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Salon - Replay It Again, Sam - http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/12/09/pvr/
Effects and reactions from Microsoft selling a new computer that will make trading TV shows as easy as using Napster. |
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Wired: Dutch Cryptographer Cries Foul - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/08/46091
"A Dutch cryptography expert blasted as "horrific" the ambiguous legal reach of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which he feels bars him from publishing his work, even in the Netherlands." By Steve Kettmann. |
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Red Hat Fights the DMCA - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/16/if_i_tell_you/
"Red Hat has struck a small blow against the DMCA, by publishing a security patch which can only be explained fully to people who are not within US jurisdiction." By John Lettice. [Register USA] |
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The Register - Tech Giants Back Fair Use Bills - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/03/tech_giants_back_fair_use/
The IT industry's giants including Intel rally behind a bill announced by Congressman Rick Boucher to protect Fair Use in the wake of the DMCA. |
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DMCA Protection at U.S. Border - http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/news/2002/02/50450
"U.S. Customs officials have blocked shipments from one of the largest online video game retailers, hoping to stop the import of products that may run afoul of federal copyright protections." By Brad King. [Wired] |
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kuro5hin: DMCA suspends free speech, another way! - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/9/1/144632/2881
Companies are now using the DMCA notice and safe harbor provisions to shut down websites that are critical of them. |
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Telepolis: The Internet Backlash - http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/9409/1.html
With a mixture of technological fixes and legal pressures, large institutions are trying extend copyright protection in order to regain control over the flows of information. By Felix Stalder. |
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CNET News - Ruling Sounds Sour Note for Record Industry - http://news.cnet.com/2009-1027_3-5130153.html
A court decision hands a major setback to the RIAA's legal tactics for tracking down and suing alleged file traders. |
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Register: Linux Update Withholds Security Information on DMCA Terror - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/10/30/linux_update_withholds_security_info/
"Citing a controversial U.S. copyright law, a top Linux developer announced this week that Americans would not be given details about the security fixes in an update to the open source operating system, a first for a software development community that prides itself on transparency." By Kevin Poulsen. |
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Slashdot: US Copyright Office Releases DMCA Advisory Report - http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/08/30/1312257
The US Copyright Office's congressionally-mandated advisory report on the effect of the DMCA is in, and at first glance it doesn't look too good. |