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Friday, May 18, 2007

Free Your Mind … And Your AACS Will Follow

If the definition of insanity truly is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result each time, then the motion picture industry is certifiable. To wit, its repeated efforts to restrict access to next-generation DVDs with the Advanced Access Content System.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Wafer Thin Mint, Monsieur Ellison?

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength. DRM Is DCE.

You can’t put frosting on manure, but HBO’s Chief Technology Officer Bob Zitter isn’t above trying. Speaking at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association show in Las Vegas, Zitter said Digital Rights Management is a lousy name for a technology that allows consumers “to use content in ways they haven’t before.”

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John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper. Read more »

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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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