How to Free the Music
There’s a mini-flap this week over DRM on pop music CDs. See notes about Coldplay below and at Concurring Opinions,… Read More »How to Free the Music
Michael Madison
Voice of the Ages
I grew up watching Pac-8 football, so I’ll be rooting for USC in tomorrow night’s Rose Bowl. But my real… Read More »Voice of the Ages
Coldplay DRM
Via boingboing and sivacracy, news of the DRM notice that greets buyers of Coldplay’s latest CD. Image below. Cory at… Read More »Coldplay DRM
The New, New Net
Via Larry Lessig, I read essays on the once-and-future Internet by Jonathan Zittrain (on what “we” might do to preserve the “generative” features of the Internet for consumers, while safeguarding the network from security-related catastrophes) and Tim Wu and Jack Goldsmith (on the persistence of the nation state) in the new Legal Affairs.
These are both excellent reads — both structure their arguments around some previously-told but still compelling stories — but I’m puzzled by an omission.
Hooters as Things
Hooters is suing to enforce its “trade dress,” and the question before the 11th Circuit is whether the “Hooter Girl”… Read More »Hooters as Things