   August 07, 2005 - August 13, 2005 ArchiveAugust 12, 2005OSDL Announces Patent Commons Project
The free software community's communal defense against patent trolls.
Four Amendments and a Funeral
Rolling Stone Magazine's depressing fly-on-the-wall investigation into how Congress "works."
Furniture Causes FedEx Fits
FedEx thinks the DMCA applies to showing how to re-use their cardboard boxes.
ID Cards: Think Nationally, Fight Locally
James Moyer on how to persuade states to nix REAL ID.
August 10, 2005From Freedom to Consumption
David Isenberg talks about how the new FCC chairman is already rewriting Powell's "Four Freedoms."
Apple Refunds Canadian iPod Levies
Unfortunately, the deal that removed the levies also made ripping your CDs illegal. Time to spend that rebate (and a few extra thousand dollars) filling up those gigs at iTunes instead.
Times Are Good for Both P2P Networks and Music Industry
P2P network populations are up, even as online music store sales are up. Weren't they supposed to kill each other?
Texas Consumers to Elected Leaders: "Please Listen to Us."
Jon Lebkowsky's fine letter to the Texas legislature, asking it to punt bad broadband bills.
Hearings on 2257 Regs - New Hope for Free Speech?
Representatives of the adult entertainment industry seem to be doing well in the legal fight against the onerous DOJ requirements that threaten everyone's free speech rights.
Open Access Webliography
An excellent resource for those exploring the debate over open access to academic knowledge.
August 08, 2005Buildings With Souls That Must Not Be Stolen
A curiously well-illustrated list of things that someone has forbidden you to photograph or reproduce.
Copyright Registration - Only For Internet Explorer Users
Somebody should tell the Library of Congress that people who use open source browsers use copyright, too.
Following the Movie Money
Slate finds out how the movie industry makes a good chunk of its money - off of unlocked, freely broadcast over-the-air content, as it happens.
PATRIOT Civil Liberties Panel Being Held at Undisclosed Location
...at undisclosed future time. The Washington Post investigates the $1.5 million dollar disappearance.
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