DVD Hearing: Suits Meet Geeks: "'They are about censorship of speech critical to science, education, and innovation,' said EFF executive director Tara Lemmey. 'Reverse engineering of DVD security is legitimate and important for systems' interoperability, and a right that we must preserve for a healthy, open, and democratic society in the information age.'" Yeah, that sounds about right.

Of course, that's too difficult... easier to hang a scapegoat.

How this is finally decided in court will be reflected in later findings; if the media companies are successful in possessing this level of control, it will be much easier for web sites to clamp down on sites like CallTheShots.com... but I feel this is for the wrong reason. It should not be illegal to own or possess things capable of copying other things any more then it is illegal to own a copy machine. There are legitimate uses to this software. Don't go after the software, go after the people making and distributing actual copies!

I say it at least three times in the instructions, but I'll say it again here: back up your configuration before trying to add this stuff in.

I've placed preliminary instructions for adding summarizer capabilities at my "real" website, jerf.org. Due to some ISP problems, the site is currently a bit of a mess, but you should be able to use the summarizer equipment.

First entry: . The meaning of this importent word has gotten very fuzzy over the last few years.

New section: Concepts in the Internet Era. I would like to put my thoughts on these issues up for discussion as I try to create a systematic update of these concepts.

Finally finished the rough draft of my paper, Third Voice: Good or Bad?. From this topic my interest in this subject has grown, and much that is in this paper will hopefully be included on this site someday, in one form or another.

New 'reverse news days' link on top for those using IE4+...

New 'Expand All' and 'Contract All' links on top of the page for those using IE4+. Pretty cool... but is it useful?