Why is American Airlines gathering written dossiers on fliers' friends?
- Truly odd. What's going on here?
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on Thu 01/20/05
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US Patent Office: Information on Disclosure Document Program
- A Disclosure Document is official documentation of an art or work and can be used as a prior-art claim if you get sued for patent infingment. These are muuch cheaper than patents but last only two years.
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on Sat 09/18/04
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How to fight software patents - singly and together
- Stallman on fighting patents and patent reform.
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on Sat 09/18/04
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Slashdot on Origins and Misuse of the Word Piracy.
- The article is "SVP : More Video Anti-Copying Technology" but the comments on "piracy" are hilarious.
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on Sat 09/18/04
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Don't Mess With Librarians
- I'm convinced that there's some kind of weird link between hackers and librarians.
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on Thu 09/16/04
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Copyright Proposal Induces Worry
- Katie Dean with an update on the Induce Act non-sense. Short version: dickhead copyright officials help dickhead senators reword Induce Act.
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on Sun 09/12/04
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The DRM Debacle
- Tim Bray on DRM and its consequences. I'd love to see more of the popular bloggers jumping in and educating people on this. You have the medium!
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on Sun 09/12/04
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Save Betamax - National Call-In Day September 14
- "We're organizing a call-in day to Congress on September 14 to oppose new legislation that would undermine the Betamax decision (INDUCE Act)."
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on Wed 09/08/04
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The Right to Read - Richard Stallman
- "Like everyone, he had been taught since elementary school that sharing books was nasty and wrong--something that only pirates would do."
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on Wed 09/08/04
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free culture
- Must watch flash presentation (with audio) of Prof. Lawrence Lessig's speech on free culture at OSCON 2002.
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on Mon 08/30/04
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Copyright Bill Needs Big Changes
- Note: Follow and support Katie Dean (wired reporter). She has consistently and reputably covered every significant technological rights issue since 1999.
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on Thu 08/26/04
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Why Software Should Not Have Owners
- Richard Stallman - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
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on Sun 08/22/04
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Appeals Court Rules For Grokster
- "...the question is, does the statutory monopoly that Congress has given you reach out to that something new. And that's a very debatable question. You don't solve it by calling it 'theft.' You have to show why this court should extend a statutory monopol
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on Fri 08/20/04
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Ted Kennedy mistaken as terrorist, thrice denied flight
- Looks like John Gilmore just got a new pal.
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on Fri 08/20/04
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