DRM Talk for Hewlett-Packard Research
by Cory Doctorow,
European Affairs Coordinator, Electronic Frontier Foundation. (derived from notes for an invited talk to HP Research on DRM) 9/28/5
For nearly four years, I’ve
spent my time attending DRM standards meetings, consortia, and treaty
meetings at the United Nations. In that time, again and again, I’ve
seen tech giants like HP take suicidal [...]
U.S. tells nations hands off Internet, By John Zarocostas,
September 27, 2005, The Washington Times.
The United States said at the outset of global talks on information technology yesterday that it will fight attempts to put the United Nations or any international group in charge of the Internet.
“We want to make sure [...]
Towards an Economic Framework for Network Neutrality Regulation by Barbara van Schewick,
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, 2005.
…[P]roponents of network neutrality regulation have asked the Federal Communications Commission to impose rules on the operators of broadband access networks that forbid network operators to discriminate against third-party applications, content or portals (Òindependent applicationsÓ) and to exclude them [...]
Wiretap rules for VoIP, broadband coming in 2007, By Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache.
September 26, 2005, News.com
“Broadband providers and Internet phone services have until spring 2007 to follow a new and complex set of rules designed to make it easier for police to seek wiretaps, federal regulators have ruled.”
FCC Releases Orders On Broadband And Wiretapping,
by [...]
hearusnow.org: Connected
Consumers Union’s “Connected” project Ñ available at www.HearUsNow.org/connected Ñ showcases several of the country’s most successful Community Internet projects. Covering a range of projects from free, wireless Internet access set up by local community groups in some Chicago neighborhoods to a 14-town broadband network in Utah, “Connected” discusses the hurdles that were overcome [...]
Public Knowledge – Congress Should Slow Broadcast Flag Consideration, Consumer Groups Say,
September 19, 2005.
In a letter to Senator Ted Stevens
of the Senate Commerce Committee, three
consumer groups urged Congress to
“consider the potential pitfalls of the broadcast flag,” which, they note,
“Will harm educators and consumers.”
Three leading consumer groups, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union and Public Knowledge, [...]
LibriVox
What happens when a bunch of volunteers get together and podcast books in the public domain? You get a bunch of audiobooks from the public domain! Check it out, become a volunteer, have a listen.
So far, there are incomplete files of:
* Conrad, Joseph. The Secret Agent
* Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Notes from the Underground
* Shelley, Mary [...]
Do We Take the Internet Seriously?,
by Thomas Friedman,
Greater Democracy, September 18, 2005.
[I]s the internet about the government working as the hand maiden of the Hollywood cartel in a vain attempt to stop evolution and lock us in the past, or is it about the government working with the people to catalyze innovation and new economic [...]
India adopts fighting position to hold on to ancient yoga poses,
By David Orr in Delhi, News Telegraph (UK)
18/09/2005.
The Indian government is furious that yoga practices dating back thousands
of years are being “stolen” by gurus and fitness instructors in Europe and
the United States….
In an effort to protect India’s heritage, the taskforce has begun
documenting 1,500 yoga postures [...]
Philadelphia experiment a cautionary tale on WiFi By Mike Langberg
(Sep. 14, 2005) San Jose Mercury News. [may require free registration;
another copy available at
Media Channel]
Philadelphia was the first big U.S. city to start a wireless project as a municipal government service. Langberg reports, though, that the project,
“Wireless Philadelphia,” is behind schedule and over budget. “More [...]
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