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- 05 / 01 / 01 -

Emmanuel explains what happened last week and how a DSL outage started a chain reaction resulting in a missing cat and a major crisis that affected last week's show, Saturday's march across the Brooklyn Bridge as part of a WBAI rally, why Wall Street is such a great place for WBAI to be, who now occupies the old WBAI space on 8th Avenue, how an Altoids box could pose a significant security risk, Autojack tells how he was ambushed by DEA agents while on a domestic flight, Amtrak supposedly working with DEA to fight drug trafficking, the DeCSS appeal is heard before a three judge panel, Cindy Cohn, John Gilmore, and Robin Gross from the Electronic Frontier Foundation talk about the significance of the case and how the appeal went, an analysis of some of the other side's points and analogies, Emmanuel comes up with scenarios where fair use is called into question with DVDs, what future implementations of the DMCA might mean, more briefs filed in the appeal, details on a new lawsuit involving Ford, what Ford could do to easily bring the conflict to an end, advice on what to do when accosted by federal agents.

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May 1
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- 05 / 08 / 01 -

Good news from the Philadelphia courts as ShapeShifter is acquitted on all counts, ShapeShifter tells the story of the trial, how the evidence against him was presented, Bernie S. gives his impressions as he tries to stay connected in the streets of Philadelphia, the possibility of the authorities actually keeping a sizable chunk of the bail money, upcoming protests in Philadelphia target the prison industry, audio of last week's DeCSS appeal hearing is now available online, Bernie S.'s voice mail takes his place, a new bill in Nassau County targets cellular phones in cars and raises Emmanuel's ire, a bill for Rockland County would have included 10 days in jail, a move to save another radio station in New York, Emmanuel's efforts to settle the Ford lawsuit, an idea of how much Ford is demanding from 2600, the hearing is rescheduled for May 18, the idea of a caravan to the hearing is introduced, 2600 responds by registering fordreallysucks.com, why this is an important fight, Emmanuel gives the keynote address at the Trenton Computer Festival, audio problems, update on premiums for the last two marathons, a strange fact is uncovered about the lawsuit, a listener makes it to the Athens Film Festival showing of "Freedom Downtime."

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May 8
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- 05 / 15 / 01 -

An extra 30 seconds to kill, the Ford hearing looms, the 2600 site is hijacked, how such a thing became possible because of a weird computer error, how disruptive this kind of a move can be, new fordreallysucks.com bumper stickers come out, plans for the caravan are finalized as Emmanuel collects a huge amount of music, selections from the soundtrack to "Freedom Downtime," Universal asks to use 2600 Magazine in the upcoming "K9-3 Private Eye" release, the listeners decide whether or not to grant permission, a three hour fundraiser is scheduled for next week, Talking Call Waiting and Call Intercept are introduced by Verizon, an example of the Metrocard being used to catch a criminal, the new "Evil 6" train that has automated announcements, a 13-year-old kid in New Jersey commits suicide after being threatened with prison for hacking his school computer, how this kind of thing isn't uncommon, another student is threatened for writing a sexually explicit song about a teacher, a caller questions Izaac's value on the show, a caller is targeted by the MPAA, a story involving "terroristic threats" with animated stick figures.

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May 15
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- 05 / 22 / 01 -

The full version of the intro song, Lazlow joins in an extended three hour fundraising show, Emmanuel's challenging trip in, a history of the General Motors/Ford conflict with 2600, a report on the caravan and the trip through various cities in New York State, some of the differences between United States and Canadian culture, a new 2600 shirt is on the horizon, a significant amount of the total Ford legal fee is raised in a single day, what it was like to be in court in Detroit, a "Report from the Listeners" is scheduled for later in the show, exploring the Ford campus, how the auto industry destroyed mass transit in Detroit, how the city has been devastated, Dan Morgan tells the story of how Satellite Watch News was lost and the prosecution against him, Lazlow tells of new horrors from ClearChannel, an appeal to listeners to not give up on the station, an argument on who controls the electoral process, how George W. Bush got to be a front-runner, new attacks on privacy, how parents are able to monitor their children in school, listener mail, anti-Semitism from Henry Ford, why Ford's evil past is relevant to today's events, problems with the phone system, listeners explain the philosophy behind the boycott, the problems with a specific listener survey to WBAI producers, a school computer malfunctions and calls parents in the middle of the night, a plea to not harass the volunteers, debate on the right way to handle the crisis, more than $5000 is raised. This show is in three parts and includes fundraising.

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May 22

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Part 2
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