Similar to the brief mentioned yesterday from 17 comp sci profs, 22 media studies scholars have filed a brief (PDF) discussing how the case relates to scholarly work and education. Long excerpt:
Amici are deeply concerned that recent legal, commercial, and political turmoil surrounding the proliferation and use of “peer-to-peer” communicative technologies threaten to chill […]
…and why the government needs to focus on providing Wi-Fi/broadband. Read or listen at Wired.
Excerpt:
You’ll be pleased to know that communism was defeated in Pennsylvania last year. Governor Ed Rendell signed into law a bill prohibiting the Reds in local government from offering free Wi-Fi throughout their municipalities. The action came after Philadelphia, where […]
Via Freedom to Tinker and Boing Boing, 17 comp sci profs have file an amicus brief (PDF) in the Supreme Court Grokster, a case that will determine whether p2p tech is illegal and if tech companies can be liable for copyright infringement using their products. I’ve only read what F2T and BB posted of […]