Rob Larsen

Archive for the 'IP' Category

Very cool online exhibition

I knew about several of these (The Wally Wood image and Negativeland for example,) but many were new to me:

Visual Art – Illegal Art – Copyright

Privately, Hollywood admits DRM isn't about piracy

"In a nutshell: DRM's sole purpose is to maximize revenues by minimizing your rights and selling them back to you."

Privately, Hollywood admits DRM isn't about piracy

Vista Copy Protection.

Reading this:

Vista's Content Protection Badness – [Geeks are Sexy] technology news

Led to this:

"Boston, MA—December 15, 2006—The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched BadVista.org, a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights"

BadVista Blog — BadVista

I'm not down with Vista.

Please Adobe, release Dreamweaver, Photoshop and the rest on Linux, so I can quit Windows painlessly.

Grey Tuesday

Grey Tuesday
"It's time for music fans to stand up and demand change from the music industry's copyright cartel. "

Downhill indeed

Downhill Battle – music activism