   June 19, 2005 - June 25, 2005 ArchiveJune 22, 2005Gilbert, Sullivan, and ID Cards
A fine musical "tribute" to the plans to introduce ID cards in the UK (Flash).
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Trailer for "Alternative Freedom" Documentary: "In a WORLD without LICENSES..."
Richard Stallman, Larry Lessig, DJ Dangermouse, and Jason Schultz fight IP maximalists...robot renegade IP maximalists.
Enter the Consistency Circumvention Device
Jupiter Research consultant advocates DRM, then, when it annoys him, bypasses it.
Iranian Censorship HOWTO
The OpenNet initiative takes a close look at how Iranian net censorship operates.
June 21, 2005Everyone Gets a New Right But You
Michael Geist picks through the new restrictions in Canada's proposed "DMCA."
Software Patents, J'Accuse!
Richard Stallman uses Victor Hugo to explain software patents to Guardian readers. Good call.
Please Do Not Describe the Exhibits
Ernest Miller boggles at proposals for DRM to "protect" 3D mesh descriptions of museum art.
Seven Nights 'til Copynight
Putting the "pub" into public domain, the monthly copyfighters' meet-up is next Tuesday, in Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, New York, Nashville, and elsewhere across the nation.
Survey Says: If You Understood the Question, You Probably Want Legal Music-Sharing
The more people use technology, the more they want filesharing protected, concludes a Digital Life America survey.
June 20, 2005UK's Home Office Claims Nobody Writes to Complain About ID Cards
Only 20 people? Well, if they're lonely, *that's* easy to correct.
Feds Regularly Ping Librarians About Your Reading Habits
According to the NYT, since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a request for information comes in on an average of once a week.
NYT Surveys Blog Pundits' Opinions on Grokster
Including the v. important perspective of the folks at rec.sports.pro-wrestling.
After Dealing with Cake Infringers, Disney Going After Pinata Makers
Evidently, film industry lawyers are running through checklist of "fun things our loyal customers do that we can spoil."
FTC Says Law Requiring "ADV:" in Spam Subject Lines Won't Help
Maybe if they demanded the messages all say "Hey sex1y viagr1 d3alz:," they would get more take-up.
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