Month: August 2010

Copyright RIAA president Cary Sherman broached publicly on Monday a topic that has quietly been gaining currency in some Washington copyright salons for a while now: the DMCA is broken and the time has come to fix it. Speaking at the Technology Policy Institute’s Aspen Forum, Sherman said “the DMCA isn’t working for content people Read More …

UPDATE: Intellectual Property Watch (reg. req.) has an excellent piece up on the intersection of the U.S. net neutrality debate, plurilateral trade agreements and the ongoing debates around the world over broadband policy and ISP liability. Net Neutrality Negotiators wrapped up the 10th round of formal talks on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) here Read More …

Apple TV Digg founder Kevin Rose got the blogosphere buzzing over the weekend with a brief blog item claiming Apple’s revamped TV set-top, now rechristened iTV, will arrive in September, at the previously reported price of $99. Rose didn’t reveal where he got this information, but “from what [he’s] told,” iTV will feature a full Read More …

Apple Time Inc. seems to have resolved its dispute with Apple over magazine subscription apps on the iPad, according to an item in Time-owned Fortune Thursday. Starting with this week’s issue of People, subscribers to Time Inc. mags will be able to access the digital editions on the iPad at no cost, via a subscriber-authentication Read More …

TV Apps The quest to free pay-TV and VOD content from the set-top box is gathering force, but uncertainty over content rights is hampering efforts to translate that force into actual movement. Verizon on Wednesday showed off its planned iPad app, called “What’s Hot,” which is meant to give Verizon FiOS subscribers access to their Read More …