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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What Axl Rose and Streisand Don’t Want You to See on the Internet

    What do Axl Rose and Barbra Streisand have in common? Well, they’ve both tried to scrub the web of stuff they didn’t like and failed miserably. In his fight, Axl Rose has invoked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. What is that and who does it protect?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 9, 2016 • 1 min read

    What do Axl Rose and Barbra Streisand have in common? Well, they’ve both tried to scrub the web of stuff they didn’t like and failed miserably. In his fight, Axl Rose has invoked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. What is that and who does it protect? And while Axl’s going after the web, the FBI is going after one of the world’s worst e-mail spammers who they say can send out a million obnoxious emails from his home in San Diego in less than 15 minutes. It’s our weekly web roundup with Xeni Jardin.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    3 of 5
    How Will Bernie Sanders Influence the Democratic Party Platform?
    1. 0:00Why Are So Many Ballots Still Uncounted in California?
    2. 9:07How Will Bernie Sanders Influence the Democratic Party Platform?
    3. 18:16What Axl Rose and Streisand Don’t Want You to See on the InternetYou’re reading this
    4. 27:34'OJ: Made in America:' The Rise and Fall of a Hero Through the Lens of Race
    5. 44:13At What Age Are You an Adult? That Depends...
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