Redwood Asylum (emeritus)
...by the inmates...for the inmates...
Sunday, October 13, 2002
Public Domain Be Damned. Perpetual Copyright Anyone?
Anyone who cares about copyright should read the blog summary by Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, who argued the case before the Supreme Court last Wednesday. Most of the blogs I read have referenced his comments. Here is just one example:
Another Wedding
Attended the wedding of Joy R. and Pramod M. this evening, held at the Opera House in Los Gatos. Wedding started at 4:00 p.m. followed by full dinner reception. We stayed until 7:30. Probably close to 150 people attended. Live string quartet played throughout the evening.
Maria and I talked to a young woman who was a former graduate student from Maria's college. Her husband also graduated from the college, and Maria knew both of them well. I told Maria the woman looked like a combination of two of my blog readers. If you combined the mid-20's good looks of Maria's college roommate Jo S. from CT and Maria's cousin Jo W. from NY, you'd come close.
PGP Encryption: Promotional Prices Expire Soon
This Slashdot item on the PGP 8.0 Beta release reminded me to check the PGP site for updates. The PGP promotional pricing expires 10/31/2002. Those of you looking for a good encryption product should try PGP; I've been a paying customer for many years. If you missed the August announcement, and thought PGP died when NAI discontinued support, see the product's new home at PGP Corp. I just renewed my PGP Corporate Desktop license for email, file, and virtual disk encryption along with my PGP Mobile license for PalmPilot/Handspring PDA encryption.
...by the inmates...for the inmates...
Sunday, October 13, 2002Public Domain Be Damned. Perpetual Copyright Anyone?
Anyone who cares about copyright should read the blog summary by Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, who argued the case before the Supreme Court last Wednesday. Most of the blogs I read have referenced his comments. Here is just one example:
Congress continues to extend the constitutionally-mandated "limited term" as it desires. According to Lessig, at one point during oral arguments, the government even argued "Congress could perpetually extend existing terms; it could even extend a copyright to works within the public domain." The mind reels. Your government, charged with promoting the useful arts, argues it could remove items from the public domain after lawful copyright expiration places them there. Perpetual copyright, here we come.Lessig Blog: From the Front Line. David Weinberger: "...this is must reading for anyone who cares about the future of copyright."
Related:
Edward W. Felten: "Larry Lessig offers an extraordinary post-mortem on this week's Supreme Court arguments in the Eldred case." [jenett.radio]
11:35:23 PM 
Another Wedding
Attended the wedding of Joy R. and Pramod M. this evening, held at the Opera House in Los Gatos. Wedding started at 4:00 p.m. followed by full dinner reception. We stayed until 7:30. Probably close to 150 people attended. Live string quartet played throughout the evening.
Maria and I talked to a young woman who was a former graduate student from Maria's college. Her husband also graduated from the college, and Maria knew both of them well. I told Maria the woman looked like a combination of two of my blog readers. If you combined the mid-20's good looks of Maria's college roommate Jo S. from CT and Maria's cousin Jo W. from NY, you'd come close.
10:00:00 PM
PGP Encryption: Promotional Prices Expire Soon
This Slashdot item on the PGP 8.0 Beta release reminded me to check the PGP site for updates. The PGP promotional pricing expires 10/31/2002. Those of you looking for a good encryption product should try PGP; I've been a paying customer for many years. If you missed the August announcement, and thought PGP died when NAI discontinued support, see the product's new home at PGP Corp. I just renewed my PGP Corporate Desktop license for email, file, and virtual disk encryption along with my PGP Mobile license for PalmPilot/Handspring PDA encryption.
11:54:15 AM