2002 November 22 [7:27 am]
(entry last updated: 2002-11-22 23:11:08)
Today’s Foxtrot cartoon expresses a not uncommon thought - albeit about a different artist.
The Register discusses the "Darknet" - sounds like a great name for a weblog …. or, as Dave Barry might say, a rock band!
And it looks like TPP alum Alan Davidson is going to have a busy day! Not to mention the lucky attendees at today’s Revenge of the Blog get-together. LawMeme posts and links from the event A,B,C,D,E,F.
Interesting - BMG talks about changing their royalty accounting practices. And *shock* - a TCS article that supports P2P? Moreover, a series of conservatives coming down in the side of Eldred? Quite a day!
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The Register gives a summary of the Microsoft Darknet paper from the ACM DRM Workshop (cited in yesterday’s links)
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The Center for Democracy and Technology is hosting meeting on copyright between Hollywood and the consumer electronics industry today.
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And more heat for Madster (nee Aimster) - the RIAA has asked the courts to beat the dead horse. Surprisingly, there’s nothing on the sumbject at Aimee Deep’s weblog.
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That RIAA never misses a trick; read this for a look at the extent to which they’ll go to make a point.
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The NYTimes discusses a plan for a significant change in the architecture of the internet (since discarded).
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BMG, a record company whose parent is in serious economic straits, announces a plan to change their royalty accounting practices to clarify revenue for artists - looking for some defections? On a related note, EMI is not that happy in general with CD sales.
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Stunners will never cease. Tech Central Station, a WWW site whose politics are never hard to miss, actually has an article suggesting that there’s something about P2P that merits defending in the face of the legal onslaught of the Copyright Cabal.
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Something I missed from News.com - Richard Posner on copyright terms - LawMeme commentary and links
- A guest commentary at the National Review Online comes down on the side of Eldred, rather than Disney. Slashdot commentary
