I recently setup a Facebook musician page for Robyn Dell’Unto. We ran into one really annoying problem importing her blog posts from her MySpace blog. As Robyn described it, my only issue with the notes is that they go all squidgy when there’s punctuation in the title. which, frankly, embarrasses […]
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I have a new post at Techdirt, from the nobody-likes-anti-features dept: Rogers Looks For New Ways To Annoy Customers, Hijacks Failed DNS Lookups. Yeah, I’m just a little bit annoyed. I’m working on a post to detail how to circumvent it with OpenDNS, which is my short-term solution while I […]
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 […]
Apparently, some people find it terrifying if their kids get some common sense advice about sex. As evidenced by Virginia Foxx’s pointed question, some people are against promoting restraint or abstinence no matter what the facts are. Quite frankly, that “freaks me out”. This is the “sneaky” and offensive video: […]
What good thing could come of an intellectually dishonest smear campaign against Lawrence Lessig? Mike Masnick absolutely ripping it to shreds. As a general comment, these defenders of “intellectual property” don’t seem to understand that granting artificial monopolies involves more government intervention, not less. Free culture is not communism. Also, […]
I’m pretty sure this isn’t an April Fool’s joke, because I’ve found it here, here and here (dated in March) and its even mentioned on PointDev’s website. Sony BMG has been accused of violating PointDev’s software copyright by installing unauthorized versions of its Windows administration tools on its computer systems […]
Bob Lefsetz thinks that MTV is responsible for Barrack Obama’s success. Maybe “thinks” is the wrong word. The outlet has featured a rainbow of human beings. Of all ethnicities. Not only black, but brown and multiracial… I won’t say those under thirty five are without prejudice. But I will say […]
This found via Michael Geist and Bob Lefsetz: “There’s no one in the record industry that’s a technologist,” Morris explains. “That’s a misconception writers make all the time, that the record industry missed this. They didn’t. They just didn’t know what to do. It’s like if you were suddenly asked […]