(via Machine-Envy and PanGloss) It’s amazing what a little hacktivism and playing around with search engines can do. If AACS starts issuing more cease-and-desist letter to take down the much-commented HD-DVD key from websites, they may have to remove this one. And then Think Geek has a set of notes Read more
PayPal has sent an email to all its UK subscribers announcing that it will now be considered a bank. The message reads: “Currently, PayPal (Europe) Ltd. is the service provider for PayPal in the EU. PayPal (Europe) Ltd. is a UK company regulated and authorised by the Financial Services Authority Read more
Last week we reported on the case brought by Spain’s collecting agency SGAE against a bowling bar in Alicante, which lost on its claim that it only played “copyleft” music. Almost immediately, another case has come out, this one in favour of the claimant bar. As I reported last week, Read more
Fortune Magazine has published an interview with Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer, where he has made the comment that Linux infringes 235 of its software patents, and it will be looking for licences from developers and corporate users. As your friendly neighbourhood Prophet of Doom, I have been announcing the advent of Read more
This is a bizarre take on copyright law. DRM manufacturers Media Rights Technologies (MRT) and BlueBeat.com have issued cease and desist letters against Apple, Microsoft, Real and Adobe for not including their technological protection measures in products like Windows, iPod and Flash Player. I could try to explain the convoluted Read more
Because nothing says “I’m a geek” like a piece of plastic with the picture of an elf on it. So many jokes, so little time… (via Colin Miller)
It’s that time of year again. Following this method could help alleviate the pain.
Everyone is going to be blogging this in the next few days, so I might as well share it. This is the list of Top 10 passwords according to PC Magazine: 1. password2. 1234563. qwerty4. abc1235. letmein6. monkey7. myspace18. password19. link18210. (your first name) password? myspace1? link182? Some people do Read more
I have been a long-time critic of electronic money. We’ve been hearing about how we’ll all be ditching our banknotes and coins within “the next two years” since 1998. Similarly, we’ve had a regulatory response to the subject which has been particularly inadequate, as it was drafted with specific technologies Read more
(via Erick Iriarte) Javier de la Cueva has posted a report on yet another defeat for copyleft against the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) in Spain, this time in Alicante. The ruling from 21 March 2007 decides on an appeal to a previous decision with regards to a Read more