(entry last updated: 2002-07-08 22:32:33)

Took the weekend off and visited New Hampshire for a little R&R. Frankly, I’m still wiped out after last week, still digesting some of the things I learned. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it soon. Lots of catching up to do, as well.

On the news front, Palladium continues to hold sway, and Steven Levy has a piece in Newsweek about webcasting with a provocative title. And the broadcast flag gets several interpretations.

Update: Rick Boucher’s MOCA isn’t dead - yet. He’s even elected to take on the CARP webcasting royalty rates, according to his recent pronouncements.

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• Cryptome posts a list of mirrors (the dread Slashdot effect strikes) of the Palladium-related MS patents. With a discussion on Slashdot. Andrew Orlowski publishes a good summary letter, plus all the relevant Register links on Palladium.
• Robert Cringely gives us more on Palladium (and the new MS EULA), as well as discussing his pending video program and his copyright policies.
• Illiad reminds us of the MS EULA on the recent Media Player updates - and there was his earlier look at Palladium
• Infoworld has a weird article on Palladium - suggesting that it’s all way up in the air yet.

• The MPAA posts their FAQ on the broadcast flag, and the EFF posts their responses, with Slashdot watching.

• Steven Levy points out in Newsweek the message from the music labels to Net radio: Drop Dead. A more detailed look is here: the final rule for webcasting rates (37 CFR 261) was posted in the Federal Register today. Doc Searls discusses market response in the form of Opendj and Streamer.
• Declan McCullagh writes that Rep. Berman’s anti-P2P bill should be unveiled this week. Is ZDNet offering up a look at the possible Berman future? The most informative part of this ZDNet article is the Talkbacks - the state of the file sharing debate today, summarized in one easy lesson.
• In other Congressional news, Rick Boucher seems to have raised some hackles! Another article describes his plans for the Music Online Competition Act (MOCA)), with an accompanying Slashdot discussion.
• More details on the Danish deep-linking decision of last week is in Wired.

• Salon has a pretty sweeping look at the general issue of piracy in China.

• Slashdot covers a kuro5hin story giving a history of AudioGalaxy (posted some time ago) - one insider’s look