18 month ago
WillPate : Telco shill says it's free markets vs. net neutrality
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20 month ago
deusx : if:book: free speech requires the right to quote from ALL media — not just text - "How can we have a comprehensive and crucial discussion about our culture if we can't quote from it."
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22 month ago
plasticbag : The BBC reports on a think tank that reports the obvious - that you should legally be allowed to copy your CDs for personal use - It's absolutely fascinating to me that copyright law in the UK is so massively behind the day to day use of technology...
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23 month ago
deusx : Where Faith Abides, Employees Have Few Rights - New York Times - "His client was a middle-aged novice training to become a nun in a Roman Catholic religious order in Toledo. She said she had been dismissed by the order after she became seriously ill — including a diagnosis of breast cancer."
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27 month ago
plasticbag : Billy Bragg vs. MySpace - "Once an artist posts up any content (including songs), it then belongs to My Space (AKA Rupert Murdoch) and they can do what they want with it, throughout the world without paying the artist"
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28 month ago
deusx : Wired News: The Eternal Value of Privacy - "For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness."
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30 month ago
djacobs : "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" released under a Creative Commons license - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, an influential new wave composition by Brian Eno and David Byrne, is being released under a Creative Commons license. A social network for trading derivative works is also launching soon. --dj
plasticbag : My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - David Byrne and Brian Eno's classic album from 1981 - has a beautiful site for its upcoming reissue - But more interestingly and more importantly, they're opening up two of the tracks, and all the various parts of them, up for a remix license so that people can use and sample them and put them in their own tracks - for free! Stunning. Beautiful.
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31 month ago
deusx : Boing Boing: House introduces mandatory radio-crippling law - That means that no one ever gets to invent any new radio tech ever again unless the RIAA approves of it.
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31 month ago
WillPate : The big DRM mistake - "Digital Rights Managements hurts paying customers, destroys Fair Use rights, renders customers' investments worthless, and can always be defeated."
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32 month ago
kayodeok : Schneier on Security: Big Brother Prison - This Dutch prison is the future of surveillance - Remember, new surveillance technologies are first used on populations with limited rights: inmates, children, the mentally ill, military personnel
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32 month ago
kayodeok : Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) - Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr, died in her sleep early Tuesday morning at the age of 78
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32 month ago
kayodeok : Internet censorship in mainland China - The firewall part of the system is known outside mainland China as the Great Firewall of China (in reference both to its role as a network firewall and to the ancient Great Wall of China). The system blocks content by preventing IP addresses from being ro
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32 month ago
kayodeok : DRM and the Death of a Culture - Thus your children won't get to play your music, show your favourite films, share your culture, with your grandchildren because they won't inherit anything containing that from you that's usable
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32 month ago
kayodeok : Official Google Blog: Google in China - We ultimately reached our decision by asking ourselves which course would most effectively further Google's mission to organize the world's information and make it universally useful and accessible. Or, put simply: how can we provide the greatest access t
Nelson Minar : Google in China - Good explanation of a difficult compromise
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32 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Google Removes Its Help Entry on Censorship - Google Removes Its Help Entry on Censorship: What used to say "we never censor" now simply 404s. So much fo "do no evil."
Andy Baio : Google removes help entry on censorship - it's one thing to censor to comply with local laws, just be open and honest about it
kayodeok : Google Removes Its Help Entry on Censorship - Here's what it used to read: "Google does not censor results for any search term. The order and content of our results are completely automated; we do not manipulate our search results by hand. We believe strongly in allowing the democracy of the web to d
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32 month ago
kayodeok : raving lunacy: Copyright, the Internet and Blogs - If you feel that your prose, is of such astonishing value, you should probably not post it on the internet. Because the dumbest thing you can put on your sites is: "Copyright All Rights Reserved No duplication without Expressed Written Authorization"
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32 month ago
kayodeok : ALBERTO GONZALES V. GOOGLE, INC. (Uncle Sam wants your Google Searches - Copy of the subpoena) - "This motion seeks compel the Respondent Google Inc. ("Google"), to comply with the subpoena that the Attorney General has issued to it, and to produce and permit for inspection and copying the materials specified in that subpoena"
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32 month ago
kayodeok : Don't Look Now, But It's Happening - The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order Google Inc. to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guarded databases
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32 month ago
plasticbag : The UK's "Open Rights Group" is now taking donations to support its work to protect digital rights... - I should add a bit of a disclaimer on this one, in that I've agreed to become one of the ORG's (unpaid) advisors. But still, I've donated my cash and I'm expecting all of you lot to do so as well...
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kayodeok : Photo Business Books: Model Releases - an online book covering everything you need to know about model releases - A photo doesn't need a release till there's an intended use for it
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32 month ago
kayodeok : It Had to Happen Eventually - My friends often marvel at the amount of pictures I take in the subways. I've been told many times by my peers and my friends that I'm lucky I’ve never been punched in the face, or harassed by the police
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33 month ago
kayodeok : Photographers' Guide to Privacy - What every cameraman, photographer and videographer should know about invasion of privacy standards in the 50 states and D.C.
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33 month ago
kayodeok : New digital camera? Know how, where you can use it - Aside from sensitive government buildings (e.g., military bases), if you're on public property you can photograph anything you like, including private property
jimray : USATODAY.com - New digital camera? Know how, where you can use it - Good primer on photographers' rights and a handy reminder to re-read "The Photographer's Right"
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