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Content unavailable: YouTube begins crackdown on copyrights, piracy
By Josh Shaw
Freshman biology major Ryan Kelly loves to watch "South Park." So when re-runs aren't playing and there is nothing else on TV, Kelly turns to YouTube to catch his favorite show. Kelly's back-up plan may now be in danger. The popular video-sharing Web site used to have just about any episode of the show he wanted to watch, but after Google's new deal with Audible Magic, viewing copyrighted material will be much tougher.
'Heavy Hitters' fight back against new lawyer-ad restrictions
By Erinn Connor
By Erinn Connor Staff Writer There's something missing from the billboards along Interstate-81 and the commercials that run on local Syracuse television stations. The law firm Alexander & Catalano, popularly known as the "heavy hitters," was restricted by new state laws from using nicknames or having lawyers pose in non-legal situations in advertisements.
Mayer set to rock OnCenter
By Mark Zito
John Mayer knows his place in the music industry. But that doesn't mean he's not trying to change it. "I have the songwriter stereotype," Mayer said in a conference call. "I don't even know if I'd even call it a stereotype; it's more like a side effect for the messages that you're post- famous for putting across.
Black Reign dance troupe embraces stepping phenomenon
By Paola Capó-García
A burst of laughter filled the fencing room in Archbold Gymnasium and was immediately followed with a holler of "comedy hour is done." Tanira Lindsay and Concha Lawrence stood firmly at the front of the room. "Cha-os!" Lawrence yelled. Suddenly, the 12 students in the room broke out into a cohesive choreography of stomping, clapping, snapping and other percussion-driven steps.
Internet Corner | Salad fingers
By Heather Mayer
While I'm not an avid Internet surfer, sometimes I find a Web site that keeps me entertained, and in this case, awestruck. The Web is full of cartoon-based sites; most are humorous and offer a good chuckle. One cartoon site, however, www.fat-pie.com/salad.
Arcade Fire rocks catchy, hymn-like songs on sophomore release
By Evan Reiser
Sounds like: Sufjan Stevens, late '70s Bowie, early U2 Decibel score: 90 Arcade Fire, either a seven or nine-piece band, depending on whom you ask, burst onto the indie rock scene just three years ago to much praise and commercial success with its album, "Funeral.
