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 [...]
60yr Old Sputnik Footage Spotlights Outdatd Copyright
From Ars:
When independent filmmaker David Hoffman set out to make a documentary on the Sputnik hysteria that swept the US in the 1950s, he styled the piece as an hour-and-a-half feature film. He relied heavily on old news clips from the time, none of which were provided by the networks themselves (most didn’t even [...]
Dirty Newspapers, Brazil Ignoring Copyright and Other Interesting Articles(UPDATED)
I’m beginning to dislike TechDirt a bit (although I’m guessing not even a fraction of how much ‘the mob’ dislikes it).. mainly because the people working there seem to be on Steroids – churning out great articles faster than we can bring them to you guys!
We have been left with no other choice other than [...]
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 [...]
Disappointing: Like Father Like Son…Unlike Daughter
At eZee we like to think there is hope for the future, that the newer generation wont make the same mistakes as the last… that things will improve. Unfortunately, in this piece we get that old chestnut thrown at us: The fruit does not fall too far from the tree.
From TD:
James Murdoch Is [...]
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 [...]
Pink Floyd Bitch Slap EMI
And for the big story of the day…
Plenty of sources so we are not going to bore you with what we think (as we covered it a bit earlier as well) but needless to say, we are happy. We are always happy when the artist wins against scumbags.
Lets start with Ars:
Court nixes individual track downloads [...]
The Digital Economy Bill Gets More Critics
From ZP:
UK ISPs: Site Blocking Risks Country’s Reputation
Join consumer advocates, MPs, prominent academics, and others in an open letter to the House of Lords criticizing recent proposal to amend the Digital Economy Bill in order force ISPs to proactively block websites suspected of copyright infringement.
A number of UK ISPs have joined forces with consumer advocacy [...]
