this is mikel.org

Michael Boyle's weblog

  • home
  • archives
  • about
  • words

Fail!

March 14, 2008 by Michael Boyle

Like many, I’m pretty skeptical about big network led efforts to bring their TV and other content online, but still kind of optimistic. So it was with interest that I read John Battelle’s post Hulu Is Up at Searchblog. His conclusion? “This is a big step.”

A response, in three screen captures:

hulu1.jpg


hulu2.jpg


hulufail.jpg

Tags: Copyfight, Media, Video

Lessig for Congress?

February 20, 2008 by Michael Boyle

In the past couple of weeks there has been an increasingly organized movement to draft renowned copyfighter Lawrence Lessig to run for Congress in the California 12th district. Lessig himself is considering it and says, “that decision will be made soon.” One of the more interesting aspects of his possible run is that Lessig recently committed to switching gears to deal with governance and corruption issues instead of focusing on copyright and related issues. It goes without saying that I and thousands like me would love the idea of a guy like Lessig in Congress. There are many fine Congresspeople, but still relatively few that have a real handle on some of the most important issues of the day.

Tags: Copyfight, Lawrence Lessig, US Politics

Take action on copyright

December 3, 2007 by Michael Boyle

It is widely rumoured that between now and Christmas, the Conservative government is going to introduce new Canadian DMCA-style copyright legislation. Michael Geist has written a useful list of actions Canadians can take to address this: The Canadian DMCA – What You Can Do.

Tags: Canada, Canadian Politics, Copyfight, Geist

The word went out yesterday

April 2, 2007 by Michael Boyle

The word went out yesterday

about a big Apple-related event at EMI Music this morning, and without more advance notice than that, we found out today that EMI Music will be selling DRM-free superior sound quality downloads across its entire digital repertoire, starting in May. I doubted that Apple would ever sell DRM-free music alongside regular, but it’s obvious now that the two-fer – no DRM and improved sound quality – sets a high enough bar for Apple to do this in ITMS. I suppose it’s important that the distinction be greater than just DRM/No-DRM (or price).

Tags: Apple, Copyfight, DRM, Music

Roughly Drafted Magazine

March 8, 2007 by Michael Boyle

Roughly Drafted Magazine

published an interesting piece called How FairPlay Works: Apple’s iTunes DRM Dilemma at the end of February. It’s a must-read in the context of the very open Apple-DRM file. At the bottom of the article there are links to several other interesting pieces as well. Well worth your time.

Tags: Copyfight

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 12
  • Next Page »

search

recent

  • Diouf Article
  • Anil Dash: We’re not being alarmist enough about climate change…
  • Learning about Gutenberg
  • From the “I thought I’d heard it all” file
  • One year since his passing: The Day Prince’s Guitar Wept the Loudest

Archives

Email GNE Montreal Design Apple Test Funny Software Arts Social Networks Music International Affairs Browser Canada War Business Microsoft Canadian Politics Blogging Internet Wired Copyfight Sports Search Media Google Friend Personal NYTimes US Politics Web Web Design
Michael Boyle Blog
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2000–2023 · Michael Boyle

Copyright © 2023 · Modern Portfolio Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in