BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Read the following very carefully before you react to any one specific piece of information. I don’t think there’s been any action the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) has taken that hasn’t angered somebody, but one thing I’ve always seen in this organization is its adherence to the Constitution and […]
Read the following very carefully before you react to any one specific piece of information. I don’t think there’s been any action the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) has taken that hasn’t angered somebody, but one thing I’ve always seen in this organization is its adherence to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Even […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. According to Dan Gillmor, the concepts and technology behind Napster are continuing despite the recent resignations and layoffs at the company. In particular, Gillmor references new organizations and technologies being introduced at the O’Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference this week, including Creative Commons — a non-profit organization dedicated to “…the notion that some people would prefer […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Internet Radio is at risk due to CARP — the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel. There’s also a new bill being put forward before Congress that would make copying watermarks and holograms illegal. Dallas News is issuing “cease and desist” orders against online sites for deep linking. The Electronic Frontier Foundation — the main watchdog against copyright abuses […]
I know it seems at times as if Jonathon and I have become weblogging’s first tag team. I can’t help it — he finds these interesting things and makes these extremely open observations, and my hands go to the keyboard and I feel compelled to add my own observations to his. I have no control over […]