Cory Doctorow (co-editor of BoingBoing, electronic rights activist, sci-fi novelist, & Creative Commons darling) will be speaking about DRM on Wednesday, February 15, 6PM, in 105 Emerson Hall, Harvard University. The talk is sponsored by the Berkman Center, the Harvard Computer Society, and Harvard College Free Culture. More information here and please download the flier. [...]
Archive for January, 2006
For the first time all papal documents, including encyclicals, will be governed by copyright invested in the official Vatican publishing house, the Libreria Editrice Vaticana. The edict covers Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, which is to be issued this week amid huge international interest. The edict is retroactive, covering not only the writings of [...]
A French judge today ruled against allowing DRM on Warner Music CDs, fining Warner 5000 euros in punitive damages for a case brought against them involving one user and one CD.
The French Association of Audionautes (ADA) met with the French Justice Minister this week, and will meet with Prime Minister de Villepin next Wednesday, to [...]
Google seems to want to become the iTunes of video but the new paid content on Google Video definitely leaves something to be desired.
Many have been dismayed to discover that Google allows content providers to put DRM restrictions on their works. As is customary with DRM-related issues, issues that are of great interest to millions [...]
After snagging a Boingboing plug, Harvard College Free Culture’s Elizabeth Stark (in conjunction with NYU’s Fred Benenson) attracted over 2,000 signatories to their anti-DRM CD pledge, mere days into its short existence. If you’re comfortable consigning yourself to a DRM-CD-free future, go sign up! The Village Voice promotes free culture, leading with a fab [...]
