Buckyballs and Zen Magnets make nearly identical magnetic toys. Zen Magnets started a campaign where they sold both sets on eBay and asked customers to compare. Buckyballs CEO responded with a legal threat, and Zen Magnets posted a video on YouTube responding to their threat, showing how to compare the quality of both the toys….
Category: Copyrights
AACS-LA to take action against bloggers
BBC News is reporting that the AACS copy protection body is going to go after bloggers who posted the HD-DVD processing key. “Some people clearly think it’s a First Amendment issue. There is no intent from us to interfere with people’s right to discuss copy protection. We respect free speech. “They can discuss the pros…
Spread this number
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 What do those numbers mean, and why are they so important? That number is the HD-DVD processing key for most movies released so far. This means that using this key, you can decrypt and watch movies on Linux (if…
You have 48 hours to stop the Broadcast Flag
Ladies and Gentlemen, you have 48 hours to stop the broadcast flag. If you remember, they tried this sometime ago, but it was struck down. What is the Broadcast Flag? Basically it is a way for the money-hungry bastards at Hollywood and the MPAA to control what you can view, and when. Today, you can…
RIAA Retards
The RIAA gets a hard-on everytime they talk about DRM. Anyway, Hilary Rosen, formerly head of the RIAA, is complaining that she can’t get music for her iPod that doesn’t come from iTunes. More details here. What it comes down to, is that Ms. Rosen is bitching about a problem that she helped create. Talk…
FCC Broadcast flag struck down!
From C|Net News: Court yanks down FCC’s broadcast flag Published: May 6, 2005, 9:52 AM PDT By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com In a stunning victory for hardware makers and television buffs, a federal appeals court has tossed out government rules that would have outlawed many digital TV receivers and tuner cards starting July…
California Rules, P2P Rocks, Metallica sucks even more
Hey everyone, how’s it going? I’m in California right now and I’m having loads of fun… yeah… it feels great to be away from that searing Arizona heat. I’m looking into creating a new message board which looks nicer and has a lot more stuff. Work on the webpage is going to be delayed (as…
Metallica Still Sucks
Hmmm… apparently the proposed solution to avoid Metallica’s ban doesn’t seem to work. I think that they put a file on your machine somewhere that they can identify and hence label you as “banned”. The IP/Username theory doesn’t seem to be the answer. A change or IP and username seems to have no effect on…
Metallica Sucks
Hey! How’s it going? My exams get over tomorrow… actually TODAY!!!… YESSSSS!!!! HAHAHAHA! Free at last… three glorious weeks of doing what I like most – ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Except playing StarCraft and watching TV and partying and stuff like that… Oh yes… So Metallica has gone and tattled on Napster. Publicity stunt. Well, a certain…