NEC's "smart" batteries: invitation to monopolistic DMCA nightmare

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Fuji Novel Batteries “Reverse Current
Prevention” Protects Devices From Harm /
The Only Alkaline Batteries to Offer
this Superior Equipment Protection
Feature

Fuji Novel Batteries “Reverse Current
Prevention” Protects Devices From Harm /
The Only Alkaline Batteries to Offer
this Superior Equipment Protection
Feature 02/01/2005 08:46 PM
Fuji Novel Batteries, one of the largest manufacturers of batteries for portable electronics and digital cameras worldwide, is pleased to offer a specially engineered “reverse current protection” feature in its Fuji Novel D-Size and C-Size alkaline batteries. This feature actually blocks the completion of negative-to-negative current in batteries that are connected in series, thereby virtually eliminating potential damage and premature discharge from reverse current in incorrectly installed batteries. [PRWEB Jan 26, 2005]

NEC's new 3D PCs

NEC's new 3D PCs 01/08/2004 08:15 PM
Three new PCs from NEC with three-dimensional displays (you may recall Sharp's 3D Mebius laptop from a few months back). The VALUESTAR T VT900/8D desktop...

NEC's compact cameraphone

NEC's compact cameraphone 01/05/2004 02:28 AM
A new "ladies phone" from NEC. The NEC N910 is a "compact" cameraphone (pun intended) with an LCD screen that becomes a mirror when...

An Invitation to SETL

An Invitation to SETL 12/28/2004 07:18 AM
Mathematicians, rejoice. The SETL programming language, almost as old as C, is closely modeled on set theory and looks like a version of Perl with a mathematical flavour.

Death by Invitation

Death by Invitation 11/06/2003 07:39 AM
brings it on .. in her post .. Clareified

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i need a gmail invitation...please!

i need a gmail invitation...please! 07/11/2004 12:11 AM
TechTree Jul 11 2004 2:40AM GMT

Gmail invitation

Gmail invitation 06/16/2004 10:14 AM
Seems like all the bloggers I know have invitations to give away. Well, they are not alone. Although it took a while before I got...

NEC's Credit Card Phone

NEC's Credit Card Phone 04/09/2004 03:55 PM
JOEL JOHNSON -- Don't get too riled up: this NEC N900 cameraphone is available only in China for now. Plus it can only be used with a headset, but that only makes the credit-card sized device a tiny bit less desirable. Read...

NEC's PaPeRo 2003 Robot

NEC's PaPeRo 2003 Robot 11/17/2003 10:23 AM
PaPeRo 2003 is what Geekzone brings to our attention. PaPeRo is a robot assistant who's name is a shortened form of Partner-type Personal Robot.. NEC has been revising this robot since 1997 and they think that now they have gotten it right. Personal Robot PaPeRo 2003 (and it's annoying marketing nonsense of upper and lower case letters) stands over a foot tall and can do some amazing things like recognize faces, listen for phrases and respond verbally, change the channel on the TV for you, check email for you, a lot of other stuff too numerous to mention. It has two cameras for eyes for face recognition so it can call you by name. It has four microphones for voice and command recognition. It has 5 ultrasonic sensors to help it navigate. TV output (we need your help obi-wan - this thing does sort of favor R2D2), a wireless internet connection, LEDs for facial expressions, it even has a stroking sensor so it can feel you stroking it's head like a Furby, etc., etc. I couldn't find a price for PaPeRo, but I'm guessing with a couple of cameras and the 5 ultrasonics and a wireless internet connection and all, It's probably not something cheap that you'd want to be every child's plaything, but from the child- friendly colors and look, you've got to wonder.

NEC's Lavie N iBook Clone

NEC's Lavie N iBook Clone 05/07/2004 06:19 AM
I'm not sure exactly how new this model is (fairly, if I babel correctly), but I've not seen it before, so you get to check it out with me. The NEC Lavie N is an iBook-esque 12-inch laptop with a 1280 by 768 widescreen LCD, 1.5 GHz Pentium M, Centrino...

NEC's red and blue laser DVD drive

NEC's red and blue laser DVD drive 12/18/2003 03:48 PM
NEC has built an optical drive with two lasers: a red one for reading regular CDs and DVDs and a blue one for reading the...

About Zawodny's invitation to flame

About Zawodny's invitation to flame 04/23/2004 07:13 PM

Yesterday I pointed to a post by Jeremy Zawodny that appeared to be calling for a flame fest with me as the guest of honor. I pointed to it after the first few comments made it clear that it wasn't going to be a flame fest. In fact, it was the most rational discussion of conflict disclosure I've seen to date in the weblog world. It left me bursting with pride to be part of this community.

There's nothing wrong when someone writes an essay advocating something that they have a financial interest in, as long as the interest is disclosed. For example, if you're going to buy a house, it's good to know you're reading something written by someone who will profit if you buy the house. That's why you get an inspector to look over the house after you decide to make an offer. And why you'd feel betrayed if it turned out the inspector was getting a percentage of the sale. (In fact the inspector would go to jail for doing that.)

So when a Google shareholder write's an empassioned defense of Google, it was correct for Zawodny to ask if he was a shareholder. He did ask, and got an answer, and as far as I was concerned, that was news, so I pointed to it. All of this is good, it's the system working as it should.

