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- 05 / 02 / 00 -

Limp Bizkit is featured as promised, Metallica identifies over 300,000 fans who have downloaded their music without paying, Linux user groups participate in a joint demonstration against the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Time Warner and Disney nearly go to war, Jello Biafra is announced as the keynote speaker for H2K, Emmanuel to appear on the front page of the Village Voice, Emmanuel accidentally hacks into a voice mail box on the air, Clinton allows consumer GPS to be enhanced, Alex reveals a lawsuit involving religious groups that may have some bearing on the MPAA case, the New York Times links to the 2600 list of DeCSS sites, listener suggestions on ways of trafficking DeCSS, Red Balaclava offers new Metrocard tips, Kevin Mitnick is restricted from speaking, a plea for a good picture of John Markoff for the upcoming film, Izaac conveys a strange message.

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May 2
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- 05 / 09 / 00 -

The show is preempted next week but a three hour fundraising program is scheduled for the week after, the first show that both Kevin Mitnick and Bernie S. appear on although they do not break the law by talking to each other, Bernie reports an ominous potential change in federal sentencing guidelines, a "60 Minutes" report airs on California's three strikes law that is sending people to prison for life for nonviolent offenses, Verizon threatens 2600 with a lawsuit for registering verizonreallysucks.com and 2600 responds by registering verizonshouldspendmoretimefixingitsnetworkandless moneyonlawyers.com, the ILoveYou virus causes hysteria worldwide, Kevin Mitnick discusses his latest speech restrictions and the battle to get back his ham radio license, a mock DeCSS trial is scheduled for H2K.

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May 9
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- 05 / 23 / 00 -

The theme is missing as the CD player malfunctions at the beginning of a three hour fundraiser, Lazlow tells of the commercial radio experience, the new Jello Biafra CD recorded at the WTO protest is featured with 2600 hertz tones replacing all the four-letter words, why commercial radio would never air something like this, preparations for H2K continue, Emmanuel misses the Hamvention in Dayton, an update on the film which will debut at the conference, the truth about the corporate nature of NPR and how they opposed LPFM, Ed Hernstadt discusses his role as one of the lawyers defending 2600 in the MPAA case, Macki explains the technical aspects of the case and summarizes the anti-DMCA demonstration that took place at Stanford, the attempts by the other side to disqualify the 2600 lawyers, 2600 is now facing five lawsuits, Izaac messes with the microphones, Alex registers verizoneatspoop.com, why people don't realize the power of the individual, Lazlow explains how the corporate world really works, why there are no accents on the radio, Bernie S. summarizes his story and how WBAI helped, Cheshire Catalyst tells the story of the new 321 area code and how he helped make it possible, talk of launches from Cape Canaveral, what the old TAP meetings were like, a famous payphone in the Mojave Desert is disconnected, Kevin Mitnick is allowed to use a cell phone and describes how the federal authorities continue to harass him, an excerpt from a show in 1988 played through a computer, opening to "Nuff Said" follows. This show is three hours long and includes fundraising.

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May 23
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- 05 / 30 / 00 -

Alex gives an update on verizoneatspoop.com, Emmanuel tries to find out who has 1-800-VERIZON as well as the 888 and 877 versions but runs into trouble with the Z key, an analysis of remarks by Edgar Bronfman of Seagrams/Universal about intellectual property rights and the evils of anonymity, a debate on the merits of Napster, Izaac tells of a new proposal that would allow federal authorities to enter a house without a warrant, complaints from a new Verizon customer, new legislation seeks to limit the rights of artists to get royalties for their music, Jello Biafra loses his lawsuit, a computerized message is delivered.

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May 30
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