When all you’ve got is copyright, everything looks like a copyright violation. For example, according to copyright law, I have to be asked for permission everytime anybody wants to use something from this site. Unfortunately, copyright can only express ALL RIGHTS RESERVED — I can’t use copyright to express which rights I want to reserve […]

ElcomSoft employee Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested in July 2001 for simply talking about his company’s software, which could be used to remove the copy protection from Adobe eBooks. Today, a thankfully-sane jury found ElcomSoft not guilty. Here’s the one of more interesting parts of the News.com article (emphasis mine):

After much wrangling among attorneys over the […]

Apple’s digital hub strategy is centered on their iApps: iChat, iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes and iSync. iSync is in beta, and will presumably be released (along with the usual product refreshes and hopefully an “oh, and one more thing” goody) on the first day of Macworld — January 7.

Today, Microsoft is announcing Microsoft Plus! Digital Media […]