Monthly Archives: August 2002

From a press release from host Information Wave Technologies, via Metafilter: Due to the nature of this matter and RIAA’s previous history, we feel the RIAA will abuse software vulerabilities in a client’s browser after the browser accesses its site, … Continue reading →

I knew a bit about Congressman Howard Berman, since he’s the representative for my home state, California, but I’d never heard of Congressman Howard Coble (R-North Carolina) until I learned he was Berman’s co-sponsor for the so called “Peer to … Continue reading →

Howard Berman (D-California) is co-sponsor with Howard Coble (R-North Carolina) of the Peer to Peer Piracy Bill). I’d like to make sure you know that Congressman Berman’s top five financial contributors (via PACs) are: Walt Disney Co. $31,000 AOL Time … Continue reading →

There’s an important post about Coble’s role in the Peer to Peer Piracy bill at Ed Cone’s blog. He quotes an email from Fred von Lohmann, Senior Intellectual Property Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation: Under the bill, “…a copyright owner *can* … Continue reading →

Wired has posted two stories about Apple’s Hypercard. The first one, “HyperCard, Forgotten but Not Gone,” discusses the enormous power and utility yet ease of use that drew so many to use HyperCard. The second, “HyperCard, what Could Have Been,” … Continue reading →