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Again an Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit by RIAA and ordered them to reimburse the defendant for fees incurred while defending herself in the lawsuit.

“…Court did conclude that the Fogertv factor regarding the need for compensating the prevailing party under the particular circumstances of the case was, in fact, met. The Court noted that where, as here, the prevailing party is the defendant who, by definition, receives no award for damages at the successful conclusion of a meritorious defense, considerations of compensation become particularly important.” (Recording Industry vs. The People)

You can view the full decision at the Internet Law & Regulation Website.

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• Songbird Now Supports iTunes Library Import and Sync With iPod
  Songbird, the cross platform music suite, now imports all your iTunes libraries and can sync with your iPod.
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If you’ve ever looked at this blog you’ve probably saw me mention Songbird (www.songbirdnest.com) before but now there’s even more reason to rejoice. Songbird now imports all the tracks from your iTunes library! How cool is that? But, wait, there’s more. Songbird also synchs with mobile devices including the iPod. So you can buy music from any of the plethora of music services Songbird supports (e.g. Odeo, Audible, CD Bay, etc.) and put it on your iPod.

Songbird works on PC, Mac and Linux and is available for download free at www.songbirdnest.com

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Check this out! Dane Carlson from Business Opportunities Weblog saw someone hopping his neighbors fence, grabbed his camera and then snapped pics of the would-be thief as he fled after the homes alarm went off.

But Dane DIDN’T stop there. He jumped in his car and followed him around the block where the suspect changed clothes. Dane took his pic again and then gave it to police when they responded to the call.

A little while later police found the suspect and attempted to apprehend him when shots were fired.

Here’s the full article from the Modesto Bee.

Here’s Dane’s own account via Gtalk.

dane.carlson: i just foiled a robbery at justin’s brother’s house
dane.carlson: brother
sorry, yeah
dom’s
at his brother justin’s house.
the alarm scared him away, and then i photographed him in the park
and then i drove over and photographed him on the street after he changed his clothes.
me: nice!
dane.carlson: the police said i was a hero.. heh. i think that they id’ed the perp.

Nice work Dane.

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I’m going to have to agree with Joey deVilla on this one.

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Happy Easter! Where’s the candy?

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Here’s one for all you Apple “fan-boys” to check out: the 8 core Apple MacPro. That’s 4 Intel Xeon duocore processors running at a 3.0 ghz each. Pretty sweet.

Interesting that they’re showing it with Adobe Creative Suite 3.

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