links for 2007-02-06
Suw Charman Anderson, 06 February 2007
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Suw: "Moves by big picture agencies to enforce their copyright can have expensive implications for careless web developers"
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Suw: Registration sadly closed for this, but I've been told there may be MP3s made available afterwards.
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Suw: "An EU bid to make internet broadcasters subject to the same laws as traditional television is "seriously misguided", a House of Lords committee has said." I'm right behind the Lords on this one.
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Suw: It's official: Conservatives will scrap ID cards and have a campaign on their website outlining why ID cards won't work.
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Suw: Because we all know they'll be honest about it. "Yes, guv, my chat name is 'ResponsibleAdult253', and I only have one email address. No, really." Do they not understand how the internet works?
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Suw: "David Davis has written to Cabinet Secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, giving formal notice that an incoming Conservative administration would scrap the Government's costly ID card project."
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Suw: 'Moral rights' are really messy things - they can be used for bad or evil. It's a relief to see the French courts being sensible about this and not caving into pressure from overwrought descendants of someone who died over a century ago.
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Suw: "the discussion about copyright and free culture generally focuses on intellectual property that starts with writers: movies (screenwriter), music (songwriters), books (authors), and so on. Photography doesn't start there, and the more I spoke to pho
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Suw: "The Constitutional Affairs Committee will hold a one-off evidence session on Freedom of Information on Tuesday 6 March."
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Reply #1 on : Tue February 06, 2007, 20:26:46