BIT320 Remix — IP
November 26, 2005
planetsony_usa
Graphic showing the spread of Sony's DRM rootkit around the world
In del.icio.us/kevlers, 11/26/2005 | Original | Archive
Intellectual Property links
Topics: IP information
An impressive list of links to articles concerning intellectual "property" issues, from all sides.
In del.icio.us/kevlers, 11/26/2005 | Original | Archive
IP blog
Weblog on intellectual property issues.
In del.icio.us/kevlers, 11/26/2005 | Original | Archive
November 21, 2005
planetsony_usa
A nice visualization of how far the Sony DRM root kit has managed to spread in North America. It's even in Alaska.
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 11/21/2005 | Original | Archive
Texas Sues Sony BMG over Rootkit
Topics: IP business drm technical
"Sony has engaged in a technological version of cloak and dagger deceit against consumers by hiding secret files on their computers,"
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 11/21/2005 | Original | Archive
November 12, 2005
Niall Kennedy's Weblog: Amazon receives customer reviews patent
The patent covers the solicitation of a review and what metrics might be used to determine the right time to solicit a review. The patent was originally filed over five and a half years ago to better compete with a site such as Epinions.com.
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 11/12/2005 | Original | Archive
October 5, 2005
Bit of Torrent Attack
Topics: IP Music NewInventions Opinionslug P2P Technology bittorrent internet
Bud happened to post a del.icio.us link to an attack on Bit Torrent. The corporations are running as peers in the systems and sending chunks of garbage instead of the actual file. For those who don’t know, Bit Torrent is a little simpler than a regular file sharing such as Kazaa, napster, or DC++, in that it just connects you directly to other computers to share the file instead of running it through a middle man or server. It also runs better the more people who are sharing the file itself, called seeding. No one person or computer “hosts” the file, but instead puts their file up for sharing and downloading The longer, more you share the fast your own download goes. It does this by swarming…I think is the correct term, because a majority of your bandwidth is unused which is a waste, so BT just takes over the extra stuff. That’s the best way I can describe it, I might be wrong but its my type of lay terms 
correct me if I’m wrong.
I’m particularly upset about this recent info about people funding garbage. The whole point of BT is that you can share things easily and it encourages sharing. This is similar to when record companies started getting on Kazaas and others and sharing songs with blanks in it to deter people. Do they really really think that this will deter people? NO…they will still search. I doubt this is the real solution and could be spending so much more time just actually making downloading more legalized. It’s not going away, now or never, live with it!
To further this sharing, here are some links of bit torrent programs: official bit torrent page, ABC torrent (I use this), Azureus, Bit Tornado. You just download this little program, and then search the internet for file links of bit torrent, click, save on your computer through the program and you’re downloading. The only downside is that if no one is sharing or seeding…there’s a likelyhood that you won’t get your file.
I do try not to download US stuff…just to be on the safe side, but I use BT mainly for manga so…
In Shady Waters, 10/05/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
October 4, 2005
Workbench: Throw the Book at Google
"As an armchair copyright lawyer, I can't figure out how it matters that Google grabbed one book with a bot and grabbed the other with a scanner ... If Google Print is illegal, wouldn't Google be illegal as well?" Good point!
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 10/04/2005 | Original | Archive
O'Reilly Radar > HBO Attacking BitTorrent
Topics: IP business popularization
Instead of coming up with an alternative service consumers would purchase because it adds value, HBO attacks pirate services. I think people would pay for an easy to use online download service. I would for the Sci Fi Channel.
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 10/04/2005 | Original | Archive
September 21, 2005
Google Responds to Authors Guild Lawsuit
I don't really get why publishers would not be interested in this. It makes their work findable. Some commenters suggest publishers are doing it because of precedent. Hiding your IP under a bushel just does not make sense in this case.
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 09/21/2005 | Original | Archive
September 19, 2005
Google to Put Copyright Laws to the Test - Yahoo! News
You wonder why people object to Google's scanning works. It just makes them more findable in the electronic age.
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 09/19/2005 | Original | Archive
