Seems a treaty being proposed by the WIPO will make it harder for Podcasters to use music and other materials in their podcast. They have a petition online for people to sign. More details at [log.hugoschotman.com]
Petition for ‘Podcasters’ Rights and the WIPO Broadcast Treaty’
Posted by todd at 5:38 PM on June 19, 2006Senator John Edwards to Keynote Gnomedex
Posted by geeknews at 8:08 PM on June 17, 2006I am not sure what I think about this, I have had 24 hours to let it sink in, and received a reply to a message that I sent to Chris about it. The only Politics I talk about on this Blog, is how it seems that a great number of senators, and representatives have not a clue what they are doing in some of these tech bills they have supported.
I have been around politicians all my life, and honestly most of them tell ya what you want to hear, while trying to sell you a bill of goods. I swear though if he starts getting political I’m not sure I will be able to sit their and listen. But I am going to dig around on his voting record on key items that are important to the readership of this blog, and I am gonna ask some hard questions.
But the verdict is still out on whether it is a good idea to bring a speaker in that at least half of the people in the room do not care for. At least if you follow general wisdom that the political split in geeks will be pretty much down the middle risky and yet very interesting pick to say the least.
House of Representatives sell out to the Telecommunication Industry
Posted by geeknews at 2:10 PM on June 9, 2006I am today quite sickened by the events in the House of Representatives in them selling their souls to the telecommunication industry. It is highly obvious that those largely Republican representatives that voted for this ignored the will of the people as usual, and gave the industry everything they wanted.
Americans were sold a bill of goods today and even worse telecommunications companies are now going to be able to setup toll booths on the Internet. This telecommunication monopoly on the way representatives vote in the house showed how the people are not being represented and it’s beyond a travesty. This statement sums it up:
“In a concession to the telephone and cable companies, the legislation does nothing to prevent the phone and cable providers from charging Internet content providers a premium for carrying services like video offerings that could rival those of the telecommunications companies.”
If this does not get you mad you need to get mad, you need to find out how your rep voted on this and let him know your opinion, then you need to get on the phone and let your senator know too. Makes me mad enough that any candidate will be better than the one currently in my district. [CNET Part 1] [Cnet Part 2]
Bloggers are Jailed?
Posted by geeknews at 8:10 PM on November 6, 2005Political bloggers jailed, detained | Tech News on ZDNet
What happened to Freedom of Speech? I usually do not discuss politics, nor do I get involved in a lot of political talk. There are some things that I just stay away from, but in doing that, I don’t think anyone should have the right to shut down a blog for practicing their Freedom of Speech. Are blogs going to be ok, just as long as they are not political?
I realize this is not in the US, I just found this hard to believe.
VeriSign the gift that keeps on giving!
Posted by geeknews at 3:53 PM on June 9, 2005It looks like we are stuck with VeriSign for six more years as they have been given a renewal on thier contract with ICANN. My questions is did this come with restriction on them playing fair and not try to pull that same stunt they pulled two years ago when the re-directed mis-typed domains to their own website.
In my personal opinion this smells of protectionism and monopolization. [Yahoo]
U.S. Homeland Security Shuts Down BitTorrent P2P Site
Posted by geeknews at 10:44 PM on May 25, 2005U.S. Homeland Security Shuts Down BitTorrent P2P Site
Ten people suspected of involvement with the EliteTorrents webserver were served warrants by homeland security agents. According to the U.S. government agency, this is the first criminal enforcement action taken against violators of copyright law who use the BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file swapping software. The operation, codenamed D-elite, targeted administrators and content providers working through the EliteTorrents website.
Tags: Bit Torrent, bittorrent, Department of Justice, Downloading, downloads, Elite Torrent, elitetzorrents.org, movies, p2p, peer to peer, star wars
Posted in Commerce, Crime, Dave's Muse, Fair Use, Information, Politics, Services, Software, Technical
Jason Calacanis is calling CNet to task for not giving blogger credit!!
Posted by geeknews at 1:01 PM on May 20, 2005Jason like some other people out here in weblog land are not afraid of calling people out, and I applaud him for that. I understand his frustration completely, and having heard the commentary Rush made on his radio show about professional journalist not recognizing bloggers earlier this week by pure luck fits into a theme that seems to be prevalent this week.
Hi commentary gives an interesting perspective, and gives me some things to ponder about on the perspective I have had on a couple of topics lately. Did I tell you I really like straight shooters.
I come from a family of great debaters who love to play devils advocate we just love to have a lively discussion. But I have also learned that having that type of personality requires restraint in being able to pick your battles wisely and only strike when you know you will win. The exception to that rule is you always stand your ground when something that is happening is illegal, unjust, hurtful, immoral or degrading of another person. [Jason Calacanis]
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