- More details on the Chinese attack on Google
- Arguments about customer protection, unconstitutionality in Comcast merger hearing
- OGD dashboard
- Flip side of the iiNet ruling
- Royalty free codecs still needed despite h.264 reprieve
- Third trial coming for Thomas-Rasset
- DEB moves forward without most reform, compromise amendments
- House of Lords has concerns about DEB
- In memory kernel update now available as paid subscription service
- US government denies ACTA will mean three strikes
- Google stands firm on latest Books settlement
- Google co-founder about uncensored search in China
Tag: Digital Economy Bill
Following Up for the Week Ending 2/7/2010
- Considering fair use in latest draft of Google Books settlement
- DoJ says Google Books settlement still not good enough
- Amazon caves to Macmillan’s price demand
- Macmillan books still largely absent from Amazon
- Message from Macmillan’s CEO
- Man arrested for recording Boston cops sues city, officers
- Latest defense of three strikes, specifically DEB version
- Minister’s resignation may cause DEB to stumble
- Debunking the claim ACTA won’t change local law
- Outcome of latest ACTA negotiations
- ACTA negotiations could go on into next year
- USTR claiming ACTA negotiations aren’t secret
- Net activism overturns Australian censorship plan
- Lindor p2p case dismissed, with no award for attorney’s fees
- Lawmakers weigh in on Comcast-NBCU merger
Following Up for the Week Ending 1/31/2010
- EFF seeking legal fees in Lenz case
- China accuses US of cyber-warfare
- EU to consider legality of Virgin’s DPI plans
- Update on Lords discussion of DEB
- Canadian MP demands answers about ACTA
- Canadian privacy minister investigating Facebook, again
- Effects of ACTA on local law
- RIAA confusion over file sharing cases
- Lord Lucas seeks search engine exemption to DEB
- ACTA lessons from Korea
- Criticism of latest draft of Google Books settlement
- ACTA one step close to completion
- Flickr to double its Commons Collection
Following Up for the Week Ending 1/24/2010
- Effects of DC ruling FCC cannot regulate ISPs
- EU critical of Canadian copyright policy in trade negotiations
- More details on potentially massive copyright class action
- Agenda for next round ACTA negotiations posted
- Round up of Google-China stories, reactions
- Schmidt says Google wants to remain in China
- DEB amendment to prove damages is dropped
- Obama administration supports damages against Tenenbaum
- UK MPs locked out of ACTA
- Activists ejected from ACTA meeting for tweeting about it
- Judge reduces Thomas’ damages
ORG Hosts Workshops for Talking to Your MP about DEB
With the deliberations around the now tabled Digital Economy Bill in full swing, Cory shares news on Boing Boing of the Open Rights Group hosting workshops this Saturday specifically on how to discuss this problematic bill with elected representatives.
If you are in or near any of Manchester, Sheffield, Edinburgh or London, check out the post for full details. You can follow ORG on Twitter for their live tweets of deliberations over aspects of the bill and its proposed amendments to get spun up on the relevant issues, too, as the workshops look to be focusing more on manner of approach. I’m sure they’ll provide any necessary background as well for any interested folks who may need it.
TCLP 2010-01-17 News
This is news cast 203, an episode of The Command Line Podcast.
In the intro a quick overview on my convention schedule for this year.
This week’s security alert is just an in depth discussion of a concerning interview that revealed some internal privacy issues at Facebook.
In this week’s news I spend more time on Google’s announcement that it is reviewing its operations in China. Wired has more details from an inside source. Glyn Moody suggests a reasonable hypothesis of why now. And Mac Slocum has a bevy of opinions at O’Reilly Radar. China has also already responded. The other stories this week are an essay on the benefit of viewing HTML source and its potentially endangered future and a new initiative that may ultimately allow users to build their own laptops.
Following up this week a further refinement of the FLOSS license icons and the UK offers a compromise on the pirate catcher powers in the Digital Economy Bill.
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Following Up for the Week Ending 1/17/2010
- ACTA to include troublesome personal luggage searches
- Spanish law amended to require judicial oversight to shutter web site
- Excellent further analysis of calls to FCC for more spectrum
- BPI seeks DEB amendment for DMCA-style takedowns
- UK not backing down on copyright powers, just narrowing
- EFF’s remarks on proposed network neutrality rules
- Evidence the US is the key driver of ACTA secrecy
- Insidious, non-obvious astro turfing of FCC net neutrality comments