August 2010
97 posts
“It also rejects the complaints of designer companies, claiming that losses to...”
– Fake goods are fine, says EU study - Telegraph
“In the ideal world, we would absolutely love and want nothing more but to be...”
– Hulu: We Know That Hulu Plus Sucks, But It’s Not Our Fault | Techdirt
“The biggest myth of all is the Romantic notion that artists somehow create their...”
– Excerpt from Mashed Up: Music, Technology, and the Rise of Configurable Culture, a new book by Aram Sinnreich - Boing Boing
“Dynamic new groups like Latinos for Internet Freedom, an online advocacy...”
– Roberto Lovato: Latino Freedom Is Internet Freedom
“The Justice Department’s efforts, which are heating up, aren’t...”
– Comcast Gets Static on Web TV
“An Act to Ensure That A Local Government That Competes with Private Companies in...”
– Wrong.
Who writes pro-cable Internet legislation? Cable does
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Record and release free music without copyrights.... →
A very worthwhile Kickstarter.
“As civilization as we know it fully enters the wireless 21st century, setting...”
– Google & Verizon’s Evil Plan Is Really Bad News for Regular Internet Users | | AlterNet
“And it’s outrageous that that you can’t sell or even give away an e-book when...”
– New Kindle Leaves Rivals Farther Behind
Digital first sale is going to start hitting home for people with ebooks.
“I demand that you don’t remove this torrent, so that people can laugh at...”
– Pirate Bay Receives Notice To Keep a Torrent | TorrentFreak
Not welcome in this town →
via techdirt
“We are like the postal service, we do not open the mail,” said Yves Le...”
– Some European ISPs ordered by courts to block access to gambling | EDRI
“Earlier this year, we wrote about the attempt by some housing developers to...”
– Treating Houses Like Copyright… And Then Securitizing And Selling Off The Revenue From Future Resales | Techdirt
“Want to know why it would cost $5.9 billion to fill an Olympic-sized swimming...”
– Lexmark, HP Using Patent Law To Try To Block Replacement Ink Cartridges From The Market | Techdirt
“There are several reasons why the fast fashion giants like H&M, Zara,...”
– The Costs of Ownership: Why Copyright Protection Will Hurt the Fashion Industry: Observatory: Design Observer
“Copyright laws are designed to ensure that authors and performers receive...”
– Editorial - Free That Tenor Sax - NYTimes.com
“Verizon has already made a multibillion dollar bet that it can make plenty of...”
– Wireless net neutrality so bad, Verizon already agreed to it
Overlooked Elements of the Verizon-Google Net... →
Overview of some other elements of the proposal: limiting the FCC to case-by-case enforcement, substituting private arbitration of disputes, “knowing violating” standard of liability, and exclusive FCC authority (i.e., no FTC—and probably no state—oversight of the market).
“The best attack on pirates is to make their work more difficult and expensive,...”
– Android Developers Blog: Licensing Server News
In other words: you can compete with free.
“But Hjelmik and John aren’t out to produce better identification tools....”
– Encrypted and obfuscated? Your P2P protocol can still be IDed
Interesting read on the cat-and-mouse between application developers and traffic sniffers.
Here’s the paper.
“Q: How does piracy impact your business?
A: I’ve come to the conclusion...”
– Interview with Vladimir Roth, of Qwiboo
A realistic take.
“The most significant breach of U.S. military computers was caused by a flash...”
– Defense official discloses cyberattack
Googling “Operation Buckshot Yankee” gets some interesting results. I hope they also embark on “Operation Switch to FreeBSD.”
“The crisis in the music industry is widely talked about… Tecno-brega is an...”
– Ronaldo Lemos, Brazilian academic and commentator on copyright and culture
Brazilian Technobrega Musicians Embracing Free Distribution Even More | Techdirt
“Obviously the important thing, in early 21st-century America, is to make sure...”
– Alt Text: Brilliant Plans to Rescue Dying Industries | Underwire | Wired.com
150,000 College Students to Save $12 Million Using... →
“I have full confidence in this model because it makes so much sense for students, faculty and authors,” says Steve Barkan, professor of sociology at the University of Maine and author of Sociology: Understanding & Changing the Social World, soon-to-be published by Flat World. ”Students, many of whom work part-time jobs, can finally get low-cost access to knowledge. As an ...
“What we’re experiencing now is the most important transformation in our reading...”
– For Scholars, Web Changes Sacred Rite of Peer Review - NYTimes.com
“Luis Villarroel, director of investigations for the Latin American Corporation...”
– Intellectual Property Watch » Blog Archive » US Internet Neutrality Flare-Up Resonates Across International Front
“Copyright law is supposed to help consumers by protecting innovation, not...”
– Copycats vs. Copyrights - Newsweek
“Success in the marketplace takes more than skilled engineers, and sometimes more...”
– FCC Wraps Up Ultra-Long Ultra-Wideband Proceeding : CommLawBlog
This is a good take on the procedural slog of ultra-wideband. FCC inaction + incumbent opposition + fragmented supporters…sounds familiar.
“Apple yesterday applied for patent to allow remotely disabling electronic...”
– Apple Patents Remotely Disabling Jailbroken Phones, Slashdot
“I would be the last one to claim that fashion designs aren’t artful enough to...”
– The Costs of Ownership: Why Copyright Protection Will Hurt the Fashion Industry: Observatory: Design Observer
Sorry
It looks like a rogue Drupal module is just posting everything on our site over to Tumblr. Very déclassé. Technicians are on the case.
UPDATE FROM TECH: The déclassé state of the Tumblr is now très formidable.
“Did Germany experience rapid industrial expansion in the 19th century due to an...”
– No Copyright Law: The Real Reason for Germany’s Industrial Expansion? - SPIEGEL ONLINE
“The Internet is not Google’s playground, it is our 21st century public...”
– Center for Media Justice / By Amalia Deloney and Joshua Breitbart via Alternet
“And there’s your copyright balance; what we seek is a way to give creators...”
– The Volokh Conspiracy » The High Cost of Copyright
WatchJohanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free culture
Worth watching the whole thing — very informative and insightful.