Category Archives: News
Walmart retires DRM, deserts users on the way to freedom.
Similar to Amazon, MySpace and other online music vendors it appears Walmart is transitioning to DRM free music offerings. We applaud them for recognizing the information rights of their customers and removing the impediments to fair use which digital restrictions … Continue reading
Access to Knowledge Conference
Some things I just find out about too late. Consider the Access to Knowledge conference hosted by the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. “A2K” was held in Switzerland from September 8 – 10. It looked like a really … Continue reading
Wired: Copyright Owners Must Consider ‘Fair Use’ Before Sending Takedown Notice
Just saw this mentioned in Wired – a federal court judge in San Jose issued a ruling in the Lenz vs. Universal case, where Universal issued a DMCA takedown notice for content posted on Youtube, and the recipient of that … Continue reading
LWN.net Covers GeekPAC
This was an article published on LWN, written by Lisa Hoover. A very nice compendium of who we are and what we’re about: Link to article. Fundable.org page
Hacking the Election Birds-of-a-Feather
Tonight at 6pm at LinuxWorld, GeekPAC will host a Birds-of-a-feather on “Hacking the Election.” If you’re at LinuxWorld, it’s in room 310 at 6pm. See you there!
GeekPAC to Form Political Action Committee Around Technology Issues; Launches Fundraiser
PAC to support copyright reform, DMCA reform, net neutrality, and other technology issues GeekPAC (http://www.geek-pac.org/), a group of concerned citizens formerly known as BytesFree.org, has relaunched under a new name to reflect its new focus. GeekPAC will form a political … Continue reading
BytesFree.org at Lug Radio Live USA
I’m happy to announce that BytesFree.org will be represented at its first event, Lug Radio Live, which will be held at the Metreon in San Francisco on April 12th and 13th. It’s quite a challenge to get things going organizationally, … Continue reading
New Improved Position Paper
A long time ago, I wrote a paper encouraging people to support AB 1668 and posted it on the wiki. I have finally updated the paper to reflect the new focus of BytesFree.org. Read the new improved paper. Also, as … Continue reading
OOXML Ratified by ISO
Well, it appears to be final. As the results are verified and commentators weigh in, I’ll post a roundup later, as well as my own commentary on what this means for BytesFree.org’s objectives. In the meantime, see the posts below … Continue reading
Navy to focus only on open systems
Federal Computer Week has a story covering the US Navy’s position on open source software and open standards. There are a few choice quotes from Vice Adm. Mark Edwards which show the navy understands benefit of unhindered access to information. … Continue reading