First skirmish in DMCA overhaul coming ‘in the very near future’

Copyright U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke dropped a tidbit of news yesterday in remarks to a music-business crowd at Belmont University in Nashville  “In the very near future,” Locke said, according to the text of his prepared remarks, “the Department will be issue a Notice of Inquiry, seeking public comment on the challenges of protecting Read More …

More DMCA push-back from copyright owners

Copyright RIAA president Cary Sherman isn’t the only music industry figure willing to talk openly now about revisiting the DMCA. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Eagles front man Don Henley says the time has come to blockade the safe harbors: Congress should amend the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), eliminating or dramatically limiting the Safe Harbor Read More …

From devices to desires

Apple Apple watchers anticipating the big iTV announcement from Apple next month were disappointed yesterday when Cupertino sent out media invitations to a “special event” on September 1 in San Francisco that is pretty clearly not going to be a TV announcement. The invitation was typically cryptic but featured a picture of a an acoustic Read More …

Is this Apple TV?

TV Apps One of the many unanswered questions surrounding Apple’s purported plans for an all-in-one, App Store-powered HDTV has been whether or how Apple’s touch-based iOS interface could translate to 46-inch screen in the living room. A European patent uncovered by the web site Patently Apple may offer a hint. The filing describes an iMac-like Read More …