Check out this CNet article about how the DMCA is going to get worse. It is all in the name of combating “IP crime,” which in actually is this thing that I think is the American way, and it is called “fair use.” In the article, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales states:
“[New technology is] encouraging large-scale criminal enterprises to get involved in intellectual-property theft, [and] “quite frankly, to fund terrorism activities.”
This has got to be complete BS. Statements like this show you that the terrorists did win/are winning.
IPAction.org is sending iPods to Congress members so they can understand the consumer rights they might trample on. You can help IPAction.org is effort by donating.
As reported by the EFF, CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) is trying to combat these moves by running an PSA in some Washington D.C. newspapers by pointing out that consumers are not pirates.
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The two three episodes in my series of interviews at BarCampLA for the Web 2.0 Show podcast have been released over the past couple weeks. Get the feed here.
Jon Bischke of Learn Our Loud.
Isaac Garcia of Central Desktop.
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I set up my brother, Benjamin Dynice, with a Wordpress blog over the weekend at http://www.BenjaminDynice.com. He is an up-and-coming filmmaker. Check out his IMDB page (this IMDB page on Skinner Box looks like it needs to be updated). There is a tiny bit of blog buzz going on around the film becuase they got this really hot chick Joanna Krupa as one of the leads. She has been on the cover of Maxim and Playboy.
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I came across a historic photo on Flickr of Long Beach after the earthquake in 1933. I happen to live around the corner form there, so I took a pic of the same spot.
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