Converting music CDs to audio files on a computer is unapproved and therefore illegal, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. In a brief ahead of an Arizona lawsuit of Atlantic Records against the Howell family, the RIAA contends that ripping CDs leads to “viral” copyright infringement, which can result in single disc multiplied by millions of copies if eventually shared through a peer-to-peer service, such as LimeWire or Grokster.

Stay tuned hearing begins January 24, 2008 …

“Western Civilization hangs in the balance.” Under-reported news. The news that you don’t get. Atlas Shrugs is not about the “media Buddha’s issue of the day.”

Opening vlog from atlasshrugs2000 on June 24, 2007.

Admittedly the big issue (right now) for blogger Pamela Gellar? The Madrassah (an Islamic religious school). The public school Madrassah …

“They won’t let our valedictorians say ‘God’ in their speech. No God. No Christian. No Christmas. No Easter. No this. No that. But there’s actually a taxpayer-funded Madrassah in Brooklyn — KGIF, the Khalil Gibran International Academy — has been OK’d. It’s done. And why should you care about it? ‘I don’t have to care about it … it’s Brooklyn, Atlas. It doesn’t concern me.’ It does! It sets a precedent.”

… it’s going to be the individual that saves the day. It’s going to be the individual that takes back America. Because let’s be honest: It was the first country [United States] that was based on the individual — the greatest document in human history [referring to the U.S. Constitution].

— Pamela Gellar, from her first vlog

Blog: atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com
vlog: atlassshrugs2000 on YouTube

A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. The Cardinal blog has a “sticky article” which is the introduction article to a column that always stays at the top of the column.

Many of the more interesting blogs provide political commentary or news on a particular subject or product. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) and are part of a wider network of social media. Blogs have become an important part of news and even offer worthy competition for “eyeballs” to traditional media, such as newspapers, television networks and radio stations. The “blogosphere” is the global and searchable entity of all blog articles in existence.

Arlingtoncardinal.net/blogosphere is a collection of notable blog with a link and/or short description of that blog.

The Hersey High School Huskies beat the Prospect High School Knights 55-49 win at Ken Carter Gymnasium at Hersey High School.

Video showing downed powerlines and downed tree branches from north and midtown Tulsa, Oklahoma December 10-December 11, 2007.

Two-thirds of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma without power from the ice storm of December, 2007. Tulsa, Oklahoma had another ice storm January 12-13, 2007.

Ice accumulating at a fast rate and big tornado video promotion at the end of the video.

Video from Northwest Moore, Oklahoma (December 8, 2007) and Norman, Oklahoma (December 9, 2007).

“Temperature is 60 Degrees Fahrenheit right above our heads.”

Tornadovideos.net