Lexmark Loss Good for Consumers
- Katie Dean with more on the Lexmark DMCA smack-down. EFF and others are hopeful this will send a message that DMCA abuse won't be tolerated by the courts and slow the recent cease-and-desist tyrany.
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Lexmark Injunction Overturned
- Sheeewww. Lexmarks attempt to stifle competition using the DMCA is overturned.
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on Wed 10/27/04
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How I Learned to Love Larry
- Hilary Rosen (former head of RIAA and usher of DMCA) is promoting Creative Commons... I'm skeptically optimistic.
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on Wed 10/27/04
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Digital Media Consumers Rights Act (DMCRA)
- Proposed amendments to the DMCA for limiting anti-circumvention, reaffirming the betamax standard, and ensuring proper labelling of copy-protected media.
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on Tue 10/26/04
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Good Bad Attitude
- Paul Graham on why hackers have "shitty attitudes" when it comes to topics of IP and removal of natural liberties. (Feynman's safe cracking gets a mention, btw).
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on Wed 10/20/04
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The good of McCain
- Sen. McCain delivers a letter to the president questioning HR 4077 (THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION ACT). Looks like Public Knowledge and Consumers Union have McCain's ear. Great to hear!
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on Thu 10/14/04
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Doctorow speaking tomorrow night in Edinburgh
- Maybe we'll get another transcript.
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on Mon 10/11/04
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HOWTO censor the net with a Hotmail account
- Sad. ISPs not performing fact checking on copyright cease-and-desists.
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on Sun 10/10/04
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New Induce Act Alarms Foes
- New draft of Induce Act looks like old version of Induce Act.
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on Tue 09/28/04
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