Senate looks like it will pass the “Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act.”

By , on 24 June, 2004

A bill introduced in the Senate aimed at overturning an April 2003 ruling that said file-swapping services were legal to operate appears to be gathering popular support. If passed the bill would effectively outlaw P2P networks and could end up affecting various electronic appliances such as TiVOs and VCRs.

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Cory Doctorow’s talk on Digital Rights Management with Microsoft’s Research Group.

By , on 18 June, 2004

One of the best essays I’ve read on the issue of copyrights and digital rights management was prepared by Cory Doctorow for a talk he gave to Microsoft’s Research Group yesterday. Cory works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation on copyright issues. It’s an excellent read and Cory was kind enough to put it into the . . . → Read More: Cory Doctorow’s talk on Digital Rights Management with Microsoft’s Research Group.

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“The Tech” interviews a clueless Jack Valenti.

By , on 29 April, 2004

Jack Valenti recently spoke at the MIT Communications Forum and afterwards gave a short 10 minute interview with MIT’s newspaper The Tech. Senior Editor Keith J. Winstein took the time to ask Valenti why it should be illegal for people to watch DVDs on their Linux based computers, which it currently is due to the . . . → Read More: “The Tech” interviews a clueless Jack Valenti.

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