3G Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrum

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FCC May Add 3 GHz Unlicensed Spectrum

FCC May Add 3 GHz Unlicensed Spectrum 04/15/2004 02:14 PM
The FCC has started rulemaking to add unlicensed use of 3.650 to 3.700 GHz: The spectrum would be reserved, it sounds like, for unlicensed wireless ISP point-to-point use to increase their available backhaul bandwidth. Usage would requite cognitive radios to reduce interference with the licensed satellite use of this band. [link via Dewayne Hendricks]...

Unlicensed Spectrum To The Rescue

Unlicensed Spectrum To The Rescue 04/20/2004 02:00 PM
Business Week latest cover story is a report on the wonders of unlicensed spectrum for wireless technologies. They give a pretty good overview of the rise of unlicensed spectrum, and talk about the technologies trying to follow in WiFi's footsteps: WiMax, Mobile-Fi, ZigBee and UWB. None of this will be new if you follow the space, but it should be useful for those trying to understand all these different wireless standards coming along. The article does mention the increasing battle with licensed spectrum and how cellular carriers hope to take on the wide-area technologies with their 3G offerings, though it doesn't go into that much detail. Sidebars with the article include a discussion on more local area wireless technologies like WiFi and ZigBee allow for going well beyond just having a computer connect to a network, and more into true machine to machine communications, which may seem a lot less interesting to most people, but which could be the most powerful aspect of the next generation of wireless technologies. They also include an interview with Sean Moloney at Intel talking about how critical WiMax is to their business, which shouldn't surprise anyone considering just how hard they've been pushing it. He takes the opportunity, as always, to criticize people who think 3G will be the wireless data solution of the future, ensuring that we're going to have plenty of pointless 3G vs. WiMax stories over the next few months.

FCC: Only We Can Regulate Unlicensed
Spectrum

FCC: Only We Can Regulate Unlicensed
Spectrum 06/28/2004 09:48 PM

FCC Makes Additional Spectrum Available
For Unlicensed Use.

FCC Makes Additional Spectrum Available
For Unlicensed Use. 11/13/2003 08:45 PM
FCC Makes Additional Spectrum Available For Unlicensed Use. I wonder when Atheros will have a firmware update to support this band. Anybody know what the power limit is on the new band?

FCC May Open Spectrum for Unlicensed
Users

FCC May Open Spectrum for Unlicensed
Users 05/13/2004 12:23 PM
The FCC today may propose to open up spectrum between television channels 2 and 51 for unlicensed users: The television broadcasters are likely to put up a fight on this one so it's not clear if a ruling will be made opening up the spectrum. An FCC chief suggests that TV broadcasters could use the spectrum to send TV signals to laptops where consumers can have an interactive experience. It's more likely that the spectrum would be primarily used for wireless Internet access. Despite the protestations of the TV broadcasters, it would be nice if this spectrum were opened up. More available spectrum will only help fortify the broadband wireless space which is just beginning to attract significant interest....

Group bl0g on unlicensed spectrum

Group bl0g on unlicensed spectrum 06/03/2004 01:54 AM
Kevin Werbach has launched a group blog on Unlicensed Spectrum advocacy, with Clay Shirky, Andrew Odlyzko, and David Isenberg contributing:

The site focuses on the benefits of reallocating low-frequency wireless capacity from broadcasting to unlicensed applications, both here and around the world. There is a huge amount of capacity which could be used for two-way applications like broadband to the home, but which is locked up in broadcast allocations based on 1950s technology. Freeing up that capacity could create massive opportunities for innovation, and could dramatically lower the costs of wireless connectivity in developing countries.

