Another Dev Kicks Apple
Fed up with Apple’s dictatorship another quality App developer gives apple the finger and embraces Android!
The story:
Tim Bray Throws His Hat Into The Android Ring Because He Hates The iPhone
As Apple goes on the offensive against Android, it risks alienating more and more developers. Today, another prominent developer chose the opposing side. Tim Bray, [...]
Ramming Bad Copyright(BPI)
Want to get some real bad copyright into law but dont know where to start?
Ask the BPI, they have some experience in that department…
From Boing Boing:
Leaked UK record industry memo sets out plans for breaking copyright
Cory Doctorow at 11:11 PM March 12, 2010
In this leaked, six-page email, Richard Mollet, the Director of Public Affairs for [...]
Second Win Today! (Lithuania)
And a second victory for justice as well as common sense…and the people.
Court Acquits BitTorrent User Citing Faulty Evidence
The Lithuanian anti-piracy outfit LANVA has lost its case against a user of the prominent BitTorrent tracker LinkoManija.net. After being accused of sharing Windows 7 Ultimate, the defendant walked free when the court decided that uTorrent is [...]
EU and US clash over ACTA
As we wrote just a littttle while back the EU has given the parts Big Content wanted most the finger.. and here’s another part in the saga:
From Ars
Europe trashes ACTA as Obama praises it
Earlier this week, we noted that the major parties in the European Parliament had all agreed on a resolution trashing the Anti-Counterfeiting [...]
Two Disturbing Articles About Obama on ACTA
Here are two very disturbing articles about Obama on ACTA:
The first from TD:
Obama: We Must Move Forward On ACTA
With the EU Parliament soundly voting against ACTA secrecy and current proposals, lots of folks have been wondering how the US was going to respond. So far, it’s not looking good. The USTR gave a giant no [...]
What Next? Rape Victims As Judges? (UPDATED)
Leaked documents show that the British recording industry directly had a hand in writing a critical part of a proposed amendment.
It amazes me how in the UK they don’t even try to cover the corruption.
Way to go Britain in finding totally neutral parties to do the job for you, for standing up for the people [...]
DMCA Collateral Damage And Monster Copyrights
Here’s a two for oner from TD, starting with:
Another Reason To Worry About DMCA Takedowns: Collateral Damage
In the wake of the DMCA takedown notice that forced Cryptome offline, the EFF is pointing out yet another massive in with the DMCA’s notice-and-takedown setup: it leads to a ton of collateral damage in getting legitimate, authorized, non-infringing [...]
How RealNetworks Just Screwed Us
From Boing Boing:
RealNetworks just screwed us all by settling lawsuits in which it might have lost–but which might also have given some new life to fair use for digital media.
The post-RealDVD world means that unless there’s a major change to the law surrounding copy protection, there will never be a legal way to perform [...]
The DMCA Is Bad.. But We Want You To Use It!
The DMCA is one horrible piece of legislation badly slanted towards big content, everyone (US) knows this and nearly everyone admits this… but still want to shove it down the throats of other countries!
From TD:
A Look At Twelve Years Of Dangerous Unintended Consequences From The DMCA
The DMCA has been in place for a dozen [...]
UseneXt in hot water…good!
As we wrote a lonnng time ago… we dont like useneXt, so its with quite a bit of joy that we welcomed the news of useneXt getting into hot water but…we are cautious about the farther reaching consquences…
From TF:
Performing rights group GEMA has won an injunction against newsgroup outfit, UseNeXT. A court has forbidden the [...]
