   May 22, 2005 - May 28, 2005 ArchiveMay 28, 2005A Transatlantic Database, Hurrah!
US and UK authorities want to make their new ID card proposals chip-compatible. "Hopefully, we are not going to do VHS and Betamax with our chips," Homeland Czar Michael Chertoff, cheerily suggesting that undesirables may be overwritten.
May 26, 2005Digitizing == Infringing
The Association of American University Presses calls Google's plan to scan library books "infringement of copyright on a massive scale," even though its use is to provide free, public full-text search, not full copies. (250KB PDF, scandalously scanned.)
May 25, 2005"Compatibility Is Not the Goal"
Rick Lane of News Corp. claims that whether the Broadcast Flag breaks people's TVs is of no concern to the entertainment industry. Not a popular stance - as Ed Felten comments, "the most dangerous place in Washington is between Americans and their televisions."
A Law to Replenish the Public Domain
Zoe Lofgren reintroduces legislation to let abandoned works that are still restricted by copyright into the public domain. (Via Ed Felten's Dashblog.)
May 24, 2005Millions of Readers and Countless Scoops Isn't Good Enough
Massachusetts considers a shield law for reporters - but restricts it to old media journalists. (Via Ernest Miller.)
Creative Commons: the Silent Killer
Billboard journalist Susan Butler uncomfortably splices the Creative Commons project with the tragic story of a musician struggling with AIDS, not-so-subtly implying that CC licensing might kill you in the end. Good thing free healthcare is a perk of the average recording industry contract these days.
FTC to Take On Zombies with Oversized Broomstick
Good news: the FTC sees malware-infected zombies. Bad news: it wants to solve the problem by getting ISPs to block ports and spy on customers. How about putting a little pressure on those insecure OS manufacturers?
May 22, 2005The MPAA's DRM Police
Reverse-engineering for in-operability: the story of the MPAA's tech labs, which test - and sue - hardware manufacturers who fail to comply with CSS's license.
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