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Constitution 2.0

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Ed Foster should leave Info World and do political satire full time:
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Version 2.0
You, the people of the United States of America (herein referred to as “You”), in order to form a more perfect union with your Government (herein referred to as “Government” or “We”), do agree to be […]

Swift Boat Veterans for the MPAA?

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

It’s official, the political spammers have found me. It was only a matter of time, I suppose.
In the last two days I’ve received comments to two of my previous posts [[1](http://www.engatiki.org/2005/05/20/32) [2](http://www.engatiki.org/2005/05/26/41)] from “readers” identifying themselves as “jake@yahoo.com” and “geist@yahoo.com” (no relation to [Michael](http://www.michaelgeist.ca), I presume) telling me that [Jorge Cortell](http://jorge.cortell.net/) has been completely discredited […]

DRM: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Part II

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

In a previous post, I suggested that people who don’t like DRM (or a particular DRM model) stop buying music with a DRM implementation they don’t like. I’d just like to reiterate that point. Whining alone isn’t going to win this battle. Even court battles aren’t going to help much if it’s […]

July 11th is International Fair Use Day

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

Kudos to the guys at [fairuseday.com](http://www.fairuseday.com/)(why not .org?) for a great idea. There don’t seem to be any plans yet, but make your own plans to raise awareness. At least call, fax, or write the appropriate federal, state, and local officials.
> Fair use rights have been under siege for a long time and […]

Child Militia Join the Copyfight

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

This [little piece of news](http://p2pnet.net/story/4976) from p2pnet caught me completely off guard. It seems on Friday [Wired Kids](http://www.wiredkids.org), an advocacy group supposedly dedicated to protecting kids on line–presumably from things like predatory pedophiles–awarded the MPAA with it’s first ever “Doing It Right” award. No one seems to be exactly sure what they’re doing […]

Friends in High Places

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Pete and Repeat went into a bar…
Apparently the MPAA, no longer content with getting Spanish academics fired, has decided to up the ante. They’ve convinced the Justice Department to start filing criminal charges against organizers of BitTorrent networks. In a press relase pulished to the interestingly named file [starwars52505.htm](http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/starwars052505.htm), (at least they’re honest […]

Canadian IPs Don’t Turn Over Filesharers..Yet

Friday, May 20th, 2005

And in our continuing coverage international copywrongs:
Canadian copyfighter [Michael Geist](http://www.michaelgeist.ca/) has posted an interesting recap of yesterday’s Federal Court of Appeal decision in Canada, preventing CIRA (Canadian recording industry group) from forcing ISPs to turn over the names of suspected file swappers. While initially haild as a victory for privacy advocates and […]

Why Corporate Cash Shouldn’t Fund Academic Research

Friday, May 20th, 2005

Coming soon to an [RIAA](http://www.riaa.com/)-funded university near you.
Corey Doctorow has [posted](http://www.boingboing.net/2005/05/20/spanish_copyright_so.html) the story of a friend, Spanish copyfighter Jorge Cortell, who was forced out of his teaching position at [Universidad Politécnica de Valencia](http://www.upv.es/menui.html). Yesterday Cory got an email from Jorge, and today Jorge has posted the [English](http://homepage.mac.com/jorgecortell/blogwavestudio/LH20041209105106/LHA20050520091532/index.html). version of his […]

Orphan Works Replies

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

For those of you who are just tuning in, orphan works are works of art, music, literature, etc., where the initial copyright has expired, but the copyright is still within the period for renewal if the the artist came forth. They don’t currently enjoy much copyright protection under the law, but at the […]

Music Limited

Wednesday, May 11th, 2005

I haven’t tried Yahoo’s [Music Unlimited](http://music.yahoo.com/) myself yet, and really don’t plan to, because Music Unlimited clearly isn’t. In fact, it has some of the most restrictive DRM we’ve seen yet, and it’s compatibility with existing hardware and software is lousy. A quick peek at the [Plays For Sure list](http://www.playsforsure.com/AdvancedSearchResults.aspx?searchtype=Advanced&subscription=true) turns up absolutely […]

Broadcast Flags Shot Down

Friday, May 6th, 2005

According to documents posted by Cory Doctorow, this moring the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit finally struck down broadcast flags, which had been set to take effect on July 1. From the desicsion, by Justice Edwards, for the majority:
> It is axiomatic that administrative agencies may issue regulations only pursuant to authority […]

DRM: The Fights You Can Win

Wednesday, May 4th, 2005

I’ve been mulling over something David Gratton mentioned the other day:
> Now a recent post from a Princeton student has got me thinking. If a technology inhibits fair use, but does not inhibit illegal copying and distribution should the technology be legal at all? That is what DRM technologies do. They severely […]

DRM: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth IS

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

About a two weeks before I started this blog, I posted a rant to my (now) personal journal about the way everyone whines about DRM, but no one does anything about it. It seems [Evil Genius Chronicles](http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi) heard me. If you don’t mind the profanity, [Take Your DRM and Shove It](http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/2005/04/27#050427_03) is an […]