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O’Reilly: Building My MythTV Box, Part 1: Hardware

June 29, 2005

O’Reilly: Building My MythTV Box, Part 1: Hardware

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The Supreme Court Overturns the Broadcast Flag

May 8, 2005

In a move that has brightened my day, and reaffirmed the strength of our system of checks and balances, the Supreme Court has ruled that the “Commission acted outside the scope of its delegated authority when it adopted the disputed broadcast flag regulations.” The entire brief is worth a read, or at the [...]

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Sen. Hatch: Pusher

October 7, 2004
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Hatch’s Hit List: 14 – 19

August 5, 2004

While I don’t have time to comment on these at the moment, I hope that I wil lbe able to offer up my thoughts on future list items, now that I am caught up. I may also swing back and comment upon select Hit List entries if time allows.

Hatch’s Hit List #14 – Deepnet Explorer
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Hatch’s Hit List: 9 – 13

August 4, 2004

Again, I do not have the time to provide commentary on Ernest Miller’s latest additions to Hatch’s Hit List, but I want to ensure you are aware of them:

Hatch’s Hit List #9 – Darknets

For a number of reasons, some people don’t want to share certain files with the world. They would prefer to have private [...]

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Catching up to INDUCE

August 4, 2004

As I have been slammed with work and personal events, I haven’t kept my site up to date with news of the INDUCE Act. So, here is a quick post of links, likely to be followed by others, to try to atone for my sin:

A Copyright Fable Relevant to the INDUCE Act (IICA) and Other [...]

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Group Warns DVRs Endangered

July 28, 2004

Wired has a good story covering the fight against the FCC’s broadcast flag mandate [PDF] which would limit future video technology and put the rights of the television watcher (us) thoroughly in the control of the media industry: Group Warns DVRs Endangered. Read my previous post for more information about the DTV Liberation Front.

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Hatch’s Hit List: 5 – 8

July 20, 2004

Well, sadly I don’t have the time to comment on Ernest Miller’s latest batch of Hit List items at the moment, but I want to ensure everyone is at least aware of the articles. I will try to add commentary when/if time allows.

Hatch’s Hit List #5 – Automatic Online Translators
Ever do a search on Google [...]

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The Excessively Annotated RIAA Letter on the INDUCE Act

July 15, 2004

Ernest Miller has posted The Excessively Annotated RIAA Letter on the INDUCE Act (IICA), a followup to his previous work: The Obsessively Annotated Introduction to the INDUCE Act. Both are well worth reading.

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DTV Liberation Front

July 1, 2004

The EFF is calling for others to join the DTV Liberation Front. What is the DTV Liberation Front you ask? It is a group trying to make it easier for non-geeks to set up digital video recorders (Tivo-like devices) that will not be subject to upcoming Federal DRM legislation. A year from today (July 1, [...]

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