   March 2004 ArchiveMarch 31, 2004E-Voting Official Accused of Accepting Illegal Gift
And it wasn't even her birthday!
Music Execs Rely on P2P Statistics
It's not new news, but it's nice to see more stories on how the recording industry uses P2P to sell records.
Canada's Copyright Revolution: As Good as it Gets
A Canadian court just issued an awesome, hyperbole-defying decision in the case involving CRIA's attempts to obtain P2P users' identities.
March 30, 2004Comprehensive Look at E-Voting Risks
Kim Zetter at Wired with a terrific feature on the dangers of e-voting.
Recording Industry Launches World Tour of P2P Lawsuits
IFPI, the recording industry's international umbrella organization, has launched P2P suits in Germany, Denmark, Italy and Canada.
March 29, 2004SCO "License" Aimed at Other Linux Users
Ed Foster argues that SCO's "license" is actually intended to ease its future litigation against Linux users. Surprised? Neither are we.
Reuters to Track Online Uses of its Copyrights
In an effort to stem copyright violations, the news organization is using a custom search tool to find and log uses of its material on the Web.
Blogs Go Black As China Blocks More Sites
This time the country is blocking all blogs from the hosting service Typepad.
Wal-Mart to Miss RFID Deadline
Citing expense and RFID's technological immaturity, the world's largest retailer will miss its April 1st deadline to have RFID chips in many of the products it carries.
March 28, 2004We Didn't Start the Fire: Report Says P2P Not Behind Record Slump
The joint report from Harvard Business School and UNC Chapel Hill says that P2P's effect on album sales is "statistically indistinguishable from zero."
Wilco and Lessig, Together at Last
It makes perfect sense that these two proponents of free culture would have such an interesting conversation.
ReplayTV Hacks: Features Hollywood Doesn't Want you to Have
ReplayTV made products so modifiable that almost any feature could be added by someone with the brains to build it - until Big Content sued it into the ground. Here's a round-up of DIY-features for legacy owners.
March 26, 2004Let the Verifiable Elections Begin!
Accupoll has completed federal certification for an electronic voting machine that produces a voter-verified paper audit trail.
Next Up: Collage Culture
Leslie Walker with a review of recent clashes between tech-enabled creativity and future-phobic copyright holders.
Officials Reprimand Diebold, Claim Contract Violations
Alameda County - Diebold's oldest California customer - publicly chastised the election company for a slew of election-day malfunctions and opened the door for a lawsuit over contract violations.
Smart Radio, Dumb Regulations
The Chicago Tribune looks at the coming fight over spectrum policy.
March 24, 2004Wal-Mart Offers $0.88 Download
You may save two nickels over iTunes, but the service is only for Windows, the files are wrapped in DRM and the selection is only a pale shadow of what the P2P nets offer.
Rob Glaser Says Apple Should Open iPod
Interesting to see the CEO of RealNetworks criticize someone else for lack of openness.
Jack Valenti to Throw Smoke Bomb, Disappear Into Night
The head of the MPAA plans to quit his day job in the next three months.
Korean Student Arrested for Posting Political Parodies
One image depicted the opposition party being trounced by the Uri party in a game of Starcraft. No, seriously.
NZ Considers Format-Shifting Exemption for CDs
Not surprisingly, the music and motion picture lobbyists are fighting the proposal.
DirecTV Continues to Dish it Out
The satellite giant has now filed tens of thousands of lawsuits and sent over a hundred thousand threat letters.
March 23, 2004Fishy Use of RFIDS
Plates equipped with the shrimpy chips are being used to tally bills in sushi-boat restaurants.
E-Voting Security: If You've Got It, Flaunt It
Paul Andrews on the Open Voting Consortium's solution to election security.
March 22, 2004Grey is the New Black and White
The NYT on the quality of Danger Mouse's "Grey Album" and the copyright debate that it sparked.
Canada One-Upping America: It's Not Just About Hockey Anymore
Our northern neighbors also have the U.S. beat in the fight for reasonable, balanced copyright law. Michael Geist with more thoughts on the decision in Law Society of Upper Canada v. CCH Canadian.
3 Out of 4 Americans Has Access to the Net
Nielsen/NetRatings estimates that 204.3 million people have access to the Net at home.
Airlines Request Privacy Protections Before CAPPS II is Cleared for Takeoff
The list of seven "privacy principles" includes the ability for travelers to see and correct their data.
The Other Silver Lining in Janet's Bustier
Lauren Gelman points out that Hollywood's "broadcast flag" would have prevented the public from distributing and discussing clips of the incident that launched a thousand letters to the FCC.
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Two More Hollywood Insiders Busted for Piracy
The majority of pre-release movie piracy stems from Hollywood "leaks" and existing laws can be used to plug them. So why does the MPAA continue to push for overbroad copyright laws that would trample on the public's rights?
.XXX: the Net's Red Light District?
Look out for laws that would put anything sexual - like sex education sites - into the filterware-ready domain.
