October 30, 2005 - November 05, 2005 Archive
November 04, 2005
Copyright Office's DMCA Exemption Rule-Making Now Up
Perhaps you'd like to apply to remove Sony rootkits from your machine?
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Echelon and Color Laser Printer Dots hit USA Today
Any solace that your privacy worries are now mainstream?
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Posted at 04:29 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Websense Filter Censors Microsoft Download Page as Marijuana Advocacy Site
Prompting the question: what exactly are these filter builders on?
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Posted at 04:29 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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November 03, 2005
There's Nothing Eminent About the Public Domain
Reason argues against the connection between protecting property rights and overly strong IP laws.
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Posted at 03:28 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Emulating Brazil
Escapist Magazine looks at the importance of videogame emulators in Brazilian culture.
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Posted at 03:28 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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International IP
The Illustrated Guide to Printer Dots
The German Financial Times provides a nice figure explaining secret color laser printer watermarks (in German, alas).
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Posted at 03:28 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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The One-Time Only Web
James Boyle says lawyers would kill the web if it was suggested today.
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November 01, 2005
RFIDs to be placed US Passports
The "Potential Hostage Radio Beacon" is planned for October 2006
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Posted at 01:38 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Why Software Patents are Like Smoking
The CEO of MySQL tries to clear the air.
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RIM vs NTP vs the Common Good
"The tail of inventor enrichment is currently wagging the dog of social benefit," says eWeek.
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Posted at 01:38 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Utah Statesman on the Broadcast Flag
The campus section looks into student and faculty worries about broadcast flag legislation.
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Posted at 01:38 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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What Would Justice Do?
Donna Wentworth pulls together the clues on Alito's intellectual property stance.
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Sony CDs Install a Rootkit
When content producers think they have a right to your computer.
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Posted at 01:38 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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DRM
Statewatch's Annotated Guide to EU Data Retention
Everything you might want to know collected in one place--just like the proposal asks.
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Posted at 01:38 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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