http://www.geek-pac.org/blog Fight for Your Information Rights Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:00:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Similar to Amazon, MySpace and other online music vendors it appears Walmart is transitioning to DRM free music offerings.  We applaud them for recognizing the information rights of their customers and removing the impediments to fair use which digital restrictions management imposes on users. That being said, I am concerned about ... http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/09/walmart-retires-drm-deserts-users-on-the-way-to-freedom/ Some things I just find out about too late. Consider the Access to Knowledge conference hosted by the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. "A2K" was held in Switzerland from September 8 - 10. It looked like a really interesting conference about what we at GeekPAC like to call ... http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/09/access-to-knowledge-conference/ We got a 2-day extension for a fund drive. Can we make it count? Forward this link to all your friends, and let's make this year's election count: Donation page on fundable.com http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/09/2-day-extension-for-fund-drive/ Breaking news - donate to GeekPAC! 3 days remain on our fund drive. The Democratic National Convention is now over, and it's time to take an account of what was (or wasn't) said. Despite being regaled by some outstanding speeches by very powerful politicians, there were quite a few things left ... http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/08/things-i-didnt-hear-from-the-democratic-convention/ We're entering the stretch run of our fundraiser, and we've crossed the 50% barrier! If you haven't donated yet, now's your chance: Donate at fundable.com! Coming soon: a donor's page thanking those who have pledged. http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/08/fund-drive-update-over-50-of-the-way-there/ Just saw this mentioned in Wired - a federal court judge in San Jose issued a ruling in the Lenz vs. Universal case, where Universal issued a DMCA takedown notice for content posted on Youtube, and the recipient of that notice is now suing Universal for damages: In the nation's first ... http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/08/wired-copyright-owners-must-consider-fair-use-before-sending-takedown-notice/ This was an article published on LWN, written by Lisa Hoover. A very nice compendium of who we are and what we're about: Link to article. Fundable.org page http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/08/lwnnet-covers-geekpac/ - or - Do We Really Like the Taste of Apple's Remote-Kill KoolAid? Today’s Wall Street Journal has a story about Apple’s App Store for the iPhone. Clearly, having an easy way for mobile users to download apps is a good way to spur development and make money. According to ... http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/362203191/1703 In my post from Monday, I laid out a very brief outline of some of the conclusions reached by the Second Circuit in its Cablevision decision on remote DVRs. Today, I want to take a step back and discuss why it was so important for the development of digital media ... http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/358835473/1700 Tonight at 6pm at LinuxWorld, GeekPAC will host a Birds-of-a-feather on "Hacking the Election." If you're at LinuxWorld, it's in room 310 at 6pm. See you there! http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/08/hacking-the-election-birds-of-a-feather/