Once, ICANN seemed the solution for Internet policy. An apolitical organization that represented the Internet community at large seemed our only hope around the tangled web of litigation and legislation isolated governments and corporations would wreak if left to their own devices. Of course, ICANN has stated from the start that it is not a [...]
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Some morsels from nettime: Lessons from the SDMI Challenge Uhg! Seems Princeton has backed down after all, deciding not to report on their results of the Secure Digital Music Initiative after pressure from the RIAA: ‘On behalf of the authors of the paper “Reading Between the Lines: Lessons from the SDMI Challenge,” I am disappointed [...]
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Does an Anti-Piracy Plan Quash the First Amendment? Does it take awhile for main stream media to catch on? (New York Times- you’ll need to login to read it) – – – – – – – -
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‘It has come to our attention that your GUNSFORKIDS.COM web site contains a link (identified by “Toys R Us”) to our company’s TOYSRUS.CO.UK web site. This link was created without our authorization or approval and constitutes a deliberate and willful infringement and dilution of our company’s name and marks.’ More fun with lawyers at gunsforkids.com [...]
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more on Microsoft’s HailStorm plans for world domination on the Economist the Standard and ZDNET. All from Phil Agre – – – – – – – -
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I never said he took the money TFM – 1.6 : The Non-Verbal Web – – – – – – – -
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I just added the first resources section: people. This is, of course, an evolving list, and is by no means complete. So if there are some other fine folk you think I’ve missed out in this little list, let me know. I’ll soon be following up the people section with a resources section on books [...]
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SDMI Challenge Participants May Face DMCA Action Remember the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) Public Challenge? The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had created their standard and wanted the hackers to just try and break it? Well, some folk at Princeton succeeded, and suddenly they don’t want this to be public anymore. Check out [...]
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Broadband fans busted over Gnutella An alarmist headline that’s just not true. Read the article and you will see that although the MPAA has sued plenty of companies for transferring copyrighted material, they’ve only just started paying attention to Gnutella. ‘until now, Gnutella systems have flown below the legal radar screen of many copyright holders, [...]
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As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve decided to usher in Spring with some adaptations to the layout. S’posed to be a a clearly digital but clearly hand-made endeavour, as this is a digital and grass-roots endeavour in which we are engaged. Hence the gingham. So, shall our little tom-boy girl (c/o the Zeal dingbat font) hold [...]