andMe over on Forbes.com.  —  23andMe is a company co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
Discussion: VentureBeat, Forbes and Mashable!
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Google Founders' Ultimate Perk: A NASA Runway
Marshall Kirkpatrick / splashcastmedia.com:
Announcing FanCast mobile, chat, Twitter and Columbia Records  —  We're excited to announce today a new partnership with Columbia Records and three major new features to make the SplashCast experience more interactive than ever.  New York's Coheed and Cambria is the first Columbia band to have an artist channel built by SplashCast.
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Tris Hussey / The blognation:
SplashCast Signs Deal with Columbia Records, Integrates Twitter & Mobile
Discussion: Mashable!
Aron Pruiett / PodTech.net:
Enterprise Collaboration, Part 2  —  You must have JavaScript and Flash 8 enabled to view this content.  See http://www.adobe.com/products/ flashplayer to download Flash.  —  Post to your WordPress.com blog »  —  In part 2, Dan Farber continues his moderation of a discussion panel …
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Aron Pruiett / PodTech.net:
Enterprise Collaboration  —  You must have JavaScript and Flash 8 enabled to view this content.  See http://www.adobe.com/products/ flashplayer to download Flash.  —  Post to your WordPress.com blog »  —  Dan Farber recently moderated the discussion panel surrounding collaboration …
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Want to 'converse' with advertisers?  Me neither  —  reporter's notebook SAN FRANCISCO—I admit it; I'm cynical when it comes to advertising and marketing.  I believe that the sole purpose of advertising is to convince me to part with my well-earned and limited supply of money and persuade …
Tim Gideon / PC Magazine:
Apple iPod touch  —  When the iPhone came out in June, many people (myself included) loved it, but wanted it without the phone—and that pesky two-year contract with AT&T Wireless.  I'm no luddite, but I don't want my personal media player to ring in the middle of a song.
Discussion: Engadget, MacUser and Morning Paper
Alden DeSoto / Google Analytics Blog:
Reverting Back to Original "Average Time on Site" Calculation Today  —  We recently introduced a new way of calculating "Average Time on Site" that removed visitors who "bounce" from your website (people who hit one page of your site and then leave).  This updated calculation attempted to give …
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Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:   Google Analytics Was Partly Showing Wrong Absolute Visitors
BBC:
Cancelled TV show goes to MySpace  —  The award-winning producers of TV shows Thirtysomething and My So-Called Life are taking their latest project online, citing "frustration" at US TV networks.  —  Quarterlife, a drama about a group of recent graduates in Chicago, started as a pilot for ABC in 2005 …
Discussion: Profy.Com and DailyTech
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
MySpace, 'thirtysomething' Team Pair Up For New 'Network-Quality …
Bradley Horowitz / Yodel Anecdotal:
Hacks come to life  —  By now, hopefully you're familiar with our Hack@Yahoo! program, where developers build cool tools or functionality on top of Yahoo! products.  Maybe you attended or read about our "Open Hack Day" last September (does a free Beck concert on the Yahoo! lawn ring a bell?).
Elizabeth Judge / Times of London:
O2 finds Apple revenue-sharing to its taste  —  O2, the mobile phone company, laid the groundwork yesterday for an announcement of a tie-up with Apple to sell the US firm's iPhone handset.  —  Peter Erskine, the O2 chief executive, defended Apple's insistence that it receives a share of revenues from calls made on iPhones.
BBC:
Google backs private Moon landing  —  Search giant Google is offering a $30m prize pot to private firms that land a robot rover on the Moon.  —  The competition to send a robot craft to the Moon is being run with the X-Prize Foundation.  —  To claim the cash, any craft reaching …
Discussion: TechSpot News
 
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Company vows to deliver big cuts in data center costs
Louis Hau / Forbes:
Q&A: CBS Interactive's Quincy Smith
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
iPhone now software unlocked in 32 countries and 69 carriers
Robert Buderi / Xconomy:
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