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WirelessUnleashed Advocates More
Unlicensed Low Frequency Spectrum

WirelessUnleashed Advocates More
Unlicensed Low Frequency Spectrum 06/03/2004 04:47 PM
Four admirable spectrum licensing wonks have started an advocacy site on low-frequency unlicensed wireless: Kevin Werbach, Andrew Odlyzko, David Isenberg, and Clay Shirky are a combined powerhouse of intellectual might and regulatory expertise. Their site promotes the notion of unshackling spectrum from outdated technical notions that restrict innovation. The FCC has become more and more amenable to these ideas, as it toys with rulemaking vastly different than anything that's come before. The site is funded by Microsoft. I had some back and forth with Werbach about what that means, and he has clarified the issue on their About page. Microsoft is funding their time to devote to the issue, but the editorial voice is independent. I know all of these gentlemen except Odlyzko, and can vouch that you wouldn't see the door hit their backside if there were a conflict of interest or an attempt to change their statements....

Google Won't Take Unlicensed Pharmacy
Ads

Google Won't Take Unlicensed Pharmacy
Ads 12/02/2003 01:47 AM
ABCNEWS.com Dec 2 2003 0:33AM ET

Google won't take unlicensed pharmacy
ads

Google won't take unlicensed pharmacy
ads 12/02/2003 03:44 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 2 2003 3:39PM ET

SCO to claim IBM used unlicensed code in
AIX 5L

SCO to claim IBM used unlicensed code in
AIX 5L 08/05/2004 05:53 PM
The SCO Group Inc. may escalate its legal battle against IBM Corp. after having discovered documents that it says prove that IBM violated SCO licensing terms when it developed the latest version of its AIX operating system, a source close to the company said Thursday.

Unlicensed pharmacies out of luck with
Google

Unlicensed pharmacies out of luck with
Google 12/02/2003 09:56 AM
CTV.ca Dec 2 2003 9:36AM ET

Google Boots Ads From Unlicensed
Pharmacies

Google Boots Ads From Unlicensed
Pharmacies 12/02/2003 10:18 PM
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google has stopped taking ads from unlicensed pharmacies, joining other popular Web sites that have responded to pressure to curb the illegal ...

stop accepting advertising from
unlicensed pharmacies

stop accepting advertising from
unlicensed pharmacies 12/02/2003 07:39 AM
Google to limit some drug ads

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Microsoft backtracks on SP2 availability
for unlicensed users

Microsoft backtracks on SP2 availability
for unlicensed users 05/12/2004 11:18 AM
Sunday we reported that Microsoft was building Service Pack 2 for Windows XP in such a way that all users, licensed and unlicensed, could use it. The company has since denied the veracity of the statement made by one of its employees.

Search engines dump ads for unlicensed
drugstores

Search engines dump ads for unlicensed
drugstores 12/02/2003 04:15 AM
USA Today Dec 2 2003 3:04AM ET

Google stops accepting ads from
unlicensed pharmacies

Google stops accepting ads from
unlicensed pharmacies 12/02/2003 01:47 AM
AP via New Jersey Online Dec 2 2003 0:32AM ET

Judge blocks sales of unlicensed DVD
chips

Judge blocks sales of unlicensed DVD
chips 07/26/2004 07:09 PM
CNET Jul 26 2004 11:20PM GMT

Firms face criminal charges over
unlicensed software

Firms face criminal charges over
unlicensed software 01/19/2004 11:47 AM
Silicon.com Jan 19 2004 4:09PM GMT

Airports Hit Brick Wall in Regulating
Unlicensed Radio

Airports Hit Brick Wall in Regulating
Unlicensed Radio 06/25/2004 12:01 PM
The FCC says landlords, associations can't regulate Part 15 use: The FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology says that the function of regulating and coordinating frequency use is reserved to the FCC itself. It's a clear refutation of mall owners, airports, and condominium associations to limit use of Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies. (Document as Word, PDF, Text.) The report says in part, the FCC has exclusive authority to resolve matters involving radio frequency interference [RFI] when unlicensed devices are being used, regardless of venue. We also affirm that the rights that consumers have under our rules to install and operate customer antennas one meter or less in size apply to the operation of unlicensed equipment, such as Wi-Fi access points - just as they do to the use of equipment in connection with fixed wireless services licensed by the FCC. And it's hard to put their conclusion any better than they themselves: The rules prohibit homeowner associations, landlords, state and local governments, or any other third parties from placing restrictions that impair a customer antenna user's ability to install, maintain, or use such customer antennas transmitting and/or receiving commercial nonbroadcast communications signals when the antenna is located "on property within the exclusive use or control" of the user where the user has a "direct or indirect ownership or leasehold interest in the property, except under certain exceptions for safety and historic preservation." Dewayne Hendricks notes in his post of this order that airlines only recourse now is to appeal this decision to the entire Commission. In other words, airlines, start your (Wi-Fi) engines. [link via Dewayne Hendricks]...

