Archive for the 'intellectual property' Category

DRM: Great for screwing your customers

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

It’s not a big secret that I’m against DRM, or that I think that the actions of Big Content (RIAA, MPAA or any other AA) are just plan wrong-headed.
Every so often I stumble across an article like this, and I just have to laugh.
It is going to be virtually impossible for any content company to [...]

MGM v. Grokster: A Response

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

This is a response that I wrote on a friend’s message board regarding the MGM v. Grokster case, which was decided in favor of MGM in a shocking 9-0 vote by the Supreme Court. Effectively, they hold Grokster (and by extension any other Peer-to-Peer software manufacturer) responsible for the illegal actions perpetrated by their [...]

Down with the DMCA

Tuesday, April 29th, 2003

The past few days have been exciting to say the least.
First off, I spent the weekend building computers. I’d mentioned that my dad wanted a new computer for work purposes, and pseudo-hired me to build the computer from components. My payment was a bunch of free equipment that I could use for my own new [...]