April 23, 2002
Quotes from the 321 Studios' DMCA Complaint

I just wrote up an O'Reilly Network Weblog that includes a bunch of quotes from the PDF version of the 321 Studios brief:
Fair Use vs. DMCA: 321 Studios Takes the First Swing.

Posted by Lisa at 05:06 PM
Major Pro-Palestinian Protests On Both Sides of the Globe

There was some major protesting going on last weekend, although you wouldn't know it from watching television. (Can you say: "media consipracy" boys and girls?)

Here are some links about the Pro-palestinian demonstration that happened in Washington DC:
Demonstrators Rally to Palestinian Cause

Pro-Palestinian march takes Washington by storm

Thousands protest Israeli, U.S. policies

Weekend Protests Prove Peaceful, Yet Send Powerful Message

Here are some pictures from a Pro-Palestinian demonstration that took place in Oslo, the Netherlands.

Posted by Lisa at 02:50 PM
321 Studios Launches DMCA Offensive

Upstart isn't taking any chances with the DMCA. It filed a complaint asking the court to OK its product ahead of time.

See the CNET article by Lisa Bowman:
Upstart seeks court OK for DVD

In a pre-emptive strike to stave off the wrath of the movie industry, a small software company is asking a federal judge for permission to sell and market its product for copying DVDs.

In a complaint filed Monday in federal court in San Francisco, 321 Studios asked the court to declare that its DVD Copy Plus program does not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Posted by Lisa at 02:11 PM