March 21, 2004Indie Record Stores: P2P Turns Kids into "Music Junkies"
Business is reportedly booming for real record stores, despite tales of gloom and doom from the major labels.
March 19, 2004Gimme Shelter (from SCO)
A new company is offering an insurance-like service to Linux users who are spooked by SCO's litigious ways.
DRM Demystified
Our friends over at Public Knowledge have a new report on the ins-and-outs Digital Rights Management (DRM).
China Gags Blogs
Bloggers who criticize the government? Let's hope that China can stop that trend before it reaches America
Survey Says Spam Not Yet Canned
However, one might argue that steady levels of spam are better than the previously *rising* levels.
RFIDs Play SXSW
SXSW's music-and-hipness festival will use RFIDs in its wristbands.
Papers Run Ads for Pro-Paper E-Voting
True Majority is running pro-paper trail ads in The Baltimore Sun (MD) and The Palm Beach (FL).
Money Can't Buy SCO Love
The Open Source Business Conference uninvited SCO's Darl McBride, refusing a $40,000 sponsorship check.
Ad Agency of Ill Repute
A Japanese ad exec was arrested for running advertisements for a brothel.
Conservative Calls for Election Reform
Norman Ornstein chronicles problems with our election system in a recent "Roll Call."
[Subscription unfortunately required to get beyond the abstract.] Korean Copyright Holders Launch Threats Over MP3 Phone
Wrapping music files in DRM hasn't stopped a Korean rightsholder's group from moving to block sales of phones that play MP3s. What's next--"trusted phoning"?
March 16, 2004Maryland Alert: Accountable E-Voting Needs Your Help
The Campaign for Verifiable Voting in Maryland - a state-based grassroots organization - needs your help in the fight for paper audit trails in e-voting machines.
Click Here to Legalize ItThe Days of Wine and Lost E-Votes
Napa County is re-scanning 11,000 ballots that were miscounted by an electronic reader. The results could alter the outcome of the race.
ISPs Rally Against Utah's Anti-Spyware Bill
The coalition points out that the bill's definition of "spyware" is so broad that it covers routine network communication.
March 15, 2004Op-Ed: Florida as the Next Florida
Excellent NYT op-ed on e-voting problems in the Sunshine State.
NC: Another State Group for Verifiable Voting
The North Carolina Grassroots Organization to Ensure Verified Voting is just that - check it out if you live between Virginian and South Carolina.
States Take the Red Pill, Exit MATRIX
The multi-state surveillance program lost over two-thirds of its members after repeated attacks by civil liberties organizations.
ICANN: Hurry Up and Wait
A new service from the Net management group would allow people to get on waiting lists for domain names.
Should P2P be Labeled a "Dangerous Product?"
Only if you believe a letter by California's Attorney General - and the MPAA lawyers who wrote it for him.
iTunes to Miss Sales Target
Often touted as the answer to all our file-sharing woes, Apple's iTunes is only halfway to its goal of selling 100 million songs by April.
TIA Hurts Privacy Even in "Death"
Two projects from Terrorism Information Awareness actually included privacy protections. Too bad they're the only ones that are still dead.
FBI Wants VoIP on Tap
A new proposal by the FBI would force all broadband providers to reconfigure their networks for easy surveillance.
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Codes Throw Monkey Wrench into Auto Repair Market
New cars have fancy computers, and those computers need secret codes to unlock info that's critical to mechanics. Unfortunately, the codes are closely guarded by car companies eager to keep lucrative repair work for their own dealers.
March 12, 2004Smartmob the Vote
Rock the Vote is using text messages to woo younger voters into polling places.
Nintendo to Emulator Fans: Game Over
The game company has been fighting emulators - software that allows PC-users to play cartridge games - for years, but now it's got the U.S. Patent Office on its side.
More Companies Use P2P to Distribute Games, Movies
Legitimate uses, anyone?
Singapore Considers Anti-Spam Law
Will spam get summary execution?
EFF & Others Play Capture the Broadcast Flag
The FCC gave Hollywood its innovation-stifling anti-"piracy" measure; we're suing to make 'em take it back.
CA Legislators Try to Freeze E-Voting
Citing a laundry list of glitches, two state senators are urging a moratorium on the new machines until they can be retrofitted with a paper audit trail.
March 08, 2004Lott Fought the Blogs and the Blogs Won
A Harvard study focuses on the role of blogs in Trent Lott's political flameout.
Poetic Justice: SCO Draws Court that Runs Linux
A Nevada court that uses a Linux-based webserver will hear SCO's claims that such use is unlawful.
Grammy Winner Urges Fans to Record, Share His Concerts
Marc Cohn, the artist behind "Walking in Memphis," wants his fans to record and trade his concerts.
This Old Court
A California ISP claims that site operators for BobVila.com violated the CAN-SPAM Act.
Hot New Broadband, Hold the Ham
Broadband-over-power-lines is the newest way to get online, but ham radio afficionados are worried that it will cause too much interference.
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