June 2010
42 posts
POLITICO Morning Tech →
In today’s Morning Tech, Mark Esper of the US Chamber of Commerce compares India, the world’s largest democracy, to “the mafia.” I’m sure this will win them over to the Chamber’s copyright maximalist stance.
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Research... →
It’s not exactly clear what sort of claim Research2000’s counsel is making here. Some sort of liable claim? Tarnishment? Whatever it is, this is why we don’t have take down on demand. Anyone can make a demand. Backing it up with evidence is harder.
“The irony of the situation is that while blame for the lack of progress is being...”
– UGLY POLITICS AT WIPO · TACD IP Policy Committee
“When the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a study in April on the...”
– THE NEW ENEMY
FCC Pub Notice effectively canceling low-power TV... →
This move shows the FCC remains extremely serious about reclaiming and auctioning broadcast band spectrum.
EXCLUSIVE: Pictures of the ACTA negotiations | La... →
“KENNEDY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, except for Parts II– B–2 and...”
– Bilski decided. This should be clear.
“Earl Oliver at at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has an unusual...”
– Technology Review: Blogs: TR Editors’ blog: Sending Data 160 Characters at a Time
The Intellectual Property Implications of Low-Cost... →
“What I have been telling my readers and followers and this blog and in my books,...”
– Communities Dominate Brands: Full Analysis of iPhone Economics - it is bad news. And then it gets worse
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“It is easy to envision the massive mills of Manchester and think that the...”
– Thinkers And Tinkerers
Wireless Oligopoly Is Smother of Invention →
Interesting piece on how failure to free handsets from wireless networks has damped innovation and increased prices.
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Sign AU's ACTA Statement →
A group of experts and academics, convened by our friends at AU, have crafted a statement highlighting many of the problems with ACTA. They’re looking for individuals and organizations to sign-on by the end of the day tomorrow. Click here to read and sign the statement now.
“Personally I’m in favor of search neutrality. When I search for something...”
– A Recommendation Is Not The Same As Corruption
(comment by Anonymous Coward)
“Books go hands-free with Blio’s read-aloud feature. A synthesized voice reads...”
– Good news for the reading disabled from text-to-speech pioneer Ray Kurzweil. I wonder if the Blio store will use DRM, and whether its commitment to text-to-speech will make books harder to get for its store.
About Blio :: Blio eReader
iPhone 4 is unlocked in Canada, too →
Americans: gaze upon your neighbors around you if you want to see what a healthy GSM ecosystem looks like. Okay, we’re sure many of our Canadian friends would disagree that the Rogers / Bell / Telus oligopoly is anything close to “healthy,” but nonetheless, we’re still envious of the fully-unlocked option Apple is offering for all iPhones in the online store — just...
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US record labels starts fake "citizen's group" to... →
A website in support of Canada’s proposed US-style copyright law looks to be a work of corporate astroturf, and signs point to the Canadian Record Industry Association (mostly composed of US record labels; many Canadian labels have left to form an independent lobby that opposes much of CRIA’s agenda) as the entity behind it. The group, Balanced Copyright for Canada, has bought...
“So what do digital rights activists want, if not “free information?”...”
– Saying information wants to be free does more harm than good
“In a nutshell, I believe the only films that are hurt by torrent sharing are...”
– — independent film director Sam Bozzo
Film Director: File Sharing Only Hurts Bad Or Mediocre Films | Techdirt
“Each of the standard’s key elements—Data Link Layer (G.9961),...”
– G.hn standard gets ITU-T’s blessing
This is a very cool thing to have standardized. You don’t need to use WiFi, or have CAT5 wired through your house, for home networking.
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Finland mulls legalizing use of unsecured Wi-Fi •... →
Finland considers that it may be better policy to make it easier to have open wifi access points and require operator to affirmatively secure access points. I argued for this position back in ‘06 when people first started to talk about “stealing wifi.”
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Once Just a Site With Funny Cat Pictures, and Now... →
“The FTC claims that the well-developed proposals released last month were simply...”
– EDITORIAL: FTC dodges Drudge Tax questions
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“So, let’s get down to business: what will you learn from this white paper?
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– Well, what is a good digital music strategy? » Article » owni.fr, digital journalism
Can everyone who is perpetuating the "LimeWire... →
maura:
Because your lack of reading comprehension is showing:
The record labels have told a federal judge LimeWire is liable for possibly “over a billion dollars” — the latest sign that the industry is seeking to annihilate the New York-based file sharing company. …
“The amount of statutory damages awarded in this case easily could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars (if not over a...
“If you agree that copyright term on sound recordings should not be extended past...”
– Sound Copyright | Don’t Let the Record Labels Break Their Promise
“The meeting was strictly off record, which is why I didn’t write about it...”
– - Mike Arrington
The Government And Silicon Valley: Lead, Follow Or Get Out Of The Way? | Techdirt
“And I can assure you the telcos are treating net neutrality and the...”
– Stacey Higgenbotham in GigaOM
http://gigaom.com/2010/06/08/silicon-valley-wake-up-and-smell-the-net-neutrality/
What's Left Of The Sony Betamax Decision? |... →
“Regulation of wholesale inputs for broadband services has allowed competitors to...”
– European Commission Market Review
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/doc/implementation_enforcement/eu_consultation_procedures/communication_art7_en.pdf
