August 2008
Comcast extends wrist to receive FCC slap →
Tomorrow, FCC commissioners are expected to sanction Comcast for interfering with internet traffic crossing its network. Today, however, commission Chairman Kevin Martin outlined his vision…
The Hidden Costs Of Micropayments Go Beyond The... →
For as far back as I can remember, there have always been folks who insist that micropayments are the solution to the “free” content question. That is, they believe that the solution to “free”…
Congress Moves Forward With Plan To Make... →
For a little over a year, there have been stories about how the entertainment industry has been pressuring Congress to make universities responsible for stopping copyright infringement on their…
eeebuntu - eeebuntu Netbook Remix →
one more thing to make me want an eeepc
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July 2008
Band Leaks Track to BitTorrent, Blames Pirates →
When we reported about the leak of a BuckCherry track last week, and specifically the band’s response to it, we hinted that this could be a covert form of self-promotion. Indeed, after a few days of…
Aussies consider auditing music collections for... →
Australia’s government is looking at plans to inspect travelers’ gadgets for pirated music at airport checkpoints.
Moreover, the proposal is said to be part of broader international treaty…
Matthew Buchanan →
Yes, Reading Online Is Still Reading →
Every few months it seems we see yet another headline worrying about all the time kids spend online, rather than doing things like “reading books” or writing on paper. This, of course, ignores the…
Senators Announce New Intellectual Property... →
Last week, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced S. 3325, the “Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008,” a bill that proposes a number of alarming changes to…
Comparing The Telecom Industry To OPEC Isn't So... →
Tim Wu has an op-ed in the New York Times comparing the American telecommunications market to the OPEC oil cartel. My esteemed co-blogger Adam Thierer calls the comparison — and Wu’s piece —…
a little bit of zeank » JSJaC →
JSJaC is a jabber/XMPP client library written in JavaScript to ease implementation of web based jabber/XMPP clients. For communication with a jabber server it needs to support either HTTP Polling or…
WebToMail →
Like Stallman’s crazy email to web daemon.
Flat Stanley Learns How Ownership Of Infinite... →
Reader John Lownie writes in with yet another example of legal battles gone mad over trademark and copyright, involving a teacher doing some creative things with a character in a book and the estate…
We're The US Government, So We Can Ignore Pesky... →
While the federal government of the US has dumped on us dreadful laws like the DMCA, when it comes time for it to follow those laws itself, it takes a pass. Why be inconvenienced like the rest of us?…
Is Embedding Infringement? MPAA Sues Two Sites →
While we still need to wait for the end result of the YouTube/Viacom case to learn whether hosting infringing videos is infringement itself, there’s another open question about whether or not …
Cautionary →
Court Explains Fair Use To Michael Savage;... →
Back in February, we wrote about how radio talk show host Michael Savage was misusing copyright law to charge the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) with copyright infringement. Savage…
Lawyer Exposes RIAA’s Legal Bullying →
For many people, justice is something that is bought and sold in the US, especially where filesharing is concerned. Few lawyers are willing to represent, and fewer still understand the technologies…
Walkthrough: Exchange ActiveSync On Your iPhone... →
WatchPdF2008 Talks: Doug Rushkoff on the New Renaissance
Soy food and isoflavone intake in relation to... →
CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that higher intake of soy foods and soy isoflavones is associated with lower sperm concentration. —Stick that in your Vegan pipe and smoke it!
AT&T Says It Will Cut Off P2P Wireless Users;... →
While those who like to claim that the US broadband market is more competitive than it really is like to point to the rise of 3G wireless networks as proof, they almost always ignore the fact that…
Woman Admits File Sharing; Challenges... →
A few years back, there was a research paper released that posited that the fines sought by the RIAA for copyright infringement were unconstitutional. While this argument has been brought up in…
Retail Chains May Get Congress To Regulate Auction... →
Back in June, we noted that the Retail Industry Leaders Association, a lobbying group representing big store retailers was pushing Congress to start regulating online auction sites, claiming that…
Once Again (With Feeling): RIAA Told To Pay Tanya... →
Despite suing the wrong person multiple times, the RIAA has always pushed back when asked to pay for the legal fees of those wrongfully sued. Tanya Andersen has fought back pretty hard on that…
Two OiNK Uploaders Go Free →
Yesterday we reported that the bail date for OiNK administrator Alan Ellis and the six arrested OiNK uploaders was extended again. New information, however, now shows that two of the six uploaders…
Developers needed; Hackers need not apply →
Two developers interview for the same position. The position is software development for an internet advertising agency. The agency needs a developer to help create internal and external websites. …
Open Source Rails →
P8TCH | Commando Nerd Patches for iPhone Scanning →
Semapedia.org: index →
Our goal is to connect the virtual and physical world by bringing the right information from the internet to the relevant place in physical space. To accomplish this, we invite you to create…
Fair Use Prevails Over Michael Savage's Copyright... →
On Friday, a U.S. District Court granted the motion for judgment on the pleadings we filed in a copyright infringement suit brought by talk show host Michael Savage against the Council on…
Carrots, Sticks, and the Paradoxes of Motivation →
Shankar Vedantam - When Play Becomes Work - washingtonpost.com Shankar Vedantam discusses research on motivation which points to the schizophrenic role that rewards can play in our perception of…
Bechdel's Law →
Alison Bechdel, cartoonist and author of Dykes to Watch Out For, has an interesting observation on movies — a little test she applies to them. It’s a very short checklist, viz: 1. Does it have…
- Wii Brew - For All Your Wii Needs. Wii Homebrew... →
This is for the US (NTSC-U) version of Twilight Princess.
Wormtooth Nation - TheSkyisFree.com →
UK “MP3 Police” Evidence Unchallenged, Not For... →
This week, ISPs agreed to work with the BPI to reduce file-sharing in the UK. When someone gets ‘caught’ the ISPs will send out a warning, 100% based on music industry provided ‘evidence’. Not even…