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• 31-May-2002

  
  via the EFF… TINSEL TOWN CLUB! via the EFF… TINSEL TOWN CLUB! Senator Ernest Hollings and a powerful group of Hollywood entertainment interests are pushing Congress to pass an anti-consumer bill called the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) that may make it impossible to: » Play your CDs on your desktop computer » Create legal copies or mp3s...
• 24-Mar-2002
  Jamie Zawinski has an interesting take… Jamie Zawinski has an interesting take (as a coder and as a nightclub owner) on webcasting and the music industry. I’m not certain of all the numbers he runs, but his explanations of the rules around webcasting seem like very practical advice — Webcasting Legally: The issues of intellectual property, fair use, individual rights and...