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Bold Venture is a 1951-1952 syndicated radio series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Morton Fine and David Friedkin scripted the taped series for Bogart's Santana Productions.
Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries and other shady characters. With his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Bacall), tagging along, he encounters modern-day pirates and other tough situations while navigating the waters around Havana. Aboard his boat, the Bold Venture, Slate and Sailor experience "adventure, intrigue, mystery and romance in the sultry settings of tropical Havana and the mysterious islands of the Caribbean."
Bold Venture [ZIV_28] - Slate Shannon, Sucker [HQ@128-44]
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today announced that it has won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anticircumvention provisions today.
You now have the right to:
- Rip and remix DVDs for non-commercial purposes;
- Jailbreak your iPhone, or other cell phone, and load up any apps you want; and
- Use your iPhone, or other cell phone, with any carrier you like.
“By granting all of EFF’s applications, the Copyright Office and Librarian of Congress have taken three important steps today to mitigate some of the harms caused by the DMCA,” said Jennifer Granick, EFF’s Civil Liberties Director. “We are thrilled to have helped free jailbreakers, unlockers and vidders from this law’s overbroad reach.”
The DMCA prohibits “circumventing” digital rights management (DRM) and “other technical protection measures” used to control access to copyrighted works. The exemptions were granted as part of a process, conducted every three years, to mitigate the danger the DMCA poses to legitimate, non-infringing uses of copyrighted materials.
Rip & Remix DVDs
EFF won a new protection for people that rip DVDs and remix them and post them on sites like YouTube.
The new rule holds that amateur creators do not violate the DMCA when they use short excerpts from DVDs in order to create new, noncommercial works for purposes of criticism or comment if they believe that circumvention is necessary to fulfill that purpose. Hollywood has historically taken the view that “ripping” DVDs is always a violation of the DMCA, no matter the purpose.
“Noncommercial videos are a powerful art form online, and many use short clips from popular movies. Finally the creative people that make those videos won’t have to worry that they are breaking the law in the process, even though their works are clearly fair uses. That benefits everyone — from the artists themselves to those of us who enjoy watching the amazing works they create,” added McSherry.
Jailbreak Your iPhone
EFF also won clarification on the legality of cell phone “jailbreaking” — software modifications that liberate iPhones and other handsets to run applications from sources other than those approved by the phone maker.
The Copyright Office rejected Apple’s claim that copyright law prevents people from installing unapproved programs on iPhones: “When one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to make the operating system on that phone interoperable with an independently created application that has not been approved by the maker of the smartphone or the maker of its operating system, the modifications that are made purely for the purpose of such interoperability are fair uses.”
“Copyright law has long held that making programs interoperable is fair use,” confirmed Corynne McSherry, EFF’s Senior Staff Attorney. “It’s gratifying that the Copyright Office acknowledges this right and agrees that the anticircumvention laws should not interfere with interoperability.”
Unlock Your Phone & Use It With Any Carrier You Like
Finally, the Librarian of Congress renewed a 2006 rule exempting cell phone unlocking so handsets can be used with other telecommunications carriers. Cell phone unlockers have been successfully sued under the DMCA, even though there is no copyright infringement involved in the unlocking. Digital locks on cell phones make it harder to resell, reuse, or recycle the handset, prompting EFF to ask for renewal of this rule on behalf of our clients, The Wireless Alliance, ReCellular and Flipswap. However, the 2009 rule has been modified so that it only applies to used mobile phones, not new ones.
“The Copyright Office recognizes that the primary purpose of the locks on cell phones is to bind customers to their existing networks, rather than to protect copyrights,” said Granick. “The Copyright Office agrees with EFF that the DMCA shouldn’t be used as a barrier to prevent people who purchase phones from keeping those phones when they change carriers. The DMCA also shouldn’t be used to interfere with recyclers who want to extend the useful life of a handset.”
You can read the details in this pdf.
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Naxos Audiobooks, in partnership with AudioFile Magazine, is offering three unabridged Sherlock Holmes short stories FREE for download until December 29th, 2009! The first of these had already been made available, but the other two are definitely new to my collection (and SFFaudio). Narrator David Timson has a really terrific voice for Sherlock Holmes narration. Have a listen to Timson talk about Doyle and Holmes |MP3|. He’ll make you want to get the rest of the Sherlock Holmes short stories and the four Sherlock Holmes novels he narrated for Naxos.
The Adventure of Silver Blaze
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Read by David Timson
1 |MP3 download| – Approx. 60 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
Published: 2009
One of the most famous images of Sherlock Holmes, Sidney Paget’s drawing of Holmes, complete with Deerstalker and Inverness cape, leaning eagerly forward to a an attentive Watson in a railway carriage as they hurtle towards their next adventure comes from ‘The Silver Blaze.’
The Adventure of the Stock-Broker’s Clerk
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Read by David Timson
1 |MP3 download| – Approx. 41 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
Published: 2009
In Stock-Broker’s Clerk, the intrepid pair travel by train to Birmingham, and it is nostalgic to think that despite it being 1889, when Holmes and Watson alighted at New Street station they would have been greeted by cobbled streets, eighteenth-century houses and a town still largely undeveloped.
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Read by David Timson
1 |MP3 download| – Approx. 71 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
Published: 2009
Trains feature consistently throughout the canon, incidentally and as a main component of the story as in ‘The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans’. It is popular amongst railway enthusiasts, as a significant part of the investigation takes place among the subterranean tunnels of the London Underground system.
[via AudioFile]
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When a little girl claims to have witnessed a murder at a Halloween party, her news is ignored as the fanciful rambling of an imaginative child - that is, until the little girl turns up dead! Hercule Poirot must unmask a murderer amongst the things that go bump in the night.
Download Halloween Party
It’s not very often that I find a Media Center plugin that really gets me excited. Despite the platforms popularity and Microsoft support, it just doesn’t seem the draw the developers. That may have something to do with how complicated development is, but also the appeal of easy-money for smart phone app development. Regardless of that, though, I recently came across one that has me jumping for joy! Kylo is a web browser that integrates itself into the Media Center menu, is full-screen by default, has good Media Center-type features, and sports a home page with links to a plethora of content. In short, it’s what Microsoft should have done long ago.
Latest Version Includes Instant Visual Search Through Integration with Clicker.tv
Now Available for the United Kingdom, with a UK-Centric Kylo Directory
Now Available for the United Kingdom, with a UK-Centric Kylo Directory
There is a massive amount of links such as NFL (which goes straight to the NFL’s video page), MLB, NBA, Yahoo Fantasy Football, Pandora, all of the major (and some of the minor) TV networks, online-only content like Revision3, some games and social networks, and more.
Now let’s take a look at what it does.
During installation you will be prompted to choose shortcuts. Make sure you enable the Media Center menu option.
When you open the browser you will be greeted with an almost overwhelming amount of content links.
There is an on-screen keyboard if you prefer such a thing.
You’ll find a limited, but useful amount of items in the settings.
One thing I found very useful in settings was the ability to manually stretch the screen to match my TV. Perhaps not everyone will need this, but I found Kylo would not open to full-screen until I did this. It remembers the setting so you’ll only need to do this once.
The one problem I have with Kylo is it’s inability to import bookmarks. Previously I was running Firefox on my Media Center PC and I had a sparse, but much needed, set of bookmarks. Some are included, but some are not. It looks as though I will be adding those by hand.
Overall, though, I have found this browser to be just about everything I need in a Media Center browser. It’s a definite add-on to any system I build in the future.
I am passing this information along to all here at TimesPast. Below is his quote and we all thank him for the shared links.
"Robert, you can use the links to either of my 4shared accounts in the appropriate group at Times Past for any of the shows that I have in my accounts. For example, you can use a link from my 4shared account to give Times Past members access to the adapatation I have of H. P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward for the horror group or anything I have on offer there. I will provide the links below. After all, this hobby is about sharing. Charles."
http://www.4shared.com/dir/7095829/a68d0dd0/sharing.html
http://www.4shared.com/dir/5382864/decc6e7/sharing.html
Listen and Download with many Extras in the COTR Archives
Here is a web site I ran across that does public domain content produced with audio descriptions that can be listen to like an audio book. You can download, listen, or subscribe to by rss or Itunes. Perhaps you know someone visually impaired who might enjoy these productions. They are really well done and anyone might enjoy.
The web site and archives can be found here. All free.
01. Judy Garland And Dick Haymes - Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did
02. Dennis Morgan And Chorus - A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
03. Joan Crawford - I Never Knew Heaven Could Speak
04. Kathryn Grayson And Mario Lanza - Be My Love
05. Walter Huston - September Song
06. Mary Martin - Kiss The Boy Goodbye
07. Frances Langford And Rudy Vallee - This Can't Be Love
08. Ethel Merman And Joan Carroll - Let's Be Buddies
09. Harpo Marx - Stardust
10. Hellen Forrest And Dick Haymes - It Had To Be You
11. Irene Dunne - Smoke Gets In Your Eyey
12. Jane Powell And Chorus - It's A Most Unusual Day
13. Tony Martin - If It's You
14. Mickey Rooney - Treat Me Rough
15. Fred Macmurray - All I Want Is Just One
16. Jimmy Durante - The Songs Gotta Come From The Heart
17. Dick Powell - You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming
18. Betty Hutton - It's Oh So Quiet
19. Mary Martin - My Hearts Belongs To Daddy
20. Dearie . Ethel Merman And Ray Bolger - Dearie . Ethel Merman And Ray Bolger
21. June Allyson The Blackburn Twins - Thou Swell
22. Dorothy Lamour - The Moon Of Manakoora
23. Judy Garland - You Made Me Love You (Dear Mr Gable)
24. Marlene Dietrich - Black Market
25. Lena Horne - Honeysuckle Rose
26. Gene Kelly - Singin' In The Rain
27. Bob Hope - That Certain Feeling
28. Judy Garland And Mickey Rooney - Could You Use Me
29. Dorothy Lamour - Perfidia
30. Marilyn Monroe - I'm Gonna File My Claim
31. Deanna Durbin - When April Sings
32. Marlene Dietrich - Lili Marlene
33. Dick Haymes - It's A Grand Night For Singing
34. Tony Martin - Too Beautiful To Last
35. Eddie Cantor - Yes, Sir, That's My Baby
36. June Allyson And Peter Lawford And Chorus - The Varsity Drag
37. Donald O'connor - Make 'em Laugh
38. Ethel Merman - You're The Top
39. Frances Langford And Bing Crosby - I'm Falling In Love Someone
40. Fred Astaire - By Myself
41. Mickey Rooney - I Couldn't Be More In Love
42. Carmen Miranda - South American Way
43. Fred Astaire And Joan Crawford - Heigh Ho, The Gang's All Here
44. Eddie Cantor - You'd Be Surprised
45. Bing Crosby And Chorus - Going Hollywood
46. Ginger Rogers - Let Yourself Go
47. James Cagney - Mary's A Grand Old Name
48. Judy Garland And Margaret O'brien - Under The Bamboo Tree
49. Shirley Rose And Bob Hope - Two Sleepy People
50. Fred Astaire - They Can't Take That Away From Me
