Copyright hope, the early days

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WASHINGTON--A conservative Republican lawmaker is expected to announce a bill next week that would dramatically scale back the ability of record labels, movie studios and others to use anticopying technology, according to a source familiar with the proposal.

The bill, authored by Sen. Sam Brownback, would regulate digital rights management systems, granting consumers the right to resell copy-protected products and requiring manufacturers to prominently disclose when anti-copying technology is being used. Click here to read the rest of the article.

It's not a blog, damnit, the early days

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Oh cool - I didn't notice your posts until just now. And no it ISNT a blog damnit :P Its more of a personalized technology message board - its not a diary :P

Also - Craig- ill email you my password for Digital Blasphemy - also - you need to download waste and install it - then email me your public key you make. Ill go ahead and email you mine. Once we get them both entered in, connect to 68.185.116.75 and you should handshake and be all setup. If you have problems email me. BTW - when it asks for a network name use The Matrix

Google Buys Blogger

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Alright, the purchase of blogger by google must have added the extra stimulus needed for me to be able to post! Well, I guess not but things are working now. This should be fun, although I must add, it seems to be looking more and more like a blog :P Cheers to all. See you tomorrow Tuz, and please, whatever you do, don't work too hard, eh?

Justin Frankel leaves Nullsoft over spat with AOL

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Justin Frankel, the creator of Winamp, has announced to leave Nullsoft in his .plan yesterday.

This seems to be the result of a possible dispute with his employer AOL over the P2P-software "WASTE", which was released by Justin a few days ago on the Nullsoft website and then taken down one day later. All that is left on the former download page is a notice that the software was posted without authorization. WASTE allowed encrypted instant messaging, group chats and file-sharing and was published with complete source code. Justin explains in his .plan that his freedom of expression -- which he claims to do best through coding -- is being constrained by his employer and that it is time to do something different.

Good. Maybe he an turn out some good software without being constrained. Meanwhile - I've got a copy of the Waste sourcecode MUahahaha.