Net Neutrality April 28, 2006
The US Congress caved to big media again. “Net Neutrality” was given a death blow by Congress. The issue has been hotly debated by groups such as Save the Internet. People tried to get Congress to pass this legislation, but their efforts have failed.
The Internet has made things much more volitale for media and you should expect things to get much worse during the next 5 years, especially if our Governments do not care about our rights. I received a letter from my US House (more…)
Media Controls
Media Controls
There is a disturbing new technology we should all be concerned about just patented by Philips. Thought you could watch TV and skip the commercials? Well think again. The US Patent office issued a patent to Philips which would allow broadcasters of Digital TV, the new FCC mandated standard, to force consumers to either pay to skip (more…)
Dear Sony, Microsoft, the MPAA, the RIAA, and Apple: Let’s make deal…. April 23, 2006
Randall Munroe pokes a little fun at the entertainment industry in this comic-strip about where when and how we play movies and music and how the industry can avoid house crushing walls of ice. Thanks BoingBoing!
Comedies of Fair U$e at NYU April 7, 2006
If you are going to be near the NYU campus April 28-30 you might want to check out Comedies of Fair U$e: A Search for Comity in the Intellectual Property Wars. This is a week long symposium presented by the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU in association with The Humanities Council at NYU. Panelists will include Lawrence Lessig, Art Spiegelman, Susan Meiselas, Jonathan Letham, Errol Morris, Geoff Dyer, and others.
The Section 108 Study Group, Gowers Review April 5, 2006
The Section 108 Study Group convened by the Library of Congress is accepting written comments through April 17. From their web site,
“The purpose of the Section 108 Study Group is to conduct a reexamination of the exceptions and limitations applicable to libraries and archives under the Copyright Act, specifically in light of the changes wrought by digital media.”
