http://importance.corante.com/ en-us ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu 2005-07-11T14:23:47-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 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/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/prediction_no_lawsuit_against_slingbox.php Yesterday, the Hollywood Reporter published an article warning that the Slingbox from Sling Media (which allows you to stream video from their DVR to a computer outside the home) risks a secondary liability copyright lawsuit, just days after the decision... 6310@http://importance.corante.com/ File Sharing 2005-07-07T19:10:11-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/07/senior_fellow_for_progress_and_freedom_foundation_defends_comparison_of_alternative_compensation_schemes_to_slave_labor_prison_camps.php Yesterday, James DeLong, a senior fellow for the Progress and Freedom Foundation, wrote that "'collective licensing or a media levy' is a euphemism for turning creativity into a socialist gulag" (More Soothsaying). I characterized that statement as "grotesque hyperbole" (Senior... 6309@http://importance.corante.com/ Copyright 2005-07-07T11:27:47-08:00 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/samuelson_on_grokster.php Pam Samuelson weighs in on the Grokster decision in the forthcoming (Oct 2005) Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery. Read the 7-page paper: Legally Speaking: Did MGM Really Win the Grokster Case? [PDF]. Her answer as to whether MGM... 6303@http://importance.corante.com/ Copyright 2005-07-06T15:19:15-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/06/senior_fellow_for_progress_and_freedom_foundation_compares_alternative_compensation_schemes_to_forced_labor_prison_camps.php Derek Slater justly smacks James DeLong, a senior fellow for the Progress and Freedom Foundation, for saying that "'collective licensing or a media levy' is a euphemism for turning creativity into a socialist gulag" ("'Collective Licensing or Media Levy' Is... 6297@http://importance.corante.com/ Copyright 2005-07-06T11:33:12-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/05/meta_grokster_roundup.php For future reference purposes, just thought I would put together a post with all my coverage of the Grokster decision: My Commentary HereEldred Begat Grokster Kicking the Sony Can Down the Road Grokster and Open Source: Will Open Source Force... 6291@http://importance.corante.com/ Copyright 2005-07-05T08:22:20-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/04/german_publishers_group_pushing_to_poison_dns.php Constitutional Code brings some disturbing news from Germany (DNS Poisoning Requested From Providers by Rights Organisation).The German rights organisation for composers, lyricist and publishers, GEMA, has asked 42 access providers to poison their DNS servers in order to block sites... 6284@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-04T11:06:23-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/04/july_4_grokster_roundup.php The debate about the meaning and impact of the Grokster continues. C.E. Petit of Scrivener's Error has collected his thoughts now that the decision is a few days old (Grokster Conclusion: Everything Old Is New Again). He focuses on illuminating... 6281@http://importance.corante.com/ Copyright 2005-07-04T10:05:24-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/03/goldman_on_recent_doj_warez_group_busts.php Eric Goldman writes about the continued futility of the law enforcement fight against warez groups (Operation Site Down--The Latest Warez Group Bust (vintage 2005)).As I've written previously, the war against warez is ultimately futile. With sufficient enforcement, eventually we can... 6276@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-03T09:55:20-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/02/hodder_grokster_victory_in_58_years.php Mary Hodder's analysis of the ultimate impact of Grokster is very similar to mine (The 5-8 Year Problem: Asking the Ocean To Turn Back Won't Work With Digital Media Tides).In 5-8 years, I think the Grokster problem will be solved... 6268@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-02T22:10:57-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/02/thanks_jd.php I just wanted to thank JD Lasica for dropping by this week (good timing!) as part of his Blogger Book Tour for Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation. A quick guide to his posts:Grokster : Theory and PracticeGrokster Open... 6263@http://importance.corante.com/ Copyright 2005-07-02T07:49:45-08:00