Archives mensuelles : août 2003

EULAs as « get out of jail » cards

Declan asks if the liability rules surrounding computer software should be tightened: « the EULA is the slickest ‘Get out of jail free card’ I can think of in recent years » says a consultant quoted in the article. It’s an issue … Continuer la lecture

Publié dans Droit | 3 commentaires

Gender Genie

This algorithm tries to determine the sex of the author of a text. Spooky. Is it accurate for you? [via Remolino→Kairosnews]

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WiFi roaming

Canada’s cell phone operators are planning the « Interac of WiFi« : The 12-million people who own cellphones, personal digital assistants or any wireless device and subscribe to Bell Mobility (with Aliant Mobility), Microcell Solutions (Fido), Rogers AT&T Wireless or Telus Mobility … Continuer la lecture

Publié dans Technos | Commentaires fermés

Very disappointing

Remember that open letter to WIPO regarding a meeting on open source issues? A meeting was initially planned, but due to vigourous pressure from the US administration, it seems the meeting is no longer on track. This is sad because … Continuer la lecture

Publié dans Droit, Technos | Commentaires fermés

RSS feed for individual entries

Some feeds I subscribe to put comments in their main news feed. (e.g. Unsanity or Toomuchsexy) I can understand why this is good in some cases. Most often though, it results in posts I don’t care about being marked as … Continuer la lecture

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TV over ADSL

Telus got a licence to sell television service. Meaning they’ll deliver TV signals over ADSL. If Videotron could sell me VoIP à la Vonage, we’d have a nice example of convergence and a relatively even field for cable and phone … Continuer la lecture

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Consumer law and EULAs

Chris Barton: Microsoft security flaws trampling on consumer rights. The article’s conclusion I agree with: For far too long users have accepted that software is different from other consumer products. And that the End User Licence Agreement you buy indemnifies … Continuer la lecture

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Private copying

It seems someone discovered Part VIII and the associated Tariffs (current and proposed) : Jay Currie at Tech Central station wrote a piece titled « Blame Canada » which I was kindly directed to by Frank Field and Matt Morse. Well, without … Continuer la lecture

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BSA audit backlash

Rockin’ on without Microsoft or how a BSA audit got a Windows user angry enough that he made his company Microsoft-free. « I’m speaking to a standing-room-only audience at a major technology show because I use a different piece of software–that’s … Continuer la lecture

Publié dans Technos | Commentaires fermés

The DMCA … Digital movie critics act ?

Following this story on slashdot in which it is reported that the MPAA blames the falling revenues on text messaging, I found this comment from zurab:  » I propose a Digital Movie Critics Act (DMCA) that will mandate that all … Continuer la lecture

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Body Sushi

J’ai entendu parler d’un certain party de Noël d’une boîte de production où du saumon fumé était servi sur les corps allongés, et dénudés, d’un couple de mannequins… Apparemment, ils ont rien inventé: le « body sushi » est dans le vent. … Continuer la lecture

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Net neutrality

FCC Chairman Doubtful About Cable Internet Proposal [GigaLaw.com]

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SCO Scuttles Sense

Eben Moglen of the Free Software Foundation answers SCO’s claim about the GPL’s invalidity. I still think that if the GPL was to be invalid, especially on the ground SCO claims, it would take with it in it’s fall a … Continuer la lecture

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La saison prochaine

Si nos Zone:3, Productions J et autre maisons locales préférées cherchent un concept à acheter, il y a un nouveau plancher télévisuel à rejoindre. Oui oui, pour tout chez qui croyaient que Mixmania, Phenomia, Star Academie et la maison Rona, … Continuer la lecture

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Lemmings

Lemmings in DHTML claims this guy. Very cute and fun, but standing on fragile intellectual property grounds? [via Toomuchsexy blog]

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