Category Archives: drm
Why Is Michael Geist In Favour Of Digital Rights Management/Technical Protection Measures?
The Apple IPad. The Amazon Kindle. The Microsoft XBox360. The Nintendo Wii. The Sony PS3. Blue Ray Players. All of these default to ‘DRM ON’ even if the author doesn’t want it. All of them push DRM at authors. None of them give the choice that the WIPO Treaty was supposed to provide. None of them are legal under the plain language of the treaty. Continue reading
Notes For The Last Week
I’ve been recuperating from attending FilKONtario 20. Spending a weekend on a hotel where everything is a long walk, wasn’t the best thing I could have done, but I got to see people, hear some good music, and talk. Acarya, … Continue reading
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Doctor Ficsor is wrong again
Oh dear – here we go again. Doctor Ficsor, you are quickly gaining a reputation for inaccuracy. I was originally going to refute you point by point, but that would have resulted in another long document, and as you stated, … Continue reading
An invitation to Doctor Ficsor to explain the value to the citizens of Canada in ratifying the WIPO Internet Treaties
I’m a Canadian. Dr. Ficsor’s ‘An invitation to Canada to join the international community by ratifying the WIPO Internet Treaties‘ is one of the more insulting, and incorrect documents that I’ve perused over the years. So many errors, where oh … Continue reading
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Amazon – Proving that the Kindle is the stupidest thing in town
OK, so you bought a Kindle, and you bought some books for it. You pick it up to read something, and it’s not there. Maybe you meant to buy it and forgot. Maybe Amazon deleted it. Seriously. When I first … Continue reading
