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Casting the Last Stone

After a week of Rojoing the syndisphere, I've finally found something good to say--maybe. This Ross Mayfield post augurs for a new post-del.icio.us fraglet style, where each factoid is couched in the soundbite-sized Extended field. It's Liz Smith meets Movable Hype. All the news you can eat in zipless link-blog...

Tags: Udell, John Gilmore

Blog posts 2005-04-24

Keeping secrets

Keeping secretsEntire classification system needs overhaulThe only information that really needs to be classified is personal, technical, and tactical information that would reveal plans, movements, capabilities, or sources and methods. Any information that doesn't fall in this category, such as budgets, personnel policies, commonly known statements of fact (e.g. terrorists...

Tags: John Gilmore

Discussion threads 2005-03-15

Additional Resources

Giuliani vs. McCain? It's debatable

Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 special series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics”Eight Democrats lock horns online: So what? last Thursday. Tonight, ten Republicans get their chance.The first Republican debate in of the 2008 presidential race is set for 8pm EST. As with the Democrat’s show, the...

Tags: Presidential Race, Politics, Political Campaign, John McCain

Blog posts 2007-05-03

Interview with Rob Savoye of Gnash, the GPL Flash project

With Suns recent announcement that they are planning on freeing Java under the GPL and Adobes decision to open source the Actionscript Virtual Machine, I thought it would be good to take a look at other open source Rich Internet Application solutions. One of the most famous is Gnash, a...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, GameSWF

Blog posts 2006-11-16

Cheers

Cheersads on gangGeez, it's your show, put whatever you want in it. I'm amazed I get it for free in the first place. Listening to the promo enables that. Fine by me.Life IS GoodAs mentioned in a recent show, often the smart will no longer tolerate such nonsense and walk...

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Discussion threads 2006-06-14

When asked for your ID by the airlines, show them this

By way of Bruce Schneier's blog comes a link to the Identity project which, in offering the 9th Circuit case of John Gilmore as proof, is proposing that if want to preserve our right to fly without I.D., then we'd better start exercising that right. Says the Identity Project's...

Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Identity Project

Blog posts 2006-03-10

Anti-Apple DRM sentiment rising

Brad King who writes about emerging technology and culture for MIT's Technology Review is speaking out against Apple's digital restrictions [sic] management DRM strategy:...Jobs' deal with the entertainment industry and its DRM practices are bad for consumers....[having to hack DRM to DVD-ize TV recordings] is not what really, really sticks...

Tags: digital-rights management, Brad King

Blog posts 2006-01-05

Declaration of InDRMpendence

Is your anti-virus or anti-spyware technology warning you about the Digital Rights Management software on your computer? If not, it should be. It's a Trojan horse of the worst kind.Earlier today, after describing to a close friend the rock and the hard place that I'm between since I...

Tags: digital-rights management

Blog posts 2005-09-30

The DRM nightmare: Not only does it get worse, it recurs

Judging by my email, the number of Talkbacks, and our traffic reports, my story about how my $20,000 worth of audiophile gear can't play the 99 cent songs that I buy la carte struck a chord with a lot of people. As more people turn into consumers of digital...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Apple Computer Inc., digital-rights management, digital content, music, Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes, Apple iPod

Blog posts 2005-09-27

Hi-end audio pro weighs in on DRM conundrum

More and more great email is showing up in my inbox regarding my recent blog post on how my $20,000 worth of hi-end entertainment gear can't play my 99 cent songs (at least not the way it should be able to, there are workarounds). Digital rights management technology...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Home entertainment, digital-rights management, Greg Havenga, jukebox, audio pro, firmware

Blog posts 2005-09-23

EFF's John Gilmore responds to my DRM nightmare post

EFF's John Gilmore responds to my DRM nightmare postprohibition was a great idea........and we can see where it led. It strengthened the mob, and made everyone lawbreakers. History repeats itself. The general public hasn't come to terms with this yet, but when I told a guy...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, Apple iTunes, music, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Discussion threads 2005-09-23

EFF's John Gilmore responds to my DRM nightmare post

In response to a DRM nightmare blog post about why my $20,000 worth of audiophile gear can't play the 99 cent songs I'm buying, Electronic Frontier Foundation founder and board member John Gilmore sent the following e-mail which basically says that this DRM nightmare is going to get worse and...

Tags: digital-rights management

Blog posts 2005-09-23