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“NFL fumbles DMCA takedown battle, could face sanctions”
It’s no secret that some content owners don’t seem to understand how the DMCA works-that, or they simply don’t care when sending mass takedown notices. This seems to be the case with the recent saga of legal maneuvers between the National Football League (NFL) and Brooklyn Law School professor Wendy Seltzer. The two have been […]
May 2007 / 1 min.
Reminder: Monday is Wiretap the Internet Day
Kevin Poulsen notes on Threat Level - Wired Blogs that May 14th is the official deadline for cable modem companies, DSL providers, broadband over powerline, satellite internet companies and some universities to finish wiring up their networks with FBI-friendly surveillance gear, to comply with the FCC’s expanded interpretation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement […]
May 2007 / 1 min.
Simple, Elegent and Useful Ajax Code
Billed as a “showroom of nice looking simple downloadable dhtml and ajax code,” MiniAjax.com delivers exactly that. Recommended.
May 2007 / 1 min.
Top 10 Steps to Make the U.S. House More Open
The Open House Project is working to open up the U.S. House to new technologies of Web-based access: We’re trying to find the least intrusive ways to open up the House, the low-hanging fruit where the internet and Congressional procedures come together. Their report to Representative Pelosi identifies 10 steps to take to make the […]
May 2007 / 1 min.
Top Macintosh Utilities
From Lifehacker comes a list of Top 10 Macintosh utilities: It’s not always the full-blown software applications that make the biggest difference on your computer; often it’s the small do-one-thing-well utilities that enhance our computing experience that much more. MagiCal (calendar) MenuMeters (system monitor) Ejector (disk dismounter) AppDelete (software uninstaller) RCDefaultApp (file associations) Hazel (autmated […]
May 2007 / 2 min.
Followup on digg.com, AACS, and “laws for bloggers”
In an interesting article entitled “Digg This?: What Laws Must We Obey?” at “The Faculty Blog” from the University of Chicago, a law professor not intimately involved with the DMCA and Web 2.0 writes: As to law, as Digg’s attorneys undoubtedly told it yesterday, the leading decision addressing the legitimacy of linking to decryption tools […]
May 2007 / 2 min.
“Unconstitutional laws still on books cause confusion in NJ”
From AP/Newsday.com: Numerous state laws that have been struck down as unconstitutional are still on the books in New Jersey, a situation some experts say could be rectified if the laws were just removed. Others say it’s not that easy. Some of the laws are simply outdated, such as one that limits the amount of […]
May 2007 / 1 min.
Laws for Bloggers
Laws apply to bloggers too. Resources that help make rights and responsibilities clear are always helpful, and this article is a useful compendium of twelve of the more important issues to bear in mind when blogging. While the Internet still retains some of the “wild wild west” feel, increasingly Internet activity, and particular blogging, is […]
May 2007 / 2 min.
AACS
In an attempt to capture some of the current AACS (Advanced Access Content System, copy-restriction technology for new-format DVDs) controversy, here is some background information. The whole controversy started when someone managed to figure out what the 16-digit hexadecimal key is that currently encrypts new-format DVDs. Although knowledge of this rather simple number doesn’t in-itself […]
May 2007 / 1 min.
Open Access, Or, Why Have an Institutional Repository?
For the past decade or so, a number of scientists have argued that the World Wide Web offers a way to unlock the gates that was not possible when scientific results were conveyed solely by print-on-paper. Advocates of “open access” argue that research results must be made available such that all scientists can see them […]
April 2007 / 1 min.