Post to TwitterThe United States Trade Representative (USTR) is asking for public comment in its Special 301 inquiry for 2012. Special 301 is an annual report that the USTR compiles listing countries that allegedly fail to provide adequate and effective protection for intellectual property rights of US persons. As we have said before, this report has turned into an exercise that arm-twists countries into instituting laws and policies that serve the interests of big content even where these policies hurt the free expression and due process rights of citizens.
DRM
Digital Rights Management
PK In The Know Podcast: DVD Ripping, Boxee, Spectrum, and the Open Design Engine
February 10, 2012
On today's podcast we discuss efforts to make DVD ripping legal, allow Boxee to access cable subscriptions, and a horrible spectrum bill. We also chat with J. Simmons of Mach 30 about building the Open Design Engine.
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Quick – what’s the legal difference between ripping a CD and ripping a DVD? Ripping a DVD is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and could get you sued. Unlike CDs, DVDs are protected by a digital lock. The mere act of breaking that lock – even for a legitimate purpose – is a violation of the DMCA.
Fortunately, the DMCA also has a built-in mechanism to deal with situations where it prevents people from doing legitimate things. And that's why we need your help to make sure that DVD ripping is granted an exemption from the DMCA.
Tell the Copyright Office to Make it Legal to Rip DVDs
Tell the Copyright Office that you own movies on DVD, you own devices with screens, and that you would like the ability to put those movies onto those devices without breaking the law.
PK In the Know Podcast
December 02, 2011
On today's podcast we update everything that has happened with SOPA and PIPA, as well as the FCC's slap to the face of the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger. Then we discuss the Freedombox project with James Vasile.
For those of you who know James through his work at the Software Freedom Law Center, click here for an .ogg version of this podcast. In order to listen, just change the extension from .pdf to .ogg.
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On today's podcast, we discuss Jay-Z and Kanye's successful battle against album leaks, avoiding the Apple app store rules with rich web apps, cable and satellite drifting towards luxury-only, and Walmart having to keep its DRM servers on even after it closes its online music store. We also talk with Cody Sumter and Jason Boggess of Minecraft.Print(), the script that bridges the worlds of 3D printing and Minecraft.
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Yesterday, a draft of the U.S. proposal for an intellectual property (IP) chapter of the transpacific partnership agreement (TPPA) leaked on the Internet. The U.S. proposal calls for IP protections and enforcement obligations more extensive than those called for in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) or the most recent U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) – the Korea U.S. (KORUS) FTA.
Here are the highlights of the U.S. proposal:
In this week's podcast, we talk Net Neutrality, the various troubles of Comcast, PK's Creator's Freedom Project, and interview Jane Litte about her project lostbooksales.com that tracks lost ebook sales due to restrictive licensing or incompatibility.
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In this week's edition of the In the Know Podcast, we discuss the Copyright Office's Section 1202 Anticircumvention Rulemaking Report, also known as the DMCA report. Then, we speak with the people behind Rock Your Phone, an alternative iPhone app store, about what an alternative iPhone app store is and why they think that Apple may be acting anticompetitively.
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In this week’s edition of the In the Know Podcast, we discuss rumored wireless data buckets at Verizon, the next generation of DRM, and the legality of the iPad app Flipboard. Finally, we interview Grigory Kruglov about Greg’s Pulse, a site that can send you a text message when something you care about happens online.
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