May 2006
April 2006
A load of C.R.A.P. - At The Whiteboard - ZDNet
Don't call them DRM but CRAP (Content Restriction Annulment and Protection)
March 2006
Apple not happy, but French may be on right track
"It's not a recipe for piracy," said Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge, a Washington digital-rights group. "It's a recipe for competition, which is what Apple really doesn't like."
Wired News: How France Is Saving Civilization
"New legislation in France would force Apple Computer to open the iPod and iTunes to competitors -- and that's a good thing for consumers, in the long run".
Will Jobs' IPod Bid Adieu To France? - Forbes.com
"[...] recent amendments to an online copyright bill would give rivals access to the exclusive file formats at the heart of Apple's music business model".
IViR - Publications - Bernt Hugenholtz - 'Why the Copyright Directive is Unimportant, and Possibly Invalid.'
"In fact, the Directive does not do much for authors at all. It is primarily geared towards protecting the rights and interests of the ‘main players’ in the information industry (producers, broadcasters and institutional users), not of the creators...
France Weighs Forcing iPods to Play Other Than iTunes - New York Times
"A bill under debate in the French Parliament may require iPods to be able to play music purchased from competing Internet services, not just Apple Computer's own iTunes Music Store, forcing changes in the business model that gave rise to ..."
February 2006
Enjeux des DRM et chantage politique - Standblog - Tristan Nitot sur les standards du W3C, les navigateurs et la technologie
"L'émission de lundi dernier sur France 2, intitulée Complément d'enquête, avait un passage particulièrement troublant. Je ne parle pas de l'avocat qui confond logiciel Libre et Peer to peer, qui m'a fait faire des bonds face à tant d'amalgame".
[Jérôme Colombain] Comment j'ai récupéré ma musique ! Mais...
by 1 other"Comment ? Tout simplement grâce au bon vouloir des vendeurs Fnac et Virgin. Il m’a suffit d’adresser un petit mail à chacune de ces enseignes (accompagnée d’un lien vers mon billet rageur, c’est vrai...) pour récupérer ma musique".
January 2006
Blogo Numericus -- Le jour où les machines sont entrées à l'Assemblée
"Tout à coup, et l’espace d’un instant, tout semblait prendre sens et je voyais nos vieilles institutions politiques, reprendre vie, nous offrant de manière miraculeuse un moment de démocratie où la mobilisation de dizaines de milliers de citoyens
