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California bans all spam e-mail

2003.09.24 . .

California took a tough stand against spam e-mail on Wednesday after Governor Gray Davis signed a law prohibiting anyone from sending unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisements to a California e-mail address. The law sets up an "opt-in" requirement, the aim being to prevent e-mail users from getting e-mail advertisements unless they asked to be on the sender's list. Senders of unsolicited messages could be held liable for damages up to US$1,000 for each message to an individual and up to $1 million for each e-mail advertisement sent out. The recipient, the state attorney general or the e-mail service provider could seek damages. [MacCentral]

Fischerspooner

2003.09.24 . .

I just heard some Fischerspooner on KCRW. I really liked it. Who is this band? I don't know but I am going to check them out for sure.

[The boy named Donovan]

No more Live365 for me

2003.09.24 . .

iceplant radio (the audible portion of this weblog) is down for a spell. I just cancelled my Live365 account. Look for a non-RIAA supporting solution to fall into place here in the near future. Thanks for listening!

The Public Radio Collaboration

2003.09.24 . .

The Collaboration is an amazing coalition of public radio stations and producers across the country sharing programs and crafting their local air, all during the same week, to create a national conversation about the health of American democracy. We call it "Whose Democracy Is It?"

Human Fecal Virus Detected in Florida Coral...

2003.09.24 . .

Human Fecal Virus Detected in Florida Coral Reefs for the First Time [Feedster RSS Search Results for coral]

This week on Making Contact

2003.09.24 . .

Before the Rains: The Struggle for Montes Azules

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Deep in the rainforests of Chiapas, Mexico, indigenous communities and campesinos are struggling for survival. They’re being accused of damaging the Montes Azules jungle. This is just a pretext, however, say non-governmental organizations that are tracking the situation. What's really at stake are potentially lucrative natural resources, such as water and oil.... and biodiversity. From the vantage point of corporate interests and the Mexican government, the people of Montes Azules -- some of them supporters of the Zapatista National Liberation Army -- stand-in the way of gaining access to these resources.

On this encore edition of Making Contact, we go to Montes Azules and hear about threats by the Mexican government to forcibly remove dozens of communities from land that indigenous people and campesinos claim is rightly theirs.

Featuring: Onesimo Hidalgo, co-director of Centro de Investigaciones Economicas y Politicas de Accion Comunitaria (CIEPAC) in San Cristobal; Miguel Torres, La Red de Defensores Comunitarios de Chiapas; Domingo Perez Gomez, displaced person from Montes Azules; Nicholas Morales Moshaun, community leader in Nuevo San Gregorio; and an unidentified indigenous Tzotzil woman from Nueva Israel.

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