September 2010
42 posts
'Fair Use' and ... Football? →
infoneer-pulse:
Feel free to walk with a bit more of a strut today, all you librarians: A bunch of big strong football players have turned to you for protection. (Okay, so it’s in a courtroom, not on a playing field. But still …)
At the urging of the National Football League, three library associations and two other groups have filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging a federal appeals court...
“We, the undersigned, have played various parts in building a network called the...”
– An Open Letter From Internet Engineers to the Senate Judiciary Committee
“We have had an enormous and concerted act of social disobedience play out over...”
– Make The Revolution - Anil Dash
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WatchColumbia Law School Professor, former Public Knowledge board member and honorary Wu-Tang Clan member Tim Wu explains some recent happenings in the world of Net Neutrality in the excellent video interview for Engadget.
“Now, if you’re a regular consumer with a modicum of common sense, nothing...”
– Editorial: For the umpteenth time, copy ‘protection’ only hurts people who actually buy your product — Engadget
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“The conclusion finds that removing net neutrality could endanger the economic...”
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The Value of Open: An Update on Net Neutrality
Intel's upgradable processor: good sense or utter... →
Not totally on board with the Ars analysis.
I’ll skip over what this kind of pricing shows about the competitive conditions in the microprocessor marketplace. The major point for me is whether Intel would go after people who figure out how to unlock the extra capabilities of their chips without paying Intel. Knowing Intel, I think I know the answer.
I don’t buy the analogy to...
“Principles, if constructed at suitable levels of generality, aren’t...”
– AT&T boss: we’re innovating way too fast for regulation!
“It isn’t just a debate about censorship or the increasing power of...”
– Today’s Outrage: T-Mobile, Dude, Don’t Bogart the Texts - TheStreet
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“[I]t only takes one hacker to break the encryption and upload the...”
– The Copyright Alliance Blog » Blog Archive » Opposing Blu-Ray Piracy
The Copyright Alliance is right: DRM is futile.
“A new report from Credit Suisse says almost 30% of Netflix subscribers aged...”
– 30% Of Young Netflix Subscribers Are Skipping Cable
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“Under the terms of a new contract negotiated with City Hall, Time Warner Cable...”
– Cablevision and Time Warner Agree to Fines for Late Service Calls in New York - NYTimes.com
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HDCP 'master key' supposedly released, unlocks... →
Once again illustrating that the FCC broke millions of TVs for nothing…
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“Across Russia, the security services have carried out dozens of similar raids...”
– Above the Law - Russia Uses Microsoft to Suppress Dissent - NYTimes.com
“If standard fine-print license terms like Autodesk’s are enough to withhold...”
– Ninth Circuit says consumers may not own their software (CL&P Blog)
“A burglary ring in Nashua, New Hampshire targeted people who checked into places...”
– Facebook Places In New Hamshire Turns Into A Real-Life PleaseRobMe.com
“Specifically, we’ve heard that the original plan for the Nexus One (the device...”
– The Nexus One Was Google’s Dream. The Carriers Were Freddy Krueger.
“As a kid, I used to go to a lot of amusement parks. I actually spent a couple...”
– Amusement Park May Get Sued For Patent Infringing Ride | Techdirt
“As many a gizmodian* and slashdotist has had occasion to point out recently, the...”
– Got Medieval
“Technology rules at Open High where their approach to learning embraces the idea...”
– The Open High School of Utah Releases Open Educational Curriculum Under CC BY - Creative Commons
“In this paper, I consider the impact of a departure from this current system. I...”
– Why Imposing New Tolls on Third-Party Content and Applications Threatens Innovation and Will Not Improve Broadband Providers’ Investment, by Nicholas Economides.
And here is an excellent presentation to the Oxford Internet Institute by Economides.
“This should hardly come as a surprise, but as the French “three...”
– French ISPs Pushing Back Against Hadopi; Threaten To Ignore Requests | Techdirt
The British Tabloid Phone-Hacking Scandal →
This is a very interesting story, but guessing default passwords and bribing sources is hardly elite “hacking.”
“Eventually, television networks stand to gain by cutting cable and satellite...”
– Why You (Still) Can’t Cut the TV Cord: It’s Not Technical, It’s Just Business | Epicenter | Wired.com
“Where once the mantra of the opponents of regulation was that, thanks to...”
– Let’s get our priorities straight
It’s nice to see an opponent of net neutrality recognize this rhetorical shift.
“We strongly agree with the National Organizations that the Commission should...”
– Recent Free Press letter.
“AT&T enjoys ignoring this fact: AT&T started the entire network...”
– AT&T Forgets They Began The Network Neutrality Debate - Then calls people “conspiracy theorists” for pointing it out - dslreports.com
“Cable companies continue to raise prices for their pay TV subscriptions, even as...”
– Is Cable Killing the Golden Goose?
“Television and FM tuners? What’s next? Will all smartphones have to come...”
– How do you spell device mandate failure? U-H-F