Courts question anti-piracy rule
- "You crossed the line," Judge Harry Edwards told a FCC lawyer during arguments before a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit."Selling televisions is not what the FCC is in the business of."
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on Thu 02/24/05
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Broadcast Flag Oral Arguments
- This guy is live-blogging the broadcast flag hearings. Looks like the good guys did pretty good in oral arguments.
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on Tue 02/22/05
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Bill Gates and other communists
- Stallman cutting through the bullshit.
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on Wed 02/16/05
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Who did MPAA rip off "You can click but you can't hide" from?
- Some dogfood for the MPAA. This kind of theft is obviously unacceptable. I'm sure they will be contacting Barlow and Joe Lewis' successors to work out a royalty program.
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on Fri 02/11/05
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Chicago's public sculpture can't be photographed by the public
- Oh horse shit!
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on Sun 02/06/05
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LA city councilman says open source = more cops
- Next time someone asks you "why?" tell them you're all about putting more cops on the street.. That doesn't have value?
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on Wed 02/02/05
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Tools for Democracy / Distributed Journalism
Dan Gillmor points to an excellent example of distributed journalism in action over at Daily Kos. I was completely blown away by what I saw when I got there. I'm still trying to soak in all the background around the Plame Leak / Jeff Gannon thing but, to be honest, the specifics of this event are not as important to me as the general phenomenon occurring there. This seems an obvious glimpse into a future where involvement by the general population in issues of import to the general population is increased substantially. Herewith some rant and analysis of our present toolset and humble suggestion for improvement...
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on Wed 02/02/05
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Gilberto Gil's extraordinary engagement with Brazilians
- Wow! You mean the political figures *talk* to the people in this backward country? That's never going to work!
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on Fri 01/28/05
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JHymn - Removing DRM from iTunes
- Excellent O'Reilly article describing Apple's DRM apparatus in detail and pointers to tools for curing your crippled music..
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on Fri 01/28/05
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PlaysMaybe
- Finally, CE manufacturers will be placing a badge on their crippled-with-DRM devices to inform the consumer that said devices suck and should be considered broken. Oddly enough, the badge reads: PlaysForSure.
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on Fri 01/28/05
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Cory Doctorow: "Copyright vs Community" (MOV, MPEG)
- Feature length lecture by Cory Doctorow on copyright, DRM, and other digital rights issues. CC share-alike licensed.
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on Wed 01/26/05
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The Emerging Economics of Open Source Software
- Finally got a chance to read through this massive piece. It's worth the time if you have it.
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on Sun 01/23/05
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Sony: DRM cost us the Walkman
- The first time I've heard a major player admit that DRM is harmful.
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on Fri 01/21/05
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Open Source Radio
- "A space for you to help contribute to a forthcoming CBC radio column about the open-source movement." This is a great example of blog-as-collaboration-tool.
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on Fri 01/21/05
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Dan Gillmor Interview on IT Conversations
- I've been waiting for this one. Dan talks about blogs and his new startup, Grassroots Media, Inc.
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on Thu 01/20/05
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The Globe and Mail: How copyright could be killing culture
- Thanks Globe and Mail!
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on Tue 01/18/05
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CBS Tries DRM to Block Criticism of Rathergate Report
- You will now need to go to jail to cite a report released by CBS. Yet another unfair and unintended use of the DMCA.
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on Fri 01/14/05
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Gizmodo Gates Interview Part Four: Communists and DRM
- Gates backpetals on the previous "creative communist" remarks and talks about DRM as a speedbump... *caugh* strawman *caugh*
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on Thu 01/13/05
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Jailed for a Song
- "Congress isn't listening to the public, and we need to be loud if we want to be heard over the Hollywood lobbyists and record label flunkies."
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on Wed 01/12/05
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Really Bad News
- Senator Hatch to chair a new subcommitte on Intellectual Property.
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on Wed 01/12/05
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IBM Gives FOSS Free Access to 500 Patents - Rethinks IP Management
- Was this a typo or something?
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on Tue 01/11/05
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Knowledge and Power
Heard today on lwn.net:
... knowledge is exactly like power - something to be distributed as widely as humanly possible, for the betterment of all. -- jd
Word!
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on Mon 01/10/05
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Commons-based Peer Production
- Ted Leung generalizes his involvement w/ free and open source software as being a simple contribution to the societal commons. Interesting viewpoint.
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on Mon 01/10/05
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Comic Sans Anti Fucking Piracy
- A nice rant against the Movie Picture Association's recent inclusion of scary anti-piracy propoganda in DVD and cinema reels.
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on Mon 01/10/05
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We're Creative Commonists, Bill
- Wired's Katie Dean on the recent Creative Communist fiasco.
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on Sun 01/09/05
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Young Prospective Artist Finds Herself in a 'No Sketch' Zone
- Second grader is told she's not allowed to sketch at museum because the works are protected by copyright.
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on Sun 01/09/05
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Truth and Bill Gates
- Dan Gillmor comments on Gates' creative communist statements..
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on Fri 01/07/05
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Bill Gates: Free Culture advocates = Communists
- At least we got a cool flag out of the ordeal..
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on Thu 01/06/05
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Shirky on Sanger on Wikipedia Anti-elitism
- Classic Shirky retort to Sanger's plea to pull the reign's back on wikipedia. Clay reminds him that wikipedia starts with "wiki," an oft forgotten fact at the present.
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on Tue 01/04/05
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