I was all set to write a long analysis of the sure-to-be-amazing new stuff Apple was going to announce today, only to be hit in the face with a boring update to the mini that basically now includes a remote control. Oh, and a $350 boom box. Damn.
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Apple’s Big News – Yawn
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006HD Boycott Site Launches – You Can Help
Sunday, February 26th, 2006
Based on the overwhelming feedback to my suggestion of a boycott of the new HD disc formats and their associated DRM schemes, I decided to push this further and set up a site to serve as the ‘home base’ for information and education around this issue. It is www.hdboycott.com
It is just a skeleton of a site so far, but with your help I expect it to improve rapidly. (more…)
The HD Boycott Begins Now
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
This is important. I really want you to understand what’s going on with the video industry’s push towards HD. Under pressure from Hollywood, they are engineering a complete removal of the concept of fair use. They are setting up systems that will completely control how, when and where you can use content that you buy. Even worse, they can retroactively change the rules!
Today the AACS (aggressive automatic consumer screwing*) organization announced availability of the interim version of their system for protecting content providers from their criminal customers. (more…)
‘Fun New Products’ Coming From Apple
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
You’ve probably already read about the invitations that Apple sent out inviting the media to come to Cupertino on the 28th to see some ‘fun new products’. The choice of words really struck me. My first reaction was some sort of game machine, or maybe the much-speculated larger iPod, but that doesn’t seem to fit the wording. (more…)