But Is It Licensed for Mars?

But Is It Licensed for Mars? 01/17/2004 11:07 PM
Tropos's equipment tested by NASA as an idea for manned Mars missions: Next thing you know, there will be a Mars Communications Commission (MCC) insisting that a single newspaper and television station could provide all the news on the Red Planet. Mesh wireless equipment makes sense for the terrain and goals of the mission. Will the low pressures affect signal transmission? And then there's hardening against radiation and temperature. I guess we have 20 to 40 years to figure it all out....

Licensed to clone

Licensed to clone 08/12/2004 02:38 AM
USA Today Aug 12 2004 6:21AM GMT

Democratizing Innovation as CC-licensed
PDF

Democratizing Innovation as CC-licensed
PDF 04/04/2005 03:44 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: I've been reading the print version of Eric von Hippel's Democratizing Innovation, an interesting book about the way that "lead users" are making significant contributions to the development of products and services. Von Hippel is a professor of management of innovation and entrepreneurship, at MIT's Sloan School of Management.

In this traditional model, a user’s only role is to have needs, which manufacturers then identify and fill by designing and producing new products. The manufacturer-centric model does fit some fields and conditions. However, a growing body of empirical work shows that users are the first to develop many and perhaps most new industrial and consumer products. Further, the contribution of users is growing steadily larger as a result of continuing advances in computer and communications capabilities.

You can download the entire book at no charge from von Hippel's site.
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UPDATE: Peggy Salz of TheFeature interviewed Eric von Hippel today.

TheFeature: In your book, you talk mostly about product development. How do you know the lead-user approach can also create breakthrough services?

Von Hippel: A field study involving a major Swedish mobile telecoms company recently tested this and produced some surprising results. These researchers adopted the "toolkit innovation method" and supplied a sample of university students tools to develop their own services. Compared to the services generated by professional developers the students' services were by far more novel, creative and cutting-edge.

For example, one girl was frustrated because she was unable to find an apartment. She cleverly developed a mobile alert service that would contact her phone every time the university web site posted an ad for an apartment that fit her requirements. This insight can obviously become the basis for a suite of mobile alert services.
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More CC-licensed banjo manuals

More CC-licensed banjo manuals 12/29/2004 11:27 AM
Cory Doctorow: Patrick sez, "'A Book Of Five Strings' is another Creative Commons banjo book- you guys posted a link to my first CC project, 'The How and the Tao of Old Time Banjo' back in September. 'Five Strings' was released a few weeks ago and it's already selling pretty well. Going CC actually boosted sales for my first book so I figured I might as well do it again." Link (Thanks, Patrick!)

World Live (and Licensed) Web

World Live (and Licensed) Web 02/01/2005 08:39 PM

Kevin Marks mentioned on the cc-metadata list that you can query Technorati for a list of recently syndicated content, grouped by Creative Commons license.

You can also drill down and get a list of recently syndicated content under a specific Creative Commons license.

The results are a bit rough now, but one can easily imagine combining license searches with keyword and other search filters to effect an ongoing search for specific licensed content. For example, tell me whenever a Creative Commons licensed image of horses is syndicated.

Marks, who works at Technorati, indicates this sort of capability is "an important future direction." Other blog and search outfits take note.

(Glenn found the beautiful horse image linked above via the Creative Commons search engine.)

