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God did it, why can't we? UN ponders 'Net "10 commandments"

Write a new 10 Commandments of the Internet, Peter proposed, and draft them on a tablet PC on Mount Sinai. The "Peter" in question was Internet historian Ian Peter, and the place was the UN-backed Internet Governance Forum 2009 held last week in Sharm ...

From NATE ANDERSON, Ars Technica,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Alun Michael,  UK Houses of Parliament

UK "Pirate Finder General" law innocuous now, could get ugly

The Queen announced on Wednesday that her government would deliver Internet piracy legislation; today it arrived in the form of the massive Digital Economy bill meant to modernize the UK's approach to everything from copyrights to broadband to video ...

From NATE ANDERSON, Ars Technica,  22 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Peter Mandelson,  David Geffen,  Cory Doctorow,  Boing Boing,  World Trade Organization

Beatles piracy fixation gets stranger with huge FLAC release

EMI recently scored an epic victory against the US website that tried to sell Beatles tracks online for a quarter, but the whole incident raised a familiar question: why, exactly, isn't The Beatles music legally available online? The answer isn't hard ...

From NATE ANDERSON, Ars Technica,  22 Nov 2009
Related Topics: The Beatles,  Paul McCartney

Shocker: Ars, Hollywood agree on need for ACTA openness

MPAA head Dan Glickman sent a letter yesterday to both Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk in which he called for a serious US push to pass the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. That's certainly ...

From NATE ANDERSON, Ars Technica,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Dan Glickman,  Patrick Leahy,  Ron Kirk

Queen: We sank the Armada, we can sink some P2P pirates!

Yesterday at 11:30am, the Queen made her way to Parliament in a coach, entered the robing room to receive her crown, then followed someone known as the "Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod" to the door of the House of Commons. The Gentlemen Usher banged ...

From NATE ANDERSON, Ars Technica,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: House of Commons,  Flickr,  Ofcom,  Cory Doctorow,  Boing Boing

BlueBeat Beatles tracks gone for good after judge's beatdown

In an strange deposition that covers all sorts of ground completely unrelated to the lawsuit (and is littered with typos), BlueBeat founder Hank Risan told the court last week that the songs for sale on his site are totally new recordings that he ...

From NATE ANDERSON, Ars Technica,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: 112 (musician),  The Beatles

Finland, Spain bringing 1Mbps broadband to everyone

While the US talks, other countries are acting. Both Finland and Spain have now decided to add "broadband" to their universal service requirements. By 2011, any Finn or Spaniard, no matter where they live, should be able to get a reliable 1Mbps ...

From NATE ANDERSON, Ars Technica,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Federal Communications Commission

"Discount club" scams filch billions from online shoppers

Imagine that you visit Restaurants.com and purchase a gift card for a friend. During the checkout process, a screen asks if you want to save ten dollars on the purchase you just made, and it shows a single "Continue" button, as though this is just one ...

From NATE ANDERSON, Ars Technica,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Jay Rockefeller

Pirate Bay kills its own BitTorrent tracker

The Pirate Bay's BitTorrent tracker is down for good—but that's by design. The Pirate Bay has been intermittently unavailable for last few months as copyright holders have pressured its various ISPs to cut off service to the site in the wake of Swedish ...

From NATE ANDERSON, Ars Technica,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Laying down tracks on the go with an iPhone and a browser

Back in the day, the multitrack tool of choice for bedroom Springsteens was an analog four-track recorder from companies like Tascam. But with the advent of cheap laptops and powerful digital tools like ProTools, Logic, and Garageband, even the ...

From NATE ANDERSON, Ars Technica,  15 Nov 2009

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