In July, the Commece Department held a workshop entitled UNDERSTANDING BROADBAND DEMAND: DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP. The list of attendees and speakers is a who’s who of government and industry on the subject: PHILLIP J. BOND Chief of Staff & Under Secretary Of Commerce for Technology JAMES ROGAN Under Secretary …
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Cool Tunes
Cool Tunes is a radio show in a magazine format Saturday nights at 10pm ET on WAPS, “The Summit,” in Akron, Ohio. I play new music, reissues, and preview shows coming to town each week. Musically it is among the widest-ranging 2 hours in the country: modern rock, punk, electronica, …
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Verizon gets some support from big friends including Yahoo in its legal battle against the RIAA.
Read More »Resisting the Grip
With the certainty that we are moving in the direction of have more and more information about our digital selves being collected – see this story on the new Intel chip (”These systems are likely to police copyright by watching who consumes what,” said Chris Hoofnagle, legislative counsel with the …
Read More »Jazz USA
Check out the intriguing Jazz USA site, which this month features: A Report from the JVC Newport Jazz Fest 2002. Earth, Wind and Fire live and in living color. A moment with Karrin Allyson. Talking about ‘My America’ with Monty Alexander. An interview with acoustic bassist Ben Allison. The Hot …
Read More »In a Foreign Tongue
Can anyone tell me anything about this site? Like what language this is? I’d like to communicate with the person in charge, who appears to be named Sina Motallebi. They linked us and I’m sure curious what they had to say. We are global, my friends. And feast your eyes …
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Matt Welch and Ken Layne came up with the framework for this site and gently set us off down the River of Life with a kiss (returning at key moments for such extravaganzas as the Frank Black interview). Those guys rule – really. Ken has a great new project that …
Read More »“Substantial Legitimate Uses”
A boatload of legal tech news today: the swapper's side.
Read More »Intel’s New Chip Will Tighten the Grip
"In 'creating a safer computing environment,' he said, Intel is working with privacy groups 'to ensure that we do it in ways that are acceptable to the norms of privacy today.'
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