Archive for September, 2006
Saturday, September 30th, 2006
In a Rueters story this Thursday, Mark Cuban said that "anyone who [invests in YouTube] is a moron." I LOVE YouTube, but I fear that he's basically right.
Cuban has two main points. His first claim, that YouTube is on the verge of being "sued into oblivion," is hardly a done ...
Posted in Copyright, Internet policy, Media consolidation, Media criticism | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 28th, 2006
As if I needed another reason to think that Verizon is, perhaps, just in this for the money. Apparently, USF subsidies aren't enough for them to make mad cash in rural areas, so they're just going to sell off the lines to the highest bidder, who'll slash costs, reduce service, ...
Posted in Telecommunications | 1 Comment »
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
We spend our share of bytes griping about the media, so here's a highlight: Little Miss Sunshine is fantastic. Funniest movie in years. Poignant, too. Steve Carell deserves a nod for best supporting actor.
I say this despite the flick being distributed by Fox Searchlight, the faux indy flick wing of ...
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Friday, September 22nd, 2006
I'm kidding, of course, because I'm blogging largely for reasons (e.g., a chance to share my shoddy "insights" with nobody before they become enshrined in something more permanent) that pay off regardless of audience size, but I'm pretty impressed.
Tina, "the blogger behind Tinasbeen.blogspot.com" (and my less-than-technophile fiancee), started a blog ...
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
If only that headline were from The Onion. Instead, it's from Princeton Computer Science Professor Ed Felten.
Here, from his blog post, is Felten's description of how he learned of this flaw:
On Wednesday we did a live demo for our Princeton Computer Science colleagues of the vote-stealing software described in our ...
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Friday, September 15th, 2006
In the latest round of developing US copyright law via unaccountable delegations to international policy bodies, the PTO and Copyright Office are helping to concoct a WIPO treaty that would give a scary new para-copyright to broadcasters.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is currently considering what is often referred to ...
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