September 12, 2004 - September 18, 2004 Archive
September 16, 2004
Law Lets Public Library Kick Out Patrons for Surfing
The ACLU is challenging the law on behalf of a man who was banned from the Hawaii State Library for visiting a gay & lesbian website.
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Posted at 03:00 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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CD Lock-Down Technology: There Can Be Only One
That's Microsoft's plan, anyway. The company wants record companies to rally 'round its plan to create a digital dystopia of consumer rights.
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Posted at 02:55 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Free Samples: 3 Notes and Runnin'
Downhill Battle's latest bit of genius agitprop takes aim at the ridiculous state of musical sampling law.
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Posted at 02:51 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Free Culture
Lemley on the Economics of IP
Stanford law professor Mark Lemley on why intellectual property isn't the same as the tangible stuff.
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Posted at 11:59 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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Free Culture
TiVo, ReplayTV Agree to "Limits" on Relationship with Public
It was getting cozy. Living together, watching movies every weekend - there was even talk about letting the public keep programs "forever." But then TiVo & Replay's on-again, off-again relationship with Hollywood began to heat up. Hollywood apologized for suing Replay into bankruptcy and made nice with TiVo. In the end, the thrill of that abusive relationship overwhelmed the companies' better judgment...and they broke the public's heart *again.*
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Posted at 11:57 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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Netting Free Music
And it's quality stuff, too! This NY Times article surveys the free, legal offerings of the Internet.
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Posted at 11:17 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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September 15, 2004
Chicago Residents Wave Hello to Big Brother
The city recently installed 2,000 surveillance cameras throughout the city.
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Posted at 02:29 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Surveillance
R.E.M. Guitarist Gives Away iPods Stuffed with Music
A terrific gift on many levels.
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Posted at 02:18 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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P2P
Nothing New Here, Move Along
It's only Acacia Research targeting even more victims in lawsuits asserting patent dominion over technologies to stream audio and video over the Web.
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Posted at 01:29 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Limousine Ride for Election Officials: $300
Knowing that it helped your voting-machine company win a $100 million contract: Priceless.
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Posted at 12:00 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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The Story of Your Life...
...may be digitally recorded and kept on file by the Pentagon, if you're a soldier in the Advanced Soldier Sensor Information System and Technology (ASSIST) program.
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Posted at 11:48 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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Privacy
RIAA Sued for Patent Infringement
From the Department of High Irony: the recording industry heavies have been sued for infringing - and *inducing* the infringement - of a patent on P2P "spoofing."
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Posted at 11:35 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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MD Court Sides with Paperless E-voting
The state's highest court ruled that its Diebold voting machines - the subject of three critical security reviews - nevertheless pass muster for the November election. Only a few days earlier, Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) cast a vote on a Diebold machine at a demonstration. It failed.
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Posted at 11:25 AM by Ren Bucholz |
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