   August 09, 2006MiniLinks is Moving[ Since the dawn of time, EFF has run a summary of news links from around the Web, both as a section in our regular newsletter EFFector, and as this mini-blog on our website. These days, many sites have rolled their own "linklogs" into their main blog feed, so we thought we'd do the same. If you've been subscribed to the miniLinks RSS feed, you might want to switch to DeepLinks (RSS feed here), where you'll find miniLinks now continuing as a regular feature. We'll be dropping updates of the separate miniLinks feed here shortly.] July 31, 2006California's Copyright Curriculum
Ars Tecnica reports on our work to clarify a local copyright education bill.
July 27, 2006New GPL v3 Draft Released
DRM sections clarified.
Kazaa Settlement Has Merely "Symbolic Importance"
Ovum analyst Jonathan Arber also concludes, "in terms of actually reducing piracy, people migrated to other file-sharing networks a long time ago."
Welcome to Telco Land
An instructive essay on telcos' inability to innovate.
Carr on Web Pro-Ams
Nick Carr offers some meta-commentary on the blogosphere and the shifting roles of amateurs.
The Other OSS
Scientists employ the open source model.
India's Overbroad Content Blocking
Indian official says, "Because of a technological error, the Internet providers went beyond what was expected of them, which in turn resulted in the unfortunate blocking of all blogs."
July 21, 2006Audio Interview Update on DRM Mandates
EFF's own Fred von Lohmann gets you up to speed on the broadcast and audio flags in an interview with eHomeUpgrade.
What's the DMCA Good For? Platform Monopolies
Tim Lee argues against the efficiency of the iTunes-iPod tie and other such restrictions enabled by the DMCA and DRM.
Burn Your Own DRMed DVDs!
Nothing so empowering as wrapping movies in DRM yourself.
Rumor: MS xPod Won't PlayForSure
Report says that Microsoft's new portable music device will be "incompatible with other Windows Media services."
Pew Study on Bloggers
Pew presents stats on the diverse demographics of bloggers and reasons for blogging.
July 11, 2006Digital Rights in Ireland
The youthful Digital Rights Ireland lays out its manifesto -- the Broadcast Treaty, Flag, and DRM are highlighted as Irish concerns.
Sony Patents the End of the First Sale Doctrine
Sony adds another paragraph to its suicide letter to consumers, with a patent that would prevent console game rental, borrowing, or resale.
New Law Proposed to Bring CALEA to the Net
All routers to include law enforcement backdoors in bill rumored to be proposed by FBI and put forward by Senator DeWine.
San Francisco's Mayor Backs Investigation of NSA AT&T Link
Asks City Attorney to conduct fact-finding on the company.
Hao Wu Released
Chinese cyber-dissident is now with his family after nearly five months in prison.
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The Copyright Code in Verse
Mask copyright lasts /For only ten years / The same length to which all / Other ones should be sheared/
July 10, 2006Irish Challenge EU Data Retention
It's only procedural (Ireland was one of the first countries to introduce compulsory data collection for its ISPs), but it might delay European implementation of logging.
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