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October 23, 2005 - October 29, 2005 Archive

October 26, 2005

An Open Letter to Yahoo's Jerry Yang

The full text of the powerful, damning message to Yahoo's co-founder, from Beijing dissident Liu Xiaobo.
» link | Posted at 05:05 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Free Speech

Lack of a Broadcast Flag Boosts HDTV Tuners

"With the broadcast flag being struck down...tuner card manufacturers are aggressively doing HDTV TV tuner card products for retail," says a software PVR developer.
» link | Posted at 05:05 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Broadcast Flag

Selling Your CDs, Pt 2

Copyright expert Bill Patry steps in on the legality of selling your CDs after making digital copies.
» link | Posted at 05:05 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Copyright

Doctorow on Europe's Coming Broadcast Flag

O'Reilly reports on Cory's speech at EuroOSCON
» link | Posted at 05:05 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Broadcast Flag | International IP

October 24, 2005

Patent Office Three-Way, November 17, Munich

State what you think of software and business practice patents to the heads of Japanese, US and EU patent offices.
» link | Posted at 01:32 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: International IP

Authors for Google Print

Jason Kottke on an author who wants her publisher to cooperate with Google Print, not sue it.
» link | Posted at 01:32 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Copyright

Bill Gates Against "Anti-Consumer" DRM

Blu-ray copy-protection crosses the line (handily drawn a little away from Microsoft's own DRM).
» link | Posted at 01:32 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: DRM

CALEA Goes to College

Schools are balking against the costs of wire-tapping their students.
» link | Posted at 01:32 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Privacy

Digital Music Copying Law Unclear

Can you sell your CDs and keep your ripped music? No one — including EFF and the RIAA — knows for sure.
» link | Posted at 01:32 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Copyright

EULAs I Have Known

Tom's Guide takes a look at some of the more egregious EULA terms they've seen.
» link | Posted at 01:32 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Misc.

Iranian Blogger Receives 124 Lashes

The Committee to Protect Bloggers has more info and a show of support HTML snippet to include on your site.
» link | Posted at 01:32 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Free Speech