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I know, two stories from the same source. But this one hit one of my hot buttons a bit too hard to just skip. Paul Miller, senior associate editor for Engadget recently posted about a nasty surprise that his Apple iPad had waiting for him. Instead of quoting the entire story I’ll do my best [...] DefectiveByDesign.org recently published an article entitled “The decade of DRM.” Included among the events were four events prior to 2000 that would set the stage for the introduction and proliferation of DRM (digital restrictions management), arguably one of the biggest steps backward for computing freedom ever. Even as far back as 2000, a lot of [...] I know this is way old, but I’m running out of things I feel like writing about and I need to start clearing off some of these drafts. In early October, Techdirt reported on musicians lining up to take back their copyright from the record companies, in the wake of Jack Kirby’s heirs invoking the [...] It totally amazes me what the RIAA is doing in attempts to retain a clearly outdated business model. Electronista reports on one of the RIAA’s infamous lawsuits. The interesting thing about this lawsuit? The defendant did not even have a computer! Combined with the absolutely absurd verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, it makes me wonder what [...] Torrentfreak reports on a story involving the French P2P news site Numerama and the French courts. The courts have ordered Numerama to publish extracts of convictions of 27 copyright violators. Although the court is compensating Numerama to the tune of €10,000 (about US$14,000), it is not surprising that Numerana is a bit worried about taking [...] |
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