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August 09, 2006

MiniLinks 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.]

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July 31, 2006

California's Copyright Curriculum

Ars Tecnica reports on our work to clarify a local copyright education bill.
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July 27, 2006

New GPL v3 Draft Released

DRM sections clarified.
» link | Posted at 11:31 AM by Derek Slater | Permalink | Other Links: Copyright

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."
» link | Posted at 10:29 AM by Derek Slater | Permalink | Other Links: P2P

Welcome to Telco Land

An instructive essay on telcos' inability to innovate.
» link | Posted at 10:24 AM by Derek Slater | Permalink | Other Links: Misc.

Carr on Web Pro-Ams

Nick Carr offers some meta-commentary on the blogosphere and the shifting roles of amateurs.
» link | Posted at 10:19 AM by Derek Slater | Permalink | Other Links: Misc.

The Other OSS

Scientists employ the open source model.
» link | Posted at 10:12 AM by Derek Slater | Permalink | Other Links: Misc.

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."
» link | Posted at 10:09 AM by Derek Slater | Permalink | Other Links: Free Speech

July 21, 2006

Audio 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.
» link | Posted at 01:53 PM by Derek Slater | Permalink | Other Links: DRM

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.
» link | Posted at 11:11 AM by Derek Slater | Permalink | Other Links: DRM

Burn Your Own DRMed DVDs!

Nothing so empowering as wrapping movies in DRM yourself.
» link | Posted at 11:08 AM by Derek Slater | Permalink | Other Links: DRM

Rumor: MS xPod Won't PlayForSure

Report says that Microsoft's new portable music device will be "incompatible with other Windows Media services."
» link | Posted at 11:06 AM by Derek Slater | Permalink | Other Links: DRM

Pew Study on Bloggers

Pew presents stats on the diverse demographics of bloggers and reasons for blogging.
» link | Posted at 11:03 AM by Derek Slater | Permalink | Other Links: Free Speech

July 11, 2006

Digital Rights in Ireland

The youthful Digital Rights Ireland lays out its manifesto -- the Broadcast Treaty, Flag, and DRM are highlighted as Irish concerns.
» link | Posted at 06:45 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: International IP

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.
» link | Posted at 06:45 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Copyright

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.
» link | Posted at 06:45 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Surveillance

San Francisco's Mayor Backs Investigation of NSA AT&T Link

Asks City Attorney to conduct fact-finding on the company.
» link | Posted at 06:45 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Surveillance

Hao Wu Released

Chinese cyber-dissident is now with his family after nearly five months in prison.
» link | Posted at 06:45 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Free Speech | International IP

The Copyright Code in Verse

Mask copyright lasts /For only ten years / The same length to which all / Other ones should be sheared/
» link | Posted at 06:45 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Copyright

July 10, 2006

Irish 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.
» link | Posted at 09:17 AM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Privacy