CC-licensed prose: "Always Be Closing"

CC-licensed prose: "Always Be Closing" 05/04/2004 08:10 AM
Casey Childers has produced a chunk of Creative Commons-licensed prose called "Always Be Closing." It's the same scene, told thirteen times, with (often NSFW) variations, a remix of something that has no original, a kind of simulacra. He's chosen a license that allows for noncommercial remixing -- I'm curious as to what new works can be made out of these often disturbing scenes.

The waitress interrupted, "You boys need anything?"

The old man grinned, his mouth full. He made a quick effort to swallow, but didn't hesitate to speak around the mess of potatoes that remained. "The name of the man that cooked my lunch, miss. This is heaven on a goddamn plate."

She returned a grin of her own. "His name's Merv, hon, and I'll be sure to pass that along. Now how 'bout a warm-up on your coffee?"

"I served with a commie sympathizer who went by the name of Merv. He had weak stomach, you know, loved to recite the poems he wrote about his wife. He got his head blown off in a French whorehouse."

Link (Thanks, CA!)

CC licensed Microsoft site

CC licensed Microsoft site 03/14/2005 06:06 PM

The Microsoft-hosted PatternShare community brings together information on software patterns organized by wiki inventor and now Microsoft employee Ward Cunningham.

PatternShare uses the liberal Creative Commons Attribution License.

Thanks Ward Cunningham and thanks Microsoft!

Although it predates the availability of Creative Commons licensing by many years, I would be remiss to not recommend Cunningham's still active Portland Pattern Repository Wiki, which I suppose could be characterized as the wild and woolly counterpart of PatternShare.

Healers licensed in South Africa

Healers licensed in South Africa 09/09/2004 11:08 AM
A bill to regulate South Africa's 200,000 traditional healers is adopted by parliament.

Are you disaster-recovery plans
licensed?

Are you disaster-recovery plans
licensed? 03/23/2005 10:41 PM
ZDNet Mar 23 2005 11:59PM GMT

Award-winning sf as CC-licensed
audiobooks

Award-winning sf as CC-licensed
audiobooks 09/10/2004 06:38 PM
Cory Doctorow: Hugo-award-winning author James Patrick Kelly's "Free Reads" site is a place where he posts Creative-Commons-licensed studio recordings of him reading his works. He's a fantastic reader, and an even better writer, and he made enough off his tipjar the last time around to go into the studio and record three more:

"Faith" first published in Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1989. Time:59:25, File Size 27.86 MB.

"The Best Christmas Ever" first published in SciFiction, May, 2004. Time:39:38, File Size 19.03 MB.

"Serpent" first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 2004. Time:22:53, File Size 10.74 MB.

Link (Thanks, Jim!)

Creative Commons licensed mural

Creative Commons licensed mural 08/03/2004 11:24 PM

These pictures taken by Brad Neuberg

Mona Caron has created a beautiful mural on Church street near Market in San Francisco with a Creative Commons Attribution-N onCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 License. So cool. More pictures on Brad Neuberg's site and her site.

via Creative Commons Weblog

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CC-licensed papercraft iPod stand

CC-licensed papercraft iPod stand 03/29/2005 02:13 AM
Cory Doctorow: Piers sez, "Seeing as the new iPods don't come with docks, and no-one wants to spend $30+ on a bit of plastic or metal to stand their iPods on, I've drawn up a template for a simple, functional and attractive iPod stand you can download as a pdf, print out, stick on some card and assemble. It's also released under a Creative Commons licence so anyone can distribute it or make improvements to the design and re-distribute it." Link (Thanks, Piers!)

30,000 songs licensed on Soundclick in
one month

30,000 songs licensed on Soundclick in
one month 08/11/2004 09:11 PM

Soundclick, one of the Internet's biggest music community sites, prominently integrated our license engine just one month ago. In that time, over 30,000 tracks have been licensed under Creative Commons licenses. Genres vary, and many of the tracks allow derivatives, so break out your music editing software and mix away.

More details from the press release.

