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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Today on Fritz’s Hit List: the Wallace and Gromit talking alarm clock. This alarm clock wakes its owner by playing copyrighted audio, so it qualifies for regulation as a “digital…
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Fritz's Hit List #14
Today on Fritz’s Hit List: scrolling signs. These signs display digital information, which may be copyrighted, in visual form, so they qualify for regulation as “digital media devices” under the…
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CNet Radio Interview
I’ll be interviewed on CNet Radio today, at some point between 1:30 and 2:00 P.M. Eastern time. Click here if you want to listen to a live feed.
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Fritz's Hit List #13
Today on Fritz’s Hit List: Hallmark’s “Circus Mountain Railroad” Christmas ornament. (To see it, go to Hallmark’s website and search for “circus”.) This ornament plays “Jingle Bells,” apparently from a…
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Two From Steven Levy
Two very nice articles by Steven Levy in the latest Newsweek. The first, I Was a Wi-Fi Freeloader, discusses the law and ethics of using open wireless networks. (I wrote…
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D-Day For Eldred
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court hears oral argument in Eldred v. Ashcroft, the lawsuit challenging the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act, a law that added twenty years onto the life…
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Fritz's Hit List #12
Today on Fritz’s Hit List: the Big Red Shearling Bone. This dog toy lets you record a short message to your pet, to be replayed later when you aren’t around.…
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Discovery vs. Creation
Last week I had yet another DMCA debate, this time at the Chicago International Intellectual Property Conference. Afterward, I had an interesting conversation with Kathy Strandburg of DePaul Law School,…
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Fritz's Hit List #11
Today on Fritz’s Hit List: <a href="Today on Fritz's Hit List: recordable talking picture frames. These picture frames record a short message, to be replayed later on demand. Because the…
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Postings Resume This Afternoon
I’m back from an interesting trip, which gave me lots of material for posting but not much time to actually post. Regular postings will resume this afternoon, including a double…