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- 02 / 01 / 00 -

A combination of technical blunders, the first show in three weeks with a great deal of ground to cover, a report on the release of Kevin Mitnick on January 21, the weirdness of Lompoc, what it was like to visit Kevin on his last day of prison, Bernie S. discusses what it's really like inside, Kevin to do his first live interview on next week's show, Macki describes how 2600 people wound up ushering the press around Lompoc on the day of Kevin's release, the difficulty of finding a place to read a statement to the media, why Kevin didn't take questions on that day, the difficulty of not violating supervised release and the quest to find Kevin a job, a new mailing address for Kevin, a new lawsuit is filed against Emmanuel in federal court in New York concerning the DeCSS program, what it was like being served with an injunction, the owner of escape.com is also served with an injunction, how the defense was only given one day to prepare their entire case, the threat of imprisonment and how a distant Kinko's came to the rescue, what the major motion picture corporations and the Motion Picture Association of America want from this lawsuit, a flyer is drawn up to educate the masses, the overwhelmingly positive support from the public, Jack Valenti of the MPAA calls Emmanuel a pirate and threatens to file a thousand lawsuits a day, the danger of the civil case turning into a criminal case any day because of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, etoy is victorious in their fight against Etoys, a listener reports the existence of pirated DVDs in Asia for at least five years, recruiting to take place at Linux Expo in New York later in the week with a massive flyer handout scheduled for every 2600 meeting on Friday.

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February 1
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- 02 / 08 / 00 -

A momentous show as Kevin Mitnick is interviewed live for the first time anywhere, ominous news from the FSB in Russia, Emmanuel is hit by a parking injustice, the latest on the DVD lawsuit and comments from Linus Torvalds, hackers are blamed for the latest Yahoo outage, Kevin gives his impressions of the Yahoo incident, how the New York Times and John Markoff spread false stories about Kevin, the Netcom credit card incident, the cellular fraud aspect of the Mitnick case, why he wanted a copy of VMS, how an informant targeted him, how he violated supervised release, the $300 million price tag claimed by the companies affected, the difference between stealing and copying, the effect of the Mitnick case on future hacker cases, Kevin's eight months of solitary confinement, how people have shown support, Kevin's wish list of videos and music.

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February 8
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- 02 / 15 / 00 -

The theme gets garbled, an analysis of the Denial of Service attacks and the ignorance the media has shown in blaming the whole mess on hackers, parallels to the DeCSS case, Kevin Mitnick media appearances, Northwest Airlines has the homes of its employees raided and their computers searched for email related to an illegal sickout, federal judges who seem to have lost their minds, President Clinton is the victim of an impostor on a cnn.com web chat, an interview with Christopher Petro (the imposter) who explains how changing a nickname on IRC was defined by Fox News as a hacker attack, a person loses his job due to the DeCSS controversy, a call for comments on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Emmanuel's DSL woes, some ham radio news.

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February 15
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- 02 / 22 / 00 -

Emmanuel tries to analyze a phone problem connecting to Bernie S., a rash of frustrating problems involving DSL connectivity, more media coverage of evil hackers, how Bell Atlantic completely screwed up an installation, new legislation that changes the rules of agreeing to a software license, the Leonardo Network is told to stop using their own name, Emmanuel finally gets a collection notice for his unpaid AT&T invoice, a demonstration of how AT&T rips customers off which winds up proving that there are still nice operators, Connectix wins a lawsuit that challenged their reverse engineering of Playstation, Lazlow visits from commercial radio, a call for MPAA members to stand up and be counted, a caller has a problem buying a crystal at Radio Shack.

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February 22
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- 02 / 29 / 00 -

Bernie S. tries to infiltrate a Secret Service security briefing on the upcoming Republican Party convention in Philadelphia live on the air, a disappointing piece about Echelon on "60 Minutes," Kevin Mitnick is scheduled to testify in front of a Senate subcommittee on Thursday, more anti-hacker rhetoric from the administration, a look at some testimony about hackers on Capitol Hill, problems related to today's unusual date, a resolution to the 2600 DSL problem and a similar tale of woe in Philadelphia, Emmanuel describes the symptoms of Internet withdrawal, some alternative ways to describe people who commit crimes on the net, a new law mandates that as of April 21, email websites cannot offer services to anyone under 13, Forbes unwittingly reprints a 2600 cover.

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