February 05, 2006 - February 11, 2006 Archive
February 08, 2006
CAFTA (and Anti-Circumvention for Central America) in Trouble
Close Costa Rica elections are putting a wobble into the Central American Free Trade Agreement - one of many FTAs that export the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA abroad.
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Posted at 12:01 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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International IP
Australia's IP Calendar
Kim Weatherall lists the reforms to copyright and trademark law lined up for Australia in the next few weeks. No Aussie DMCA -- although that's to come, unfortunately.
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Posted at 12:01 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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International IP
Good Fences Make Bad Broadband
Public Knowledge has a look at the issue of network neutrality in this white paper.
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Posted at 12:00 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Infrastructure
February 07, 2006
The Right Kind of Policy Laundering
Michael Geist notes that governments all over the world are rebelling against copyright expansionists.
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Posted at 06:43 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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International IP
"This is Great! We Must Ban it at Once!"
A conflicted broadcaster raves about SlingBox's place-shifting facility, before declaring that it should be stopped.
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Posted at 06:43 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Copyright
Senate Hearings Into NSA Wiretap Program - the Transcripts
That's the public transcripts, rather than monitored transcripts of the phone calls the senators made beforehand....
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Posted at 06:43 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Surveillance
When Librarians Protect Terrorists
A disturbingly misdirected attack on a librarian defending his clients' communications, from the Boston Globe.
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Posted at 06:43 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Free Speech
P2P 2 RMS
Stallman talks about his opinions on file-sharing.
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Posted at 06:43 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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P2P
Lambda Legal Warns Blizzard Over Gay Rules
Gay legal group sends letter noting that World of Warcraft's bizarre anti-harassment rules against openly gay clans could be illegal.
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Posted at 06:43 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Free Speech
Anti-Spammers Say No to Goodmail Paymail
"An e-mail charge will destroy the spirit of the Internet", says Richard Cox of Spamhaus.
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Posted at 06:43 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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