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Copyright (years) = 70 + life of author + ( Disney political campaign donations / US$ 100.000.000 ) – years it takes for everyone to forget Mickey Mouse. There, I said it.

Today is one of the happiest days I’ve had in a long while. Today was the day I received notice that Richard Stallman had a personal talk with Rafael Correa, our newly elected soon-to-be president.

And today was the day that the president elect pronounced himself in favor of migrating to free software!

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¡Fabuloso! ¡Estoy saltando de la emoción y no puedo contenerme! ¡Fantástico! Rafael Bonifaz nos relata:

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I just got fed up with commie-like Open Source users. Therefore, I wrote this: Frustration: some (Open Source) myths just refuse to die | Turbocharged. Interesting read, I promise — you’ll love it.

In this article, we’ll explore the three most effective ways to obtain music without paying through your nose or losing access to your music. If you’re fed up with the recording studios, just by reading this you’ll be making them soil their pants.

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Hello! Today, we’ll be deconstructing a particularly contentious term, using nothing but language analysis. I’ll state the conclusion first: there’s no such thing as an illegal alien, even in the face of aliens breaking immigration law. Interested as to how I arrived to this conclusion? Then keep reading to find out why.

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Whoa, no me sorprende para nada, pero Microsoft Zune no reproduce ningún tipo de medio restringido por el viejo esquema de DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) del mismo Microsoft! Esto, en la práctica, significa que ningún dueño de Zune podrá tocar su música legalmente comprada por Internet — sólo la música descargada de Internet en formato MP3, AAC o (gasp!) WMA.

Para que vean que cuando yo decía cuidado con DRM, no estaba haciendo la de Pedrito y el lobo.

Juan Xavier… ¿todavía quieres un Zune? ¿Incluso si te toca violar leyes ecuatorianas para escuchar tu música Windows Media Audio?

Hace unas cuantas horas, hice mi primera apología al fenómeno de descargas de música por Internet. Como de costumbre, pocos comentarios, pero de lo poco, espeso. Un astuto lector dijo:

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Sólo por completitud, y para que quede bien claro:

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