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LOCAL Announcement :: UCIMC
UC-IMC Hires News Coordinator
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15 Jan 2003
The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center hires its first News Coordinator with a grant from the Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media.
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News :: Civil & Human Rights
Act Now - They're Trying To Pass The "Rave Act" - Again!
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15 Jan 2003
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Announcement :: International Relations
Poster: War For Oil
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14 Jan 2003
All five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council-- Russia, China, France, Britain, and the United States-- have oil companies with a stake in who rules Iraq.
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LOCAL News :: Regime
Preemptive Impeachment
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14 Jan 2003
Modified: 10:17:23 PM
University of Illinois Law Professor Francis Boyle stands ready to draft articles of impeachment for any member of the House
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LOCAL News :: Media
GE Striker Killed -- NBC's Take On The Issue:
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14 Jan 2003
A recent article posted on the www.indymedia.org newswire reported on the recent killing of a GE striker (she was hit by a police car). Interestingly enough, the article concluded, "GE owns NBC. Do you really think NBC will cover GE?" I decided to find out...
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LOCAL News :: Media
RIAA Concedes: No Support For Legislation Requiring Copy Protection
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14 Jan 2003
Modified: 05:48:26 PM
The RIAA here is on the same side as technology companies and the vast majority of consumers. On the other side: the motion picture industry.

The agreement in question is a faustian bargain, however, in that the Business Software Alliance has promised to pull support of legislation delineating the rights of users of copyrighted digital material.

Presumably the issues will continue to be hashed out in court in the existing legislative framework, the DMCA, which could hardly be more favorable to copyright owners.

The marketplace's track record over the past few decades is that solutions providing convenient, unrestricted access prevail. Given that this is unlikely to change, this latest agreement is an indication that the RIAA sees itself as positioned to win in the marketplace by becoming a major player in online music distribution, which is currently dominated by P2P networks.
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LOCAL News :: Media
Mediageek News: The Public And An FCC Commissioner Speak Out Against Media Consolidation & FCC Chair Concedes To Public Forum
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14 Jan 2003
Modified: 11:16:09 AM

Mediageek news features stories about our communications environment that typically get relegated to the business pages of our newspapers and often don't get reported at all in the electronic media.

The following stories appeared on the mediageek radio show, which airs Fridays at 5:30 PM on Community Radio WEFT 90.1 FM, and on the mediageek web site.

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News :: Civil & Human Rights
23 Cities To Date Reclaim Their Civil Liberties!
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14 Jan 2003
Here's how to take back our stolen civil liberties. Who's with me?
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News :: Civil & Human Rights
Vote NOW On The Death Penalty Moratorium! (On-line Poll)
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14 Jan 2003
Modified: 08:13:39 AM
You can Vote Right NOW on the Bakersfield Californian's website regarding, 'Do you support Illinois's Governor abolishing the death sentence?' !!
( See: http://www.bakersfield.com/news )
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Announcement :: International Relations
Cartoon: The REAL REASON For The WAR
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14 Jan 2003
Aircraft carriers are the primo military instrument of force projection. They have only one drawback: they are sinkable. On the other hand...
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