It's all about the advertising...

Super Bowl XLII is this next Sunday, February 3 at 6:30. The University of South Carolina is accepting votes on the best Super Bowl commercial. Here is the official word:

Which Super Bowl advertiser will score a touchdown? Visit www.jour.sc.edu/superbowl and vote for your favorite Super Bowl XLII commercial at the end of the game Sunday, February 3, 2008! You have until 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 4, 2008 to submit your vote.

The winner will be invited to the USC campus in April to receive the coveted Cocky Award. Get Pumped! We also invite you to watch QuickTime video replays of the previous USC Ad Bowl Poll winning commercials at www.jour.sc.edu/superbowl.

Understanding the DMCA

My oldest son got an i-pod for Christmas. The first order of business was to load CDs to his new found gadget. Then after he completed loading everything we owned onto his new toy...his sights turned to DVDs. Certainly DVDs will load...no problem! DVDs "look" like CD's. DVDs "act" like CD's.

Then came the inevitable question..."Hey dad, why can't I transfer DVDs to my i-pod."

Then came along a Fox Trot comic strip that put Ben's question into perspective. Go here to take a look at Jason's perspective. Here.

For a more formal explanation...go here:

Library of Congress

UCLA

As helpful as the LOC and UCLA are...I think Jason has explained it quite nicely.