Comment Re:Good Grief! (Score 1) 259
Thank you for introducing me to the word boondoggle. It sounds vaguely racist, but according to Wikipedia it's actually to do with Boy Scouts.
Comment Re:...Not originally designed... (Score 3, Funny) 253
I knew safety standards had been increased, but I never realized armchairs had to be crash tested.
Comment Re:Still a niche product (Score 1) 145
BeBook isn't tied to DRM. I have heard rumours you can get hold of ebooks at the same place you can get music, films and tv shows.
EFF Sues Apple Over BluWiki Legal Threats 242
Hugh Pickens writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed suit against Apple to defend the First Amendment rights of BluWiki, a noncommercial, public Internet 'wiki' site operated by OdioWorks. Last year, BluWiki users began a discussion about making some Apple iPods and iPhones interoperate with software other than Apple's iTunes. Apple lawyers demanded removal of the content (pdf) sending a letter to OdioWorks, alleging that the discussions constituted copyright infringement and a violation of the DMCA's prohibition on circumventing copy protection measures. Fearing legal action by Apple, OdioWorks took down the discussions from the BluWiki site but has now filed a lawsuit to vindicate its right to restore those discussions (pdf) and seeking a declaratory judgment that the discussions do not violate any of the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions, and do not infringe any copyrights owned by Apple. 'I take the free speech rights of BluWiki users seriously,' said Sam Odio, owner of OdioWorks. 'Companies like Apple should not be able to censor online discussions by making baseless legal threats against services like BluWiki that host the discussions.'"
Random BedHead Ed adds ZDNet quotes EFF's Fred von Lohmann, who says that this is an issue of censorship. 'Wikis and other community sites are home to many vibrant discussions among hobbyists and tinkerers. It's legal to engage in reverse engineering in order to create a competing product, it's legal to talk about reverse engineering, and it's legal for a public wiki to host those discussions.'"
Comment Complain! (Score 1) 360
BT's warning message advises customers to contact customer services if they want the block on the site to be lifted.
Are BT just trying to get loads of complaints, so they prove they tried to stop piracy and discovered it wasn't commercially viable? Either way, I'd recommend calling up and complaining, even if it means waiting on hold for an hour. Threaten to change your service provider. Enough people do that, I'm sure they'll sit up and listen.
