Here we'll explore the nexus of legal rulings, Capitol Hill
policy-making, technical standards development, and technological
innovation that creates -- and will recreate -- the networked world as we
know it. Among the topics we'll touch on: intellectual property
conflicts, technical architecture and innovation, the evolution of
copyright, private vs. public interests in Net policy-making, lobbying
and the law, and more.
Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this weblog are those of the authors and not of their respective institutions.
Scalzi has an update on his "Whatever" blog to the story about Cudo and massive copyright violations. This involves them saying "Oops! Sorry about that!" and trying finally to do the right thing, such as not distributing the CD. Scalzi appears to be in agreement with Hanlon that one should not attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity. But just barely.
Finally, Paul Tassi has a new column up on Forbes about Hollywood's plans to use gaming-style DRM for its HD movies. As he explained last time around, Tassi believes that the money would be far better spent in creating high-quality user experiences. Gamers have complained about many of the effects of DRM such as requiring multiple logins and always-connected networked machines. If Hollywood thinks throwing up this kind of obstacle is a recipe for anything other than more viewer frustration they are continuing to live in a different universe.
