Copyright
Mean anti-piracy adds
(Via Lilian Edwards) Two excellent spoofs on those annoying anti-piracy ads: One from Channel 4’s The IT Crowd. And one warning from history:
Conferences
Conferencing
I’ve just returned from conferencing. First there was a very interesting seminar at WIPO on the subject of Rights Management Information (interesting for those who find metadata interesting of course). I believe that there is a growing push towards metadata Read more…
Networks
Downloading TV shows made easy
(via David Berry) This is an awesome guide to setting up a show downloading service on your computer. With NBC terminating their contract with iTunes in the USA, and with iTunes UK TV shows being sold at a prohibitive price, Read more…
Cases
Browse-wrap agreements boosted by US ruling
(via Out-Law) Browse-wrap agreements have received yet another boost in the United States in the case of Cohn v Truebeginnings. The California Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of the defendants in a case of contract formation via terms Read more…
Networks
Clogging the Internets can land you in trouble
The Washington Post reports on action being taken by some ISPs in the United States to curb high traffic. Comcast is reportedly terminating users’ accounts based on high bandwidth usage, although it seems like there is no specification of how Read more…
Cybercrime
Man arrested for ID theft on P2P networks
USA Today reports about a man in Seattle has been arrested for conducting wide scale ID theft through P2P networks. Gregory Thomas Kopiloff used Limewire to have access to people’s personal files in order to gather financial information to be Read more…
Copyright
Pirate Bay gear, licensed and unlicensed
(via the Pirate Bay blog) The Pirate Bay has opened a web store for all kopimists around the world.The kopimi ethos allows, nay, encourages all to copy the work in a sort of anti-copyright (not to be confused with copyleft Read more…
Privacy
Facebook profiles to be made public
Yesterday I woke up to this message on Facebook. Profiles are now available from Facebook’s main page (the one you get without being logged in), and soon the listings will also make their way to browsers such as Google. It Read more…
Microsoft
Microsoft releases machinima licence
(via EFF Deep Links) Microsoft has released a Game Content Usage Rules, which will make it easier for machinima enthusiasts to assert their copyright from content generated in games like Halo (1-3), Age of Empires, Rise of Nations, and Project Read more…
DRM
Should we care about the iPhone?
Interesting article from the always relevant John Naughton at The Observer. Much has been written about the iPhone’s sleek design, it should be flying off the stalls and become the mobile industry’s equivalent of the Wii. Yet, it has not, Read more…