Sunday 26 May 2013

Network transparency: How future mobile networks could be built into glass windows

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How does copyright work in space?


Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield recently performed David Bowie's Space Oddity on the International Space Station. It is now playing to an international audience via YouTube.
Credit: NASA/ The Economist

Warning: copyright is even worse in space than it is on Earth.

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