UPDATE: Lessig decided not to run….
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Draft Lessig….
17-Feb-08Lessig changing focus…
20-Jun-07Lawrence Lessig just lobbed a bombshell on his blog in this entry. To summarize, Dr Lessig has decided to shift his activism and focus from technology, the Internet, & IP to, quite simply, corruption. Dr. Lessig is and has been a towering figure who has contributed an incredible legacy of thought and activism, his lack [...]
CEA & RIAA Smackdown…
21-Nov-06The RIAA's Cary Sherman has a Nov 13, 2006 must-read editorial on CNet. In it Sherman calls CEA's President Gary Shapiro statements "extreme", Sherman goes on and describes what he sees as the limits & definition of fair use. Why all the brouhaha? The just recently launched digitalfreedom.org site sponsored by the CEA. [...]
Action Alert…
04-Oct-06It is imperative that everyone support competition and a level playing field in the tv space. Please sign the petition (https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr007=80dnu42g11.app6a&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=261) to force the cable companies to allow innovation in television. Of course all this might be for naught as internet TV may allow us to get around the cable companies completely.
SecondLife….
09-May-06Fascinating stuff in the virtual gaming world, SecondLife. Its becoming apparent that SecondLife can no longer be considered just a game. Something more is happening there. Its a rough raw experience but its getting better all the time.
It seems that Marc Bragg is suing SecondLife because he discovered a flaw in their system. Over [...]
In case you missed it, major Patent Case
20-Mar-06The grey old lady has a great editorial from Michael Crichton on a massively important patent case. The case turns on whether or not a “fact” (in this case the relationship between homocysteine levels and vitamin B12) can be patented. Check it out and be shocked at the continuing attempts to expand the domain of [...]