Archive for February, 2007
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
This article details the challenges to Dan Glickman, the head of the MPAA, who has been assailed by some in the industry as ineffective. His crime? No new strong-copyright legislation under his tenure.
I think they should actually blame Public Knowledge, which has mobilized just enough resistance (both corporate and grassroots) ...
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Thursday, February 8th, 2007
In an open letter (NOT a pdf for once), Apple CEO Steve Jobs blamed the big four music labels for forcing Apple to use DRM in iTunes and called for DRM-free licensing for the sale of online music.
Posted in Copyright, DRM, Media consolidation | No Comments »
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Minilinkfest: I'm wicked busy, but there were too many good stories this midweek to pass up. Here's #1:
Josh Wolf, a blogger who's refused to cooperate with federal prosecutors who want to see the unedited footage of a protest he shot, has set the record for time spent in jail by ...
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Monday, February 5th, 2007
Thanks to a technology in development by two MIT students, you and your neighbors (or people in Delhi and their neighbors) may soon have a cheaper and easier way to connect to the internet.
Let's say you're on the town council in a rural area. Though you'd like to provide municipal ...
Posted in Internet policy, Network neutrality, Telecommunications | 2 Comments »