They would rather rely on a general-purpose and, from a copyright holder's point of view, highly untrustworthy device: the personal computer.

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Holder's broader point is that black history is American history, and that we do further injustice to the unduly neglected contributions of our black citizens to the common good if we continue to revel in historical ignorance or avoid addressing the racial trauma that makes the study of black history necessary.

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Regardless of the fact that what triggered the news was one network's mistaken enablement of a series of syndicated shows, the point is that any station or copyright holder now has the power to restrict their content.

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It was then "converted" into one of the firm's own currencies - mirroring either the Euro or US dollar - at which point it could be transferred to another account holder who could then extract the funds.

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The biggest point for criticism might be his choice of Eric Holder for attorney-general.

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Society is rapidly progressing to the point where any Googler is on equal footing with a Widener Library pass-holder.

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Holder said that sites like these are not necessarily phishing sites, but that at some point they sold their data to another entity and that it eventually made its way into criminal hands.

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And while decathlon world record holder Ashton Eaton doesn't have his medal yet, he will carry a solid 220-point lead over teammate Trey Hardee into the second day of the competition Thursday.

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In my view, additional enforcement efforts above this point are likely to be subject to rapidly diminishing returns, both in reducing the rate of piracy and increasing copyright holder revenues.

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