September 18, 2005 - September 24, 2005 Archive
September 20, 2005
Don't Blame the User for Security Screw-ups
Jakob Nielsen says stop shouting at poor consumers for badly designed security software. Spoilsport.
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Obscenity Regs to Hit the Net?
Susan Crawford looks at a draft telecom bill that could put the FCC in charge of "national consumer protection standards" aimed at stopping broadband, VoIP, and broadband video services from transmitting annoying or "indecent" speech.
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Free Speech
Levy Breaches in Sweden
MP3 player manufacturer Jens refuses to pay the copyright levy on players, says it's "outdated."
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International IP
Remember, Kids, Just Say: "Hold On -- Is That Right?"
EFF pal Wendy Seltzer and friends annotate the USPTO's one-sided copyright quiz for kids, highlighting its distortions.
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Boucher on Cutting Copyright's Red Tape
Rick Boucher wants it to be easier to license musical works.
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Hollywood to Waste $30 Million Believing It Can Build Better Copy Protection
That's the Onion-style headline for a Techdirt article criticizing Hollywood's plans to create home-grown DRM.
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A Diebold Insider Speaks
What tabloid reports would look like if tabloids reported on important e-voting issues.
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Fair Use as Illicit Housecleaning
EFF's Jason Schultz tears into the strained analogies used to describe the Google Print furor.
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Red Hat and Patents
The deputy general counsel for Red Hat takes a look at how patent reform affects free software.
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