CC-licensed book of fictitious forewords

CC-licensed book of fictitious forewords 07/05/2004 02:30 PM
David sez, "I just wrote my first book and posted it online under a creative commons license. It is entitled Dr. Lewis B. Turndevelt's Big Book of Forewords and is a fictitious collection of fictitious forewords written by this fictitious guy, Dr. Turndevelt." Link (Thanks, David!)

3G mobile services to be licensed in
2005

3G mobile services to be licensed in
2005 06/16/2004 01:05 PM
RBC Jun 16 2004 4:38PM GMT

O'Reilly Licensing Book, Licensed

O'Reilly Licensing Book, Licensed 02/01/2005 08:39 PM

I just noticed that Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing, published last year by O'Reilly, is now available as a no cost download under a Creative Commons license. The book includes a chapter (PDF) on Creative Commons licenses.

Thanks O'Reilly and Andrew St. Laurent, the book's author!

V ia Slashdot.

Are your disaster-recovery plans
licensed?

Are your disaster-recovery plans
licensed? 03/29/2005 06:49 AM
ZDNet Mar 29 2005 10:35AM GMT

Core Licensed For 3G Multimedia Phones

Core Licensed For 3G Multimedia Phones 12/10/2003 05:47 AM
3G Dec 10 2003 4:50AM ET

Creative Commons -licensed mobile videos

Creative Commons -licensed mobile videos 06/06/2005 12:11 AM
Digitoday reports (in Finnish) that Elisa [a Finnish operator] has started to distribute Creative Commons -licensed material on a mobile TV channel for test users.

Of course, being CC -licensed, Elisa does not have to pay any license fees to Kopiosto (the Finnish copyright organization) or anyone else, which probably is the real reason behind this move. There is already quite a lot of decent quality CC-material out there that's not getting the publicity it deserves, so this kind of a move is likely to bolster goodwill on Elisa, and more public recognition to Creative Commons.

(Though, my guess is that someone is going to inhale a stack of peas on this one and start screaming that corporations supporting free content means that artists will starve to death [starvation in general is a very big problem in Finland] and demand banning of anything that's freely available, and that corporations should "observe their responsibilities towards Finnish artists" and support them instead of some "crap, second-rate free content just because they're being greedy." The concept of sharing seems to go above some people's heads... There is nothing wrong in sharing your work for free, as much as there is nothing wrong in asking for money from what you do. Both ways have their advantages and disadvantages, and in the end, the customer should be allowed to decide.)

Update: Elisa spokesperson says "users can freely download and share the content without fear." That is also a reason why looking into CC-licensed content is a good idea: if you use only that, you don't need to implement costly and complicated Digital Rights Management solutions which usually kill all usability. You can even play up the fact that "it's okay to share this" to gain extra publicity. Especially for a pilot, it makes little sense to spend all that money.

Update2: Nope says in the comment section: "Just in case somebody was wondering, the project website is at http://www.indica.tv/ where anyone can also submit their own video clips at http://www.indica.tv/cc/." Thanks!

Shipwrecked U-Boat salvage bl0g with
CC-licensed A/V

Shipwrecked U-Boat salvage bl0g with
CC-licensed A/V 07/23/2004 07:54 AM
Thor (who has the same birthday as me -- happy b-day, Thor!) sez,

We made International news last week when our team found the shipwreck of the rare U-215, a U-Boat that was on a secret mission to mine Boston Harbor when it decided to disobey orders and sink an American liberty ship in July 1942. That action lead to a watery grave for 48 German sailors, and 10 more who went down on the Alexander Macomb.

During the whole dive I was blogging the event from shore, keeping in touch by satellite phone. Unfortunately our website, Shipwreck Central, wasn't ready to go online so I was left to ponder the question of "if a blogger blogs in the woods..."

It's 5:30 AM here in Halifax and I'm back at home having a Wi-Fi beer on the porch. A couple of hours ago we opened up the site for a 'soft launch'. We're pretty happy with it, it's like the IMDB of shipwrecks with a kick-ass map interface, and best of all we've made our audio and video available under a Creative Commons license. I can't wait to hear live from the dive audio mixed in with some downtempo-ambient... it goes quite well from my experience.

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