EFF Fights for First Sale
The "first sale" doctrine is simple. You buy it. You own it. You can do whatever you like with it.
In the digital world that's not so obvious. Record companies, software developers, and…
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AT&T To Monitor Your Internet Use
ISPs used to protect their subscribers. No more. When they start selling entertainment and get in bed with Hollywood, you the consumer are back to sleeping on the floor with the dogs.
AT&T, the l…
Judge Rules RIAA Can’t Force College to Identify Students Without Notice
Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia in Capitol v. Does 1-16 denied RIAA's ex-parte motion to force the university of new mexico to disclose the identities of its students.
RIAA ex-parte motions ar…
Shelly Palmer Interviews Ray Beckerman about RIAA Lawsuits
Shelly Palmer interviews activist and attorney Ray Beckerman, author of the blog
Recording Industry vs The People, which is "[a]bout the RIAA's attempt to monopolize digital music by redefin…
Sanitizing Your iTunes Plus Files
In The iTunes Plus Scam I shared how Apple and EMI are placing your name and email address in unsecured AAC files, risking your privacy and a lawsuit.
There is a solution if you want to protect yours…
Lala Pulls a Lulu
Not to be outdone by Apple and EMI's scam (see The Apple iTunes Scam), LaLa and Warner are upping the ante on your personal surveillance even further.
Forget claiming that some third-world hacke…
The iTunes Plus Scam
apple itunes Plus is here. I recommend that you run away. Fast.
It was announced with a big bang and the promise of free and open music. See Open Format Files Rate a 30% Premium.
It went downhill fr…
Got a License for that CD?
Another part of the RIAA strategy to prop up the major label cartel is seeing success as state governments are increasingly regulating the sale of used CDs. The legislation is under the guise of stemm…
RIAA Gains Traction in The U.S. White House: Jumps on Police State Bandwagon
Posted in Consumer Rights, Government, Legal, Privacy & Security, RIAA, IFPI, Society & Public Policy on May 30th, 2007
RIAA is taking a new tactic in its fight on pirates of all stripes – jump on the Bush administration bandwagon to create a police state. The Bush administration, fresh on the heels of its success on t…
Those Damn Consumer Rights
Proving that DRM will never die and paying customers remain enemy number one, an HBO executive revealed that the cable programmer has been stymied by the nasty regulators at the FCC.
HBO Chief Techn…
