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File Sharers Wanted, Robin Hoods Needed
Get involved in the Don’t Disconnect Us Campaign and fight anti-file sharing plans Don’t let Mandelson disconnect your internet! If you read P2PON or follow what’s happening in the p2p file sharing world you must be aware by now of the UK government’s plans to cut off the Internet connection of alleged file sharers without a fair trial. Folks, this is a serious matter since the Government’s file-sharing plans means that millions of innocent people could be disconnected without having done anything illegal (check out here to see how this could easily happen). In october 2009 TalkTalk launched Don’t Disconnect Us campaign whose aim is to make sure the measures proposed by Lord Mandelson don’t become law.
Continue reading »Gumtree comes over all queer in blocking ‘offensive language’
Ad site highlights sticky issue of self-definition Comment Online small adster Gumtree appears to be a bit squeamish about ads containing words such as “queer”.…
Continue reading »Anti-Piracy Group Refuses Bait, DRM Breaker Goes To Police
At the end of October, a Danish citizen took drastic action to draw attention to some restrictive and seemingly contradictory copyright legislation. Henrik Anderson told TorrentFreak that in order to force his government’s hand on laws which allow him to copy DVDs for his own personal use, but forbid him to remove the DRM in order to do so, he decided to turn himself in. Henrik informed the Danish anti-piracy outfit Antipiratgruppen that he had broken the DRM on more than one hundred legally-purchased DVD movies and TV shows for use on his home media center, an act forbidden – but seemingly also allowed – under Danish laws , both detailed below; 12.–(1) Anyone is entitled to make or have made, for private purposes, single copies of works which have been made public if this is not done for commercial purposes.
Continue reading »Supremes wrestle with business method, software patents
For the first time in a generation, the nation’s highest court on Monday pondered the question of which inventions are eligible for patent protection. For the petitioner, Bernard Bilski, the issue was whether he’d get a patent on “a method for managing the consumption risk costs of a commodity sold by a commodity provider.” The exchange gave him little reason for optimism. For the rest of us, the crucial question is what rule will be applied for patent eligibility in the future.
Continue reading »Net neutrality: still a work in progress
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The release last week of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s report on Internet traffic management – known as the net neutrality decision – attracted national attention. Canadians, Internet service providers, and politicians debated whether the regulator had struck the right balance in addressing how ISPs manage Internet traffic. While some headlines seemed to suggest that the CRTC has given Canada’s ISPs the green light to do as they please, the reality is that the decision establishes several notable requirements and restrictions.
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