Given the tabing of Bill C-61 this week (aka “the Canadian DMCA”), I’ve decided to put the coverage in context with some practical examples and questions. Under the new legislation: It will be illegal for anyone in my house to watch a DVD on a computer, since we run GNU/Linux […]
Blaise Alleyne
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I have a third generation 40 GB iPod. In the past year, I’ve hardly used it for two reasons. First and foremost, the battery was pretty much dead. I couldn’t get more then a few subway rides of play time or a few minutes of transfer time to my computer. […]
[This post originally appeared on Techdirt.] Hockey Night in Canada is an award-winning program that airs on Saturday nights on CBC Television featuring eccentric hosts, Ron MacLean and Don Cherry. The show has been broadcast on television weekly since 1952 (Wikipedia claims it’s the “oldest sports-related television program still on […]
The problems with DMCA takedown notices have been clear for a while, but… laser printers? From the New York Times (via Bruce Schneier): A new study from the University of Washington suggests that media industry trade groups are using flawed tactics in their investigations of users who violate copyrights on […]
(Note: A revised version of this article has been posted on Techdirt.) Matt Asay writes about Nick Carr’s article in the July issue of The Atlantic, “Is Google making us stupid?” I’m not so sure that you can make such a generalization, but the Internet certainly seems to be making […]
Why is it that I keep finding these things after it’s too late? Ah well, it’s not so bad after all.
Found this from a recent article (via theninhotline.net) in the New York Times: To release “Ghosts I-IV” and “The Slip” online Mr. Reznor found he needed software to distribute digital files, assemble databases and connect easily with other applications. That too will soon be available free. “We’ve spent the money […]
Nine Inch Nails has released free EP with music from the artists who will be supporting them on their “Lights in the Sky” tour this summer. the EP contains five high quality, DRM-free, fully-tagged MP3 files from a place to bury strangers, does it offend you, yeah?, crystal castles, deerhunter, […]
If only I had thought of this on Monday…