Category: Community Power

There’s been a bit of an uproar in the US the last couple of weeks over the online sale of people’s mobile phone records. The basic idea is that you go to one of these …

I’ve talked before about how cameraphones are proving their social value, whether it’s as sousveillance tools, or empowering stupid criminals, or how they’re helping supplant actual memories with digital ones. But, I’m fairly convinced I’ve …

You’ve undoubtedly heard about the Sony DRM Rootkit fiasco. Just to recap, Sony BMG CDs installed a rootkit as part of their copy-protection scheme. The software hides itself on Windows computers, and acts like malware, …

A commenter on Russell’s earlier post about Gizmondo execs and their interesting management payment plans turned us on to a little further scandal earlier in the week regarding some previous extracurricular activities of some of …

I’ve been pretty upfront lately about my distaste for copy protection and DRM. I have no problem paying for content; I just don’t like having my options of how I choose to enjoy it being …