November 13, 2005 - November 19, 2005 Archive
November 18, 2005
The Price of Price Discrimination
Joel Spolsky on what the music industry is trying to do when it pushes for multiple iTunes prices.
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Public Patent Foundation challenges JPEG patent
PPF says Forgent's claims are lossy.
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Intimidating the Internet
Ethan Zuckerman scatters the secret police in Tunis.
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World's Worst Internets
Reporters Without Borders lists the 15 countries as "enemies of the Internet"--including Tunisia, the EU, and the US.
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Infrastructure
Fair Use--Did it Get a Fair Trial?
IPTABlog summarizes Congress' look at fair use.
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Copyright
TV Networks say Digital Recorders Raise Viewership
You see what happens when you try and please customers? Devastation!
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Sory Electronics
Putting pressure on Sony to sincerely apologize--and drop the DRM.
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Habitat Jam
A participatory internet-based discussion on the future of cities.
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Election Glitch Round-up
A look at what went wrong around the country on Tuesday
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E-Voting
Doc Searls Saves the Net
The upcoming battle over network neutrality and censorship--and how to fight it.
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Ping A Congressman Today
Don Marti explains how saving the Net involves writing to your blog and your representative.
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Activism
Intellectual Property...Bad Democrats!
Matt Stoller wants his party to fight for reasonable IP laws.
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Free Culture
FEC: Blogs Are As Much "Press" As Everyone Else
RedState reports on a decision in the right direction.
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Bill to Protect Identities of Women in Domestic Violence Shelters Introduced
Currently, all homeless shelters have to provide information on their clients to the federal government. Now an exception may be carved out for women who may be hiding from their partners.
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Privacy
Digital Rights in the UK Meet-Up
Britain's Open Rights Group kicks off with a round-table look at digital rights issues and strategy, featuring Jonathan Zittrain.
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November 14, 2005
Sony Considers Gutting Media Re-sale Market
Sony files patent that would block the lending or selling of second-hand media.
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Posted at 02:50 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Are U.S. Innovators Losing Their Competitive Edge?
Worth reading for the mountainous rise in patent applications over the last few years.
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Posted at 02:49 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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The Ongoing Story of DRM
USA Today gives a compact rundown, with quotes, of the wider DRM furore.
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