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Infothought - Geolocation, the Influence of Blogs, the DMCRA
Infothought - Geolocation, the Influence of Blogs, the DMCRA
Infothought's Seth Finkelstein has a very interesting posting regarding his expert declaration in the case of Nitke v. Ashcroft, especially regarding the possibility and accuracy of determining the geolocation of website visitors. If persons are not actively trying to hide their geolocation, that geolocation can be determined fairly closely by websites such as IP2LOCATION - but not always accurately enough for criminal purposes. Try it out on your own location by clicking that link. On the other hand, if persons are trying to hide their geolocation, they are able to do so, according to Seth's expert declaration.
Seth's Infothought blog (which covers "DMCA, Google, censorware, and an inside view of net-politics") has many other interesting topics, including a posting which calculates that ordinary blogs have little political influence. We agree.
Another informative read in the intellectual property area is Seth's material about the DMCRA (The Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act). See here for a short summary of the act, for the bill itself, and for the hearing on the bill.
The hearing has informative material on the debate about copyright protection and the right to copy CDs, DVDs and software with statements by
LAWRENCE LESSIG, PROFESSOR OF LAW, STANFORD LAW SCHOOL; GARY J. SHAPIRO, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION; JACK VALENTI, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA; ROBERT W. HOLLEYMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE; HON. AL SWIFT, COLLING MURPHY; AND MIRIAM M. NISBET, LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 11/11/2004 01:19:00 AM
Infothought - Geolocation, the Influence of Blogs, the DMCRA
Infothought - Geolocation, the Influence of Blogs, the DMCRA
Infothought's Seth Finkelstein has a very interesting posting regarding his expert declaration in the case of Nitke v. Ashcroft, especially regarding the possibility and accuracy of determining the geolocation of website visitors. If persons are not actively trying to hide their geolocation, that geolocation can be determined fairly closely by websites such as IP2LOCATION - but not always accurately enough for criminal purposes. Try it out on your own location by clicking that link. On the other hand, if persons are trying to hide their geolocation, they are able to do so, according to Seth's expert declaration.
Seth's Infothought blog (which covers "DMCA, Google, censorware, and an inside view of net-politics") has many other interesting topics, including a posting which calculates that ordinary blogs have little political influence. We agree.
Another informative read in the intellectual property area is Seth's material about the DMCRA (The Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act). See here for a short summary of the act, for the bill itself, and for the hearing on the bill.
The hearing has informative material on the debate about copyright protection and the right to copy CDs, DVDs and software with statements by
LAWRENCE LESSIG, PROFESSOR OF LAW, STANFORD LAW SCHOOL; GARY J. SHAPIRO, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION; JACK VALENTI, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA; ROBERT W. HOLLEYMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE; HON. AL SWIFT, COLLING MURPHY; AND MIRIAM M. NISBET, LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 11/11/2004 01:19:00 AM
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