IANAL, but I agree with AaronP that it is basically extortion. The case law on this topic is very open to either side, and it is a long-known tactic that representatives for large copyright owners are trying to staunch the pirate "losses" by lawsuits that take advantage of easy, small, likely...
I think about 5 years ago I took my box of old 3.5" media and copied anything of any value to a tiny corner of my HD. I then disassembled them--crack, pry, pull, pop the metal hub--and put the magnetic donuts through the shredder. I still keep the drive, a part of an 8-in-1, attached to the...
Pure speculation, but I'd guess one of the suspects owns a copy of this book: http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/. I can't think of any other reason someone would bother with IBM.
Slick tech. Good point of sale interface. Not going to happen, or if it does it'll die a quick death. A wireless connection to the net and my favorite text vendor is what I'd use and a node is way cheaper to deploy than this.
Sigh. It's a good idea, but as soon as they digitize the magazines...
I would have like to seen the ad level when dialed to an "expense" level instead of free or to a "pay you" level to see how distopian the creator's view. Probably trying to demonstrate a pretty bad view of technological dependence and loss of basic skills judging from the clues given...
Short term: Get a non-green badge. Continue to have a nice method to test my new air-cooling configs.
Long term: Get on page 2 of long term folders! I'm going to move up to page four of active [H] folders today, yay!
You go Hemigod! I see you burning past me as I type. I think...