Back in January I had reported on the hacking of HD-DVD protection by improper key management. AACS, makers of the DRM protecting the new format, vowed to try to shut down BackupHDDDVD, which is instrumental to some part of the Read more…
The United States Supreme Court has ruled on Microsoft v AT&T, a dispute over patent infringement abroad. Patent law is pre-eminently national, so it does not apply over items manufactured and sold in other countries. American patent law has only Read more…
Because I have the strong psychological urge to be different (or at least different-ish), I’m trying to make today the “Non-IP Day”, seeing as yesterday was “World Intellectual Property Day“. We need a snazzy name though.
It’s been a month since I decided to take the plunge into the dark and mysterious world of social networking by joining LinkedIn and Facebook. My initial motivation was to join in order to conduct research, I’m one of those Read more…
The BBC Technology News and the Today programme have been talking today about the great robot debate. Experts, academics and other assorted folk will discuss tonight about the potential threats arising from increasing numbers of robots, a discussion organised by Read more…
The State of Play Academy begins today, and will offer classes until June 2007. SOPA will be teaching law and technology classes from an impressive array of experts on a wide range of topics. SOPA is taught through www.there.com. Unfortunately Read more…
You may have read about the CC Canadian enforcement case reported earlier. David Wise, the photographer involved, has left a comment stating that he may actually go to court over this. If you know of a pro-bono Canadian lawyer, please Read more…
(via Trey Roberts) Reuters and the BBC are reporting on two arrests made in Worcestershire for wi-fi piggybacking, but where released under caution. Wi-fi leechers are a growing phenomenon, as more and more houses have wireless devices and routers, the Read more…
The blog has now reached forty thousand hits since I started counting, and most days we get more than one hundred individual visitors (not counting those reading through RSS). Thanks to all regular and non-regular readers for making the early Read more…
This seems to be an urban legend or prank, but I found some of the potential legal implications quite interesting. Supposedly, a female gamer from New York placed an advert on Craigslist stating that she would have sex in exchange Read more…