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Yahoo groks DRM
Slashdot’s got two good links on the DRM fromt today. First, Yahoo’s actually taking a stand against DRM “protected” music! This is a great quote: “As you know, we’ve been publicly trying to convince record labels that they should be … Continue reading
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Radical thoughts on net neutrality
Last week Cringely had an interesting column on the issue of network neutrality. Personally I believe network neutrality is critical to innovation in much the same ways open APIs and interfaces and the openness of open source and the commons … Continue reading
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More info on the Pirate Party
Wired has an interview with some people from the party. Cool to see them continuing to generate press.
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V is for controversy?
I heard an interview (link worth following for her rapping on SNL) of Natalie Portman on NPR a week or two ago and it made the movie sound somewhat interesting although I didn’t have a clue about what the movie … Continue reading
Portishead third album in the works!
Portishead’s Dummy was rolling through my iPod this afternoon and I decided to do a quick google to see if they’re up to anything new these days. And they are! There’s a new link on www.portishead.co.uk to a myspace page … Continue reading
Digital Content Protection Act of 2006
As if this wasn’t bad enough looking a month ago…now it’s just sounding like total science fiction is coming out of Congress. And from my own Senator now! Granted Boing Boing’s got a sci-fi writer posting, but the EFF’s info … Continue reading
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Content industry’s at it again
In the flurry of legislative action yesterday was a hidden gem from the House for the content industry in the form of HR-4569. Not too surprisingly with a huge amount of last minute legislation yesterday Thomas is way behind today … Continue reading
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Tivo’d TV for the week
Being a fan of Aaron McGruder’s strip I had to tell my Tivo to record the new kid in the Adult Swim lineup. I sure wish my local newspaper carried this strip. For some reason I don’t tend to read … Continue reading
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Sri Lankan Testicle Protectors
Scott sent me a hilarious piece of cardboard from a cigarette package. He and Charlotte are in Sri Lanka with a tsunami relief organisation. I wonder if this is real or a bootleg pack of fags? If they were fake … Continue reading
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