As I read John Battelle's analysis of search engines, I wonder if he is consulting for the companies he's writing about. John has a long career as a journalist and now as a professor, both professions require disclosures of conflicts of interest, so I assume he has no such conflict, because I haven't seen a disclaimer from him.

On the other hand, I often see people who I know have conflicts writing in their area of conflict without disclosure. In a world where everyone's playing footsie, if you tend to out people, you quickly get a rep for being difficult, or having personality problems. Does this sound familiar? Heh.

In any case, the thread on Zawodny's was a milestone. Thanks to Tara, Brian, Ryan, Randy, Scott and Rogers and the others who stood up and said it's important to know where people are coming from. Tell people when you have a conflict, they'll read you more carefully, they'll respect you more, and the world will be a better place.

Invitation to Speak Your Mind

Invitation to Speak Your Mind 02/18/2004 08:14 AM

As the dictator of this blog, I need your input, suggestions and criticisms alike, so I can improve the blog.  So tell me what you like or don't like about my blog.  I know I need a shave, but the damn thing keeps growing so don't bother with comments about my beard.  Love confessions and blatant admirations or disgust are welcome as well.  If you are a hacker, I would love to hear what you think also.

NEC's Versapro PC98-NX Two Pound Tablet
PC

NEC's Versapro PC98-NX Two Pound Tablet
PC 08/30/2004 12:16 PM

Oh, I saw this new Versapro PC98-NX Tablet PC from NEC last night and I meant to put it up here, and completely spaced it. It's pretty slick, as far as these things go, with a Pentium M 1.1GHz, 10.4-inch screen, 20GB hard drive, and fairly decent battery life, depending on the battery. But the biggest thing is that it only weighs two pounds. That's approaching the sort of weight of, you know, a real tablet. That's always been the Tablet PC's biggest failing (well, maybe short of price). Who wants to carry around an eight pound slab in one arm all day?

No word if NEC will be bringing the PC98-NX to the US, but I encourage them to do so post haste.

R ead - The new NEC [TabletPCBuzz]

NEC's credit card-sized cellphone

NEC's credit card-sized cellphone 11/04/2003 12:12 PM
NEC is coming out with a credit card-sized cellphone that is just 10mm, or four-tenths of an inch, thick. The N900 also has a built-in digital camera and will be sold initially in China with Southeast Asia and Europe to follow. Read [Via Picturephoning.com]...

NEC's Palm-Sized HDTV Transceiver

NEC's Palm-Sized HDTV Transceiver 04/04/2005 10:45 AM

NEC has a new wireless video transmission technology using the 60GHz band, and has already developed a palm-sized transceiver just for it. Video and audio signals are digitized into a signal measuring about 1Gbps, at which point they're transferred using "ASK," the same high speed transmission used in optical fiber. Because of the small size and throughput of this unit, NEC suggests them for wireless HDTV transmissions.

Press Release [NEC]

Toyota approach lifts NEC's PC
production

Toyota approach lifts NEC's PC
production 02/16/2004 09:22 PM
Japan Times Feb 17 2004 1:11AM GMT

NEC's 11mm VersaPro Tablet PC unveiled

NEC's 11mm VersaPro Tablet PC unveiled 08/30/2004 10:21 AM
Engadget Aug 30 2004 2:01PM GMT

Gmail Invitation Prices Crash

Gmail Invitation Prices Crash 06/10/2004 06:16 AM
Not too long ago, people were willing to pay top dollar to snag an invitation to set up an account on Google's Gmail Web e-mail service. But Google seems to have become more generous with the invitations. Demand, meet supply. By Chris Ulbrich.

Gmail Invitation Market Bottoms Out

Gmail Invitation Market Bottoms Out 06/10/2004 09:32 AM

Gm ail Invitation Prices Crash: A good lesson in economics here.

On Monday morning, invitations to join the testing of Google's Gmail Web e-mail service were still fetching as much as $100 on eBay closed auctions. By Wednesday afternoon, sellers were lucky to crack the $20 mark.

Increased supply is the likely cause.

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Microsoft Mobile DevCon invitation

Microsoft Mobile DevCon invitation 01/26/2004 06:48 AM

NEC's Latest Notebook PC Withstands 90cm
Drop

NEC's Latest Notebook PC Withstands 90cm
Drop 08/30/2004 10:21 AM
JCNN Aug 30 2004 2:08PM GMT

NEC's Mobile Internet Platform/Handset
in Greece

NEC's Mobile Internet Platform/Handset
in Greece 06/04/2004 05:37 PM
Wireless Watch Japan Jun 4 2004 8:48PM GMT

NEC's Chinese Touchpanel-Only Phones:
N610, N620

NEC's Chinese Touchpanel-Only Phones:
N610, N620 07/01/2004 10:48 AM

NEC is releasing two new GSM phones designed especially for the Chinese market, having replaced the traditional keypad with a touchscreen with handwriting recognition. The N610 [left] and N620 [right] have share 176 x 220 touchpanel LCDs, although the N620 has a 260k color screen as opposed to the N610's 65k screen, as well as a VGA camera and "vocal guidance." Both display the time through a hole in the flipscreen.

Is Chinese character recognition more or less accurate than Roman character recognition? I would think with thousands of characters, the opportunity for computer-aided hilarity would be a few hundreds times greater. Does anyone have