Copy Protection Hasn’t Changed Much Since Medieval Times
Even thousands of years ago, creative types had to worry about protecting their intellectual property. Their approaches to discouraging piracy and theft may not have been too different from the intimidating warnings we see today, but they were far more creative and amusing. Sometimes people come to me and ask, “How did medieval filmmakers protect…
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Carl Pyrdum - Got Medieval
Star Wars? Not at NASA
Science fiction doesn’t always translate into science. Centauri Dreams’ Paul Gilster explains why NASA’s current research focus has nothing to do with the technologies we see in classic space operas like Star Wars. I had started today’s entry – on dark energy – only to be sidetracked by a short piece in Space.com that almost…
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Paul Gilster - Centauri Dreams
