CITP Blog is hosted by Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy, a research center that studies digital technologies in public life. Here you’ll find comment and analysis from the digital frontier, written by the Center’s faculty, students, and friends.
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U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates has ordered Verizon to turn over to the RIAA the identity of a Verizon customer who allegedly used Verizon’s ISP service to infringe…
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More on Court Tossing No-Reviews EULA Clause
The EFF has posted a copy of the New York state court’s ruling in the Network Associates case that I wrote about previously. The court’s ruling makes three main points.…
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RIAA: ISPs Should Pay For File Sharing
A Reuters story quotes RIAA head Hilary Rosen as saying that ISPs should be held responsible for their users’ file sharing: “We will hold ISPs more accountable,” said Hillary Rosen,…
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Court Throws Out No-Reviews Clause in EULA
A court has thrown out a software contract clause prohibiting customers from publishing reviews of a product, report Matt Richtel at the New York Times and Lisa Bowman at CNet.…
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Siva's Multimedia Blitz
Siva Vaidhyanathan offers a post-Eldred perspective over at Salon. He’s on television tonight too, talking about copyright, on “NOW with Bill Moyers,” airing on most PBS stations at 9:00 PM.…
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Eldred Loses
The Supreme Court has ruled in the Eldred case, upholding the copyright term extension by a 7-2 vote. More later, once I get a chance to read the opinions. majority…
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When is a Mandate Not a Mandate?
The conventional wisdom is that yesterday’s deal between the RIAA and tech companies includes an agreement to oppose government mandates of DRM such as the Hollings CBDTPA. But look at…
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When Is a Regulation Not a Regulation?
Often, when people say they oppose regulation, what they really mean is that they like the regulation we already have and don’t want it changed. By implicitly defining “regulation” to…
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Tinkering with American History
In the latest Newsweek, Malcolm Jones reports on the hot new American History textbook, “Inventing America,” by Pauline Maier, Merritt Roe Smith, Daniel Kevles and Alexander Keyssar. As soon as…
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McGee on Magical Thinking
Jim McGee has some interesting thoughts on the problem of magical thinking, especially as manifested in policy discussions. (He also says some kind things about me. Thanks!)