I (used to) have a blog called Sample Spotters that talks about whose songs have been sampled by whom. With…
While searching for something really innocent on Google (honestly!), I got the following warning: The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (“DMCA”…
Google has filed and published the following patent applications: (1) Method and system to provide wireless access at a reduced…
Image by FactoryJoe Someone at the RIAA decided they hadn’t enough enemies yet. Why not start screwing with the iPod…
While people were buying Christmas trees and turkeys, the U.S. House of Representatives, and specifically Jim Sensenbrenner (Republican) and John…
Like the RIAA, the MPA has the logical reaction to disruptive forces: send out the lawyers. Suing file-sharers is apparently…
The BEUC (“Bureau Européen des Unions de consommateurs” or European Consumers Organisation) has set up a web site to inform…
Adam Curry, godfather of podcasting, has had an epiphany: I was told – maybe I should say … threatened is…
Error #1: take a really broad definition of “backwards compatible” Smith said the goal of the XCP technology is work…
I was first made aware of the ‘software patent’ issue when Tobias Oetiker changed the front page of his MRTG…
China seems be showing that in a world where no one wants to pay more than $4 for a CD…
What started as a testcase for ‘quoting’ music without breaking the law (making use of Belgium’s citing right) and made…