California's Copyright Curriculum- July 31, 2006 Ars Tecnica reports on our work to clarify a local copyright education bill.http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060726-7359.html New GPL v3 Draft Released- July 27, 2006 DRM sections clarified.http://www.fsf.org/news/gplv3-dd2-released.html Kazaa Settlement Has Merely "Symbolic Importance"- July 27, 2006 Ovum analyst Jonathan Arber also concludes, "in terms of actually reducing piracy, people migrated to other file-sharing networks a long time ago."http://news.com.com/Kazaa+settles+suits+with+more+than+100+million/2100-1027_3-6099064.htm... Welcome to Telco Land- July 27, 2006 An instructive essay on telcos' inability to innovate.http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_31/b3995070.htm?chan=topStories_ssi_5 Carr on Web Pro-Ams- July 27, 2006 Nick Carr offers some meta-commentary on the blogosphere and the shifting roles of amateurs.http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/07/jason_calacanis.php The Other OSS- July 27, 2006 Scientists employ the open source model.http://pubs.acs.org/cen/science/84/8430sci1.html India's Overbroad Content Blocking- July 27, 2006 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."http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/business/stories/150552.html Audio Interview Update on DRM Mandates- July 21, 2006 EFF's own Fred von Lohmann gets you up to speed on the broadcast and audio flags in an interview with eHomeUpgrade.http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/2771/audio_interview_fred What's the DMCA Good For Platform Monopolies- July 21, 2006 Tim Lee argues against the efficiency of the iTunes-iPod tie and other such restrictions enabled by the DMCA and DRM.http://www.techliberation.com/archives/040243.php Burn Your Own DRMed DVDs!- July 21, 2006 Nothing so empowering as wrapping movies in DRM yourself.http://www.paidcontent.org/movielink-download-to-own-watchable-on-dvd-players-no-studio-de... |