http://importance.corante.com/ en-us ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu 2005-07-13T11:46:55-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/13/drew_clarks_spectrum_wars_now_online.php The National Journal has an excellent indepth overview of the current state of DTV spectrum and how we got here from February 2005 by Drew Clark (Spectrum Wars). Must reading. via Freedom to Tinker Dashlog... 6327@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-13T11:46:55-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/13/geist_savages_the_harry_potter_injunction_some_more.php Michael Geist is really going after the injunction a Canadian court has issued regarding the accidental sale of Harry Potter books before they officially go on sale in a couple of days (Harry Potter Injunction). It baffles me that this... 6325@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-13T10:39:18-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/13/coca_cola_threatening_lawsuit_against_political_art.php The India Resource Center reports that the Coca Cola company is going after an Indian artist whose commentary on Coca Cola's policies incorporates their logo (Coca-Cola Threatens Top Indian Photographer with Lawsuit).Mr. Haksar, a leading international photographer and winner of... 6324@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-13T09:45:58-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/12/divorce_and_virtual_worlds.php This is nearly a couple of weeks old, but Pacific Epoch reports that a Chinese divorce case involves a serious dispute over virtual goods (Game Accounts Take Center Stage In Divorce).A divorce in Chongqing has turned ugly when both parties... 6322@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-12T16:11:05-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/11/open_access_to_windows_antispyware_lists_recommended.php Ed Bott has some excellent questions about and recommendations for Microsoft's anti-spyware policies (Dear Microsoft: Why Should We Trust You to Detect Spyware?).Publish the Windows AntiSpyware database. Put it on the Web. Make it searchable. Provide a description of why... 6320@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-11T14:50:17-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/11/ludicrous_copyright_response_letters.php JD Lasica has an excellent collection of letters he has received from various studios when he asked permission to use short clips from their movies in home movies he was producing for family use only (When the Studios Won't Give... 6319@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-11T14:32:51-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/11/coco_on_german_copyright_decisions.php Constitutional Code has a great roundup of information on several decisions in German courts regarding the copyfight (German File-Sharing Round-Up: TV P2P & Advertisement). One version of P2P software cannot be distributed, it is illegal to link to allofMP3.com, and... 6318@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-11T14:23:47-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/11/fair_use_of_citizen_journalism_photos_by_big_media.php Citizen Paine has a bunch of links about a fair use debate regarding big media use of citizen created content (Use of G8 Protest Pics Stirs Fair-Use Debate). It isn't only big media that wants too much control through copyright.... 6317@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-11T14:08:49-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/11/antispoofing_technologies_and_grokster.php Ed Felten points to a report (behind a firewall) that the RIAA is making the argument that anti-spoofing technologies on P2P networks may be evidence of inducement under Grokster (RIAA Saber-Rattling against Antispoofing Technologies?). Ed is entirely right that anti-spoofing... 6315@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-11T10:10:01-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/11/bbc_blasted_for_making_music_freely_available.php One would think this is parody, but apparently it is not. The Independent reports that classical music labels are lambasting the BBC for making MP3s of classical music available for free download (Downloading Trouble at the BBC).The BBC has been... 6314@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-11T09:50:23-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/07/senate_hearings_on_grokster_decision.php Public Knowledge reports that the Senate Commerce Committee will be holding a hearing on the Grokster decision on July 14. The Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness subcommittee will hold hearings on July 28. No witnesses yet known.... 6308@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-07T09:32:54-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/06/opera_browser_embeds_bittorrent_functionality.php Opera Watch ("the unofficial Opera blog") reports that the latest version of the Opera web browser will natively support BitTorrent (Opera Adds Support for BitTorrent). Unfortunately, Opera is a fairly niche product, though highly popular with those who use it.... 6306@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-06T16:56:33-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/06/man_vs_machine_on_the_chess_board_computers_victorious.php Ed Felten declares computers the winner in the man vs. machine chess arena (Chess Computer Crushes Elite Human Player).This may seem inevitable in hindsight, but for the longest time people insisted that human chess players had something special which computers... 6305@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-06T15:59:42-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/06/eff_adds_labor_law_section_to_its_legal_guide_for_bloggers.php EFF has added a labor law section (Bloggers' FAQ: Labor Law) to their excellent Legal Guide for Bloggers (Blogging and the Workplace). Now if I only had a job where I could use this ...... 6304@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-06T15:53:39-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/06/stifling_innovation_not_working_out_well_for_cellular_providers.php Business Week's Blogspotting has some interesting evidence of the failure of the closed network model for cellular service (Mobile Internet: a Story of Stagnation).What can we gather from this? The mobile industry, which has been breathlessly awaiting revenue growth from... 6302@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-06T14:36:34-08:00