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Telecom standards face patent ambush threat - ZDNet UK News

“We have an ongoing investigation. The issue we’re looking at is the standards setting procedures at ETSI and the transparency of its procedures. The concern we have is a lack of transparency could lead to patent ambush situations.”

A patent ambush involves a company withholding information about patents held around a proposed standard. If this standard is agreed, companies are forced to pay royalties to the holder of the patent if they wish to implement the standard.

Warner Music Says First Sale Applies to Downloads:

In its reply to the District Court for the Central District of California, Warner claims downloads ‘are sold to customers such as iTunes and Listen.com just as physical product is sold to…Best Buy and Virgin.’

[Via bIPlog at boalt.org.]

Cracker WEP en 10 minutes. Avec Whoppix:

Whoppix is a stand alone penetration testing live cd based on Knoppix. With the latest tools and exploits, it is a must for every penetration tester and security auditor.

Moyennement utile pour moi avec mon Powerbook, par contre Aircrack roule sur OpenWRT… A creuser…

[Via Jon Udell.]

Lenny Bruce: “‘Communism is like one big phone company.’”

Je ne sais pas vraiment qui est Lenny Bruce mais cet aphorisme me fait rigoler…

[Via Quotes of the Day.]

Google.ch en romanche. Noté par Salon.

The Globe and Mail: Top airline in North America: Air Canada. On ne m’a pas demandé mon avis.