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Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | April 7, 2004

Digital Imprimatur in a Nutshell

Via Howard Rheingold comes David Weinberger's NPR talk on emerging technologies that could significantly limit our ability to use and create with digital content -- the "triple threat" of content lockdown: Digital Rights Management (DRM), digital identity and trusted computing. Rheingold observes that "This talk should recall...
Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | April 5, 2004

From the Mouths of Babes

An attorney lets his 10 year-old install a computer game. Here's what happens: So my 10 year-old took the lead and started installing the software. When he got to the license agreement, he quipped, "Let's see, it says I have to click 'accept' to continue. Well DUH! It's not...
Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | April 5, 2004

Gmail May Violate EU Privacy Laws

Reuters: "'This is not just 'buyer beware.' Consumers should be aware that there's a vast violation of European law occurring here,' said Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, a citizens' group with offices in Britain and the United States. [...] Privacy groups said they were also concerned about Google's...
Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | April 5, 2004

Due Process Halts RIAA's Bulldozer Litigation Strategy

In a victory for due process, a Pennsylvania judge has reaffirmed his previous finding requiring that record companies that seek to sue filesharers bring individual cases against the defendants, rather than lumping them all together. Our favorite part of the ruling (PDF): when Judge Newcomer lists ways that the...
Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | April 1, 2004

The Wicked Player Piano II

Fred writes below that player pianos were the peer-to-peer file-sharing systems of their day; they spurred copyright holders to lobby Congress for what amounts to a monopoly over all machines capable of reproducing sound. Luckily for us, observes Fred, they failed -- and the modern-day recording industry was...
Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | April 1, 2004

Humor Break

A few of our favorites from the day's foolish endeavors (in which we couldn't resist taking part): Ed Foster introduces the Lexmark car: "Printer manufacturer Lexmark is proud to announce it will enter the automotive market with a line of cars featuring its exclusive Aftermarket Product Integrity...
Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | March 31, 2004

The Wicked Player Piano

When considering what to make of the recording industry's current rants against peer-to-peer file sharing software, it may help to remember how the record industry got its start -- by pirating the works of famous American songwriters. Consider this article, written by John Philip Sousa in 1906: "I foresee...
Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | March 31, 2004

Blame Canada!

A Canadian court today denied the recording industry's effort to force Canadian ISPs to disclose the names of 29 alleged file sharers. This alone is news enough (and thanks are due to CIPPIC and Electronic Frontier Canada for their efforts in the proceeding). But the court went...
Deeplinks Blog by Jason Schultz | March 31, 2004

Record Labels Use P2P to Promote CD Sales

Some folks keep asking why more artists aren't breaking into the mainstream through file sharing. This article suggests that they are--but that the record labels are taking all the credit: "Record-label executives discreetly use Garland's research firm, BigChampagne, and other services to track which songs are traded online and...
Deeplinks Blog by Donna Wentworth | March 29, 2004

Listening to Larry

We would certainly be remiss if we didn't point you to AKMA's project to spread Larry Lessig's Free Culture to the four corners of the Internet. He's now in the process of recruiting volunteers to record portions of the book and make them available as digital audio files...

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