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Week in tech: iPad protestors, RIAA vs. Thomas-Rasset redux, and stupid Facebook users

Week in tech: iPad protestors, RIAA vs. Thomas-Rasset redux, and stupid Facebook users
The iPad made finally debuted last week, but not everyone was happy to see it. A group of protesters from the Free Software Foundation picketed the launch event saying that Apple’s new tablet is nothing more than a golden calf of DRM. A federal judge slashed the RIAA’s $1.92 million copyright infringement damage award by 97 percent, reducing it to just $54,000. The labels offered to settle for …

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