April 2009
44 posts
Hey Google, Free The Orphans →
TechCrunch on the Google Book Search settlement.
Letter from Assistant Secretary Victory to... →
Letter from the NTIA to the Copyright Office regarding the way they have created the standards by which they decide DMCA exemptions.
Letter to Register of Copyrights about the Scope... →
PK 2002 letter to the Copyright Office regarding the way they set their standards for deciding exemptions to the DMCA.
DCMA Exemptions 2006: the Good, the Bad, and the... →
background on Copyright Office’s 2006 DMCA exemptions—how they changed the rules.
EVs at the Senate - a set on Flickr →
Took some pics the other day of electric vehicles being shown off in the US Senate parking lot.
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House now holding hearing on deep packet inspection use called ‘alarming’ as privacy intrusion. http://twurl.nl/ynti6o (via @artbrodsky)
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trying to be positive re: celebrities on twitter - do they really feel the need to dominate another medium -OR- is it good for the medium?
No data caps, no DOCSIS 3.0? TWC's math doesn't... →
Gosh, TWC can’t help but step in it! DOCSIS 3.0 roll-out on hold as it was supposed to come with the bandwidth cap trials, which they imply were to help fund the DOCSIS 3.0 roll-out. But DOCSIS 3.0…
GazoPa →
a new app for your iphone that lets you draw or submit an image and the service will display similar images from the web.
IndyHall Blog - Coworking in Philadelphia,... →
fairly successful coworking location in Philly.
CBS Looks To Put Superbowl Online; Recognizes... →
Once again, CBS trying to stick with the mantra of being an audience-based company and moving to where the puck is going (unlike the newspapers).
HourVille - Anything. By The Hour. - Services,... →
Neat and simple service about selling your time.
Legally Speaking: The Dead Souls of the Google... →
good outline and layman’s discussion of the issues surrounding the Google Book Search Settlement.
Lobbyists Get Congress To Investigate P2P... →
Study on P2P should really have been a focus on bad security policies, instead of demonizing a file transfer technology.
Prezi - The zooming presentation editor →
Very cool new web-based presentation creator that zooms in and out of the presentation to give context to the viewer.
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@tvol arg! so want to try out @foursquare, but don’t understand why i’m required to give my phone number.
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@foursquare thx for quick response! I won’t use SMS & there are other ways to associate w/friends sans phone #. but would <3 to use 4square.
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FYI: for those using Tweetie on Mac, to see threaded @ conversations, select the original tweet and push the right arrow. Ah dialogue!
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@tvol do you have a twitter app that plots out where you are? seeing these kinds of updates and wondering if you’re typing out addresses
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@tvol a DC IP who’s who at the ITIF Google Book Search briefing at the Library of Congress. http://twitpic.com/3q3si
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Apparently electric vehicle day in the Senate http://bit.ly/6YK2V http://twitpic.com/3q1wq
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well, i guess that answers how expensive tweetie for mac was going to be — free w/ads or $15 sans ads. so far, it’s pretty nice.
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the @dcpl joined the Commons on Flickr with historic street scenes and portraits: http://tinyurl.com/dgr5pv via @capitolletters
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@AnchorGirl as a friend said, probably a little plastic-y.
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@ Rita’s trying to decide between Mystery and Bottled Water flavored ice http://twitpic.com/3h6kq
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@mischa23 will when it comes to iphone. how well does it work on the g1?
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@DaisyWhitney “rights management” software only keeps lawful users from otherwise lawful uses. DRM never stops Illicit copiers.
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@rem1473 that’s awesome!
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@rem1473 that’s awesome, me too!
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@kevinpollak needs a @boxee app to make it easier to watch his show live on Sundays from the TV in my living room instead of on my computer.
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Looks like the former Chairman’s new periodical has made it’s way to the 8th floor. Oh, it’s summer 2008, nm. http://twitpic.com/3bjo5
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@kempmullaney Thanks for the tip on the new DMB tracks. Haven’t listened to Dave in a while and I’m psyched to hear some new tracks.
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is upset no one told him Kevin Pollack had a chat show on the interwebs: http://kevinpollakschatshow.com/
Statutory Damages in Copyright Law: Samuelson &... →
Today, Prof. Pam Samuelson and co-author Tara Wheatland have published a draft of an article that puts forth the need for copyright reform, specifically to statutory damages. I have to…
Fair Use for Fair People - Anil Dash →
Juxtaposing the AP / Google issue against the Baio / AllThingsD.com issue, same complaint of someone else distributing one’s content, but the concern from the former is more about money and the…
Technology Review: Embracing Piracy →
How to make money from online content, even after it gets loose on third-party websites.
ECA chief to game industry: Standardize user... →
ECA stepping out on DRM and other consumer digital copyright-related issues.
National Broadband Plan? Dream Big, Feds, Very Big... →
“It’s time to leapfrog these laggards that never laid the fat pipes they got millions in tax breaks for. It’s time to bypass the companies that have long had secret bandwidth caps, that force bundles…
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…and let’s try this again, this time with a wallet.
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Ugh, it’s hard to leave baby at home, but I honestly know that Mommy’s the one who’s been running the show the past 3 weeks.
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On the way to work, guy drives by me as he reads from his … Kindle 2.
New Palm Pre apps underscore Apple's iPhone... →
“While third-party apps are being trumpeted as the iPhone’s strength, key Palm Pre demos this week were designed to highlight their restrictions by taking advantage of those precise things that Apple…
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What’s the OTHER half of the battle, you self-righteous little do-gooders? Naivete? Childish devotion to failed ideals? via @CobraCommander
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@mehan_j SJ is kinda terrifying already despite this spookie plush doll version of him. Wndr if theres orchstrl vers of nintndo games tho.