Archive for the ‘Law’ Category
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Imagine if real world objects, like paintings, photographs, digital cameras, etc had DRM.
I just got a new camera and I've been having fun taking pictures of my daughter. But every time I take a picture, I'm probably violating somebody's copyright or design patent, or whatever.
The painting in the ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
There have been a number of reports in the media about the failure of the Apple TV. While right, none of them have correctly identified the problem. Namely the DMCA.
The DMCA makes it illegal to break an encryption key used to protect copyrighted content. In plain english, while Apple can ...
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
In a Washington Post article dated Friday, December 16, 2005, available online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/15/AR2005121502378.html, President Bush is asked about the music on his iPod.
President Bush is quoted as saying, in part, that one of the artists on his iPod is The Beatles.
As you may know, none of The Beatles ...
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Wow. I've been in the IT industry for over ten years and one of the things I've learned is that strong companies compete and weak companies sue.
Microsoft's sabre rattling over possible patent violations in Linux and other open source software is incredible because of what it says about Microsoft. ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Today, the [FSF](http://www.fsf.org/) released the [latest draft of the GPLv3](http://gplv3.fsf.org/). The reported reason for the delay is to deal with the Novel/Microsoft deal. I.e., making explicit that if you distribute GPL licensed code, you are not allowed to sue people for patent violations implemented in that code.
A lot of people ...
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