February 20, 2005 - February 26, 2005 Archive
February 23, 2005
Rallying for Jailed Iranian Bloggers
Iran is cracking down on free speech, but bloggers are getting louder.
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Posted at 11:10 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Free Speech
AllofMP3 Belongs to Us
The Russian music site AllofMP3.com has claimed for months that it's following the law, but local police aren't so sure.
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Posted at 11:08 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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International IP
HP Sued Over Expiring Printer Cartridges
Consumers don't like it when their devices are programmed against their interests? Fancy that!
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Posted at 11:05 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Judge Says FCC "Can't Regulate Washing Machines"
Two of the three judges who'll decide the fate of the Broadcast Flag appear heavily skeptical that the FCC should have regulatory control over every device its mission touches - whether it's digital television recorders or, well, washing machines.
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Posted at 11:03 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Stay Free! Launches a Blog
We love this culture-jamming journal of the copyright/trademark wars, and now it has a blog too!
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Posted at 11:01 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Interoperability Wins Another Round Against DMCA
Lexmark lost its appellate bid to stop a competitor from making cartridges that work with its printers.
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Posted at 10:58 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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France Conquered by...Google?
France's national library is raising concerns about Anglo-Saxon domination in Google Print, the project that aims to digitize the holdings of some of the world's greatest libraries.
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Posted at 10:50 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Your Computer on Remote Control
AOL plans to remotely downgrade the popular music software Winamp after bloggers used it to record digital music from Napster's digital streaming service.
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Posted at 10:44 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Endangered Gizmos in the Beeb
Nice BBC article on our Endangered Gizmos project.
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Posted at 10:27 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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ChoicePoint Scandal Exposes Flaws in Privacy Law
A recent security breach at data-collection firm ChoicePoint is highlighting the rat's nest of state and federal privacy laws that covers - or fails to cover - consumer privacy meltdowns.
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Posted at 09:26 PM by Ren Bucholz |
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Data Mining
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Privacy
