The first thing you’ll notice in this post is this is going to be one of the rare ones where I don’t link to anything. There’s been a lot of shadiness as far as the way this story has progressed to the point where I’m not going to risk giving page views to Gizmodo. That said, here are my thoughts on the iPhone story as it stands. I don’t believe a lot of...
Read MoreGAO: The RIAA and MPAA are full of crap
The non-partisan Government Accountability Office took a look at the RIAA’s and MPAA’s claims about the toll piracy is taking on the business and said the numbers often used by the groups is crap: Three commonly cited estimates of U.S. industry losses due to counterfeiting have been sourced to U.S. agencies, but cannot be substantiated or traced back to an...
Read MoreCarve up Comcast’s monopoly for the Internet’s sake
We could be in big trouble soon. The Federal Communications Commission’s attempt to regulate the Internet was shot down by a federal appeals court on Tuesday. The court ruled that the FCC couldn’t levy a fine against Comcast for its packet-shaping efforts in 2008 since the commission lacked the power under the law. This is a massive blow at the potential...
Read MoreApril 2010 Appeal-Democrat pages
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