Thought DMCA was bad? Here’s DTCS! • 27 Dec 2005
While people were buying Christmas trees and turkeys, the U.S. House of Representatives, and specifically Jim Sensenbrenner (Republican) and John Conyers (Democrat), have prepared a very nice gift to the MPAA:
The MPA and other people’s money • 14 Dec 2005
Like the RIAA, the MPA has the logical reaction to disruptive forces: send out the lawyers.
Consumers digital rights • 14 Nov 2005
The BEUC (“Bureau Européen des Unions de consommateurs” or European Consumers Organisation) has set up a web site to inform consumers on which rights they still DO have on their digital content:
www.consumersdigitalrights.org
Doctorow: DRM is evil • 25 Jun 2004
Some stuff you just know without being able to express it adequately. I hate badly designed copy-protection schemes, but I couldn’t find the right arguments to make my case without being ‘against’ artist. And then someone better informed comes along and sums it all up in a well-thought and clear presentation. That’s what happened with this speech on DRM (Digital Rights Management) by Cory Doctorow at Microsoft Research.
