dan tynan on Nov 26 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, Infoworld, politics, yahoo
Last year around this time I introduced the Gobblers, my awards for those individuals in the tech field whose behavior most closely resembles a bird whose sole purpose is to be served on a platter.
It was such a big hit I decided to do it again this year. Thus I present the 2008 Gobblers [...]
dan tynan on Nov 20 2008 | Filed under: Computerworld, Copyrights and wrongs, DMCA Madness, Music, politics
Your tax dollars are not only saving billionaire bankers from their own bad habits, they’re also helping to bail out the recording industry. Does the RIAA really truly need our help? To quote Amy Winhouse, “no no no.”
dan tynan on Oct 08 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, DMCA Madness, Infoworld
Don’t expect to be making legal copies of your DVDs any time soon. A judge has extended the order banning sales of the RealDVD copying software. Hollywood is happy, but are consumers getting a raw deal?
dan tynan on Oct 02 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, DMCA Madness, Video
Well, that didn’t take long. One day after RealNetworks releases its DVD copying software, lawsuits are filed. Who’s right, who’s wrong, and where do movie fans fit in? Cringely has some thoughts.
dan tynan on Sep 26 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, DMCA Madness, Infoworld
Regular readers will remember Jammie Thomas, the Minneapolis mom who was ordered to pay $222,000 in damages to the RIAA last October – the only case to ever reach a jury in the recording industry’s ongoing war on its own customers.
That ruling made everyone look bad: Thomas and her attorney, the judge and [...]
dan tynan on Sep 22 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, Infoworld, Music
Most sane humans would greet a law suit from the RIAA the way you’d welcome a surprise audit from the IRS. Not Ray Beckerman. He says, "Bring it on, bubba."
Beckerman is a New York-based attorney who’s defended several clients in lawsuits brought by the recording industry. He also relentlessly chronicles the absurd activities of a [...]
dan tynan on Sep 08 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Video
The biggest story from Demo so far: Real Networks RealDVD recorder, which lets you make legal copies of your DVDs on your computer, just like you can with your music CDs. It’s a simple concept wrapped in a legal minefield.
Real does this legally by paying the same licensing fees that manufacturers of DVD players [...]
dan tynan on Aug 28 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, DMCA Madness, Da Web, Infoworld, Things that suck
The feds have arrested a 27-year-old blogger for posting unreleased Guns N’ Roses songs to his site, and Cringely is steamed. Read on to find out what’s making him so mad.
dan tynan on Aug 25 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Identity Theft, Infoworld
Phishing scams are no laughing matter. But when a tax-payer funded group tackles the topic in comic book about identity theft, unintentional humor prevails. Cringely has the dirt.
dan tynan on Aug 21 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, Infoworld
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog — but without the cool graphic.)
The Recording Industry Association of America probably sees itself as a band of caped crusaders fighting for truth, justice and the American way. (And in this case, "American Way" translates into propping up a dying cartel seeking to squeeze [...]
dan tynan on Jul 21 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, DMCA Madness, Da Web, Infoworld, Music, Video, Web 2.0, youtube
After years of terrorizing its best customers, the RIAA may soon be brought to its knees — by a handful of angry moms. Would you mess with them? Cringely advises against it.
dan tynan on Jun 28 2008 | Filed under: 15 minutes, Copyrights and wrongs, Da Web
Jon Newton at P2Pnet took a shine to my screed on Zuckerberg and asked me for the right to republish, which I happily granted. Plus, he agreed to run a nice photo of me along with it. Now I hope none of us get sued. (He said, half joking). You can find it here, reprinted [...]
dan tynan on May 20 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Da Web, Infoworld, Microsoft, Music, Quizzes, Steve Jobs, Uncategorized
Windows holes, Google food, aging tunesmiths, cranky billionaires, Tony Soprano, and — yes — the ghost of MicroHoo dominate this week’s quiz. Are you ready to demonstrate your geek street cred? Give yourself 10 points for correct answers and bupkis for everything else. Ready? Then let’s rock and roll.
– Dan Tynan
1. Australian security researchers have [...]
dan tynan on May 14 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Video, Web 2.0
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
The longer I stay in this business, the more I think I should have listened to my mother and become a copyright attorney. Don’t get me wrong — I love digging for dirt and punishing the technologically wicked, but just think of the employment opportunities. [...]
