News

Thursday, August 16, 2001

what's hot what's not

The latest assault on Free Speech and Scientific Research is decision of Niels Ferguson not to publish his cracking of the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) system. This encryption method by Intel is to protect Video the same way that the SDMI was for music.

The arrest of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov in July and the threats made by the music industry against Princeton University Professor Edward Felten who cracked the SDMI code for music protection under the Digital Millenium Copyright Protection Act has created a real fear for researchers and has effectively muzzled freedom of speech in America.

Niels Ferguson's Statement on why he is not publishing his results.

Censorship in action: why I don't publish my HDCP results
read here - go there

Professor Edward Felten SDMI Research Results
read here - go there

Dmitry Sklyarov's e-Book Presentation (PowerPoint Presentation)
read here - go there

A new of issue of Digital Web is online. This issues focuses on the gain and pain of running Online Communities. Featured are Daniel Cody of Evolt, Matt Haughey of MetaFilter, Derek Powezek of {fray} and more.

Digital Web
read here - go there

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has issued an appeal to write letters on behalf of Dmitry Sklyarov.

ALERT: Tell the DoJ to Drop the Charges Against Dmitry!
read here - go there

Free Dmitry Skyarov

The herd discussing the sprinkler situation

Flo, Walnut, Hazel and Oreo

An Open Letter to ICANN At Large Study Group 08/12/01

I would like to preface my remarks by acknowledging the work that ICANN has done to this point, offer some observations and perhaps point towards a direction in keeping with the nature of what it really is that you are attempting to do.

An Open Letter to ICANN At Large Study Group 08/12/01
read here - go there

Previously August 15, 2001