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RFC: BitTorrent + Creative Commons License I am proposing a standardization of how BitTorrent meta data can also describe the content according to its Creative Common licensing. Formats There is a lot of prior work on this subject. Firstly, the existing formats: BitTorrent Metadata (".torrent" and ".torrent.xml" files) http://www.bittorrent.com/protocol.html XML Format (Azureus) http://azureus.sourceforge.net/files/torrent.xsd Creative Commons meta data http://creativecommons.org/technology/metadata/implement Example Document Proposal For the Azureus / BitTorrent XML format, the document could reference the CC namespace and then implement the dc: and cc: prefixed tags accordingly. see http://creativecommons.org/technology/metadata/implement For the for the actualy BitTorrent protocol bencoded .torrent format, the dc: an cc: tags could simply be more bencoded dictionary items added to the main dictionary object of the .torrent file. Examples: 8:dc:title12:Free Culture 9:dc:format10:audio/mpeg This could also support complex relationships, given the URLs of related works: Examples: 17:cc:derivativeWork50:http://www.example.org/freeculture.mpg.torrent.xml 9:cc:source50:http://www.example.org/freeculture.pdf.torrent.xml Request for comments Please comment here, or feel free to send additions, recommendations, examples, thoughts, criticisms, corrections, etc to: winningham @ gmail dot com Thank you, Thomas - Thomas Winningham [WritTorrent] 2:52:15 PM

Gametech Pocket Famicom The Super Pocket Famicom has to violate some Nintendo copyright or patent or something¡XI think that's why I love it. The handheld unit is just $80 at Lik-Sang, but accepts full-sized Famicom cartridges (which was known as the NES here). The only bummer is that I'm pretty sure that the NES and the Famicom cartridges are not pin-compatible and have plastic shells with a different shape, meaning you won't be able to use any of those NES carts you can pick up for a buck on the system. Naturally, I'd love to be wrong. Pocket Famicom Intro [Lik-Sang via GadgetMadness] Update: Apparently Lik-Sang sells a $10 pin converter that should let you use American NES games on the machine (albeit not as securely). Product Page [Lik-Sang] - lev (tips@gizmodo.com) [Gizmodo] 2:50:13 PM