Digg.com and the AACS code, a legal perspective

The ABA Journal reported on the mass of postings on Digg.com last month of a 32 letter and number series which can be used to circumvent DRM in blu-ray and high-def. DVDs (you’ll need some software too) (this was posted elsewhere, I like the http://09-f9-(etc).com/ URL and the ThinkGeek t-shirt) A user would post, they would [...]

Viacom v. YouTube/Google: Google responds, argues free speech

I never expected to be checking the First Amendment category box on this case, but here it is. Full details of the press conference and free speech claim at  silicon.com, news.com, or zdnet, but the real meat is in the response Google filed with the court (pdf). Because it was a fun to read “Defendants deny the [...]

Who Owns the Unabomber Manifesto?

Kaczynski, the Unabomber, is arguing that the State’s selling his writings violates the exclusive right of distribution provided to him by copyright law. Secondarily, he argues that the copyright violation also triggers a free speech analysis. An interesting argument to be sure. More at Slate: Who owns the Unabomber’s writings? I would include the manifesto here, [...]