Removing the article after a few weeks is consistent with MSNBC.com's
long-standing article expiration policy. Some articles stay around for
years, while others disappear within a month. MSNBC.com reporters have
told me there's no logic to this -- and that they're personally
frustrated too.
Anywa
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, John Young wrote:
> The US Dept. of Commerce Technology Administration is inviting the
> public to make comments for the upcomming Workshop on Digital
> Entertainment and Rights Management. The workshop will be held on
> July 17.
>
>
> http://www.ta.doc.gov/comments/comments
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, John Young wrote:
> The US Dept. of Commerce Technology Administration is inviting the
> public to make comments for the upcomming Workshop on Digital
> Entertainment and Rights Management. The workshop will be held on
> July 17.
>
>
> http://www.ta.doc.gov/comments/comments
Ross said MSNBC had pulled the Palladium story, not Newsweek.
Other Levy stories remain available on MSNBC. A search on
MSNBC for "Palladium" produces Steven Levy's chat about
Palladium:
http://www.msnbc.com/m/nw/talk/archive.asp?lt=062502_levy
Still, it may policy for MSNBC to pull Newsweek
Ross Anderson charged that Microsoft "censored" Newsweek because the
Stephen Levy article disappeared. Actually Newsweek moves articles to
their for-pay archives after a week. You can still find a pointer to
it by going to www.newsweek.com and entering Palladium in the "Search
the archives" box.
We failed to save a copy of Steven Levy's Palladium article in Newsweek
and online at MSNBC, now withdrawn by MSNBC. We can find no copy
online. Whoever save a copy: we would like to receive it for publication to
assure its continued availability.
A Microsoft programmer, John DeTreville, named
I see that MSNBC has pulled the original article on Palladium:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/770551.asp
Anyway, I have just put up version 1.0 of the TCPA / Palladium FAQ
at the same URL:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/tcpa-faq.html
Enjoy!
Ross
