Year: 2005
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BSA To Ask For Expansion of ISP Liability
The Business Software Alliance (BSA), a software industry group, will ask Congress to expand the liability of ISPs for infringing traffic that goes across their networks, according to a Washington Post story by Jonathan Krim. The campaign to modify the law is part of a broader effort by the BSA to address a variety of…
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Predictions for 2005
Here is my list of twelve predictions for 2005. (1) DRM technology, especially on PCs, will be seen increasingly as a security and privacy risk to end users. (2) Vonage and other leading VoIP vendors will start to act like incumbents, welcoming regulation of their industry sector. (3) Internet Explorer will face increasing competitive pressure…
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2004 Predictions Scorecard
A year ago, I offered seven predictions for 2004. Today, as penance for sins committed in 2004, it’s my duty to exhume these predictions and compare them to reality. (1) Some public figure will be severely embarrassed by an image taken by somebody else’s picture-phone or an audio stream captured by somebody else’s pocket audio…
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Recording Industry Publishing Infected P2P Files?
The recording industry may be publishing spyware-infested copies of their songs on P2P networks, according to a PC World story by Andrew Brandt and Eric Dahl. The files are encoded in a Microsoft file format. When the user plays such a file, the user’s browser is forced to visit a URL contained in the file.…
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Clip Blog
I now have a clip blog, at http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/clips. There I’ll post quick links to things that I find interesting, with little or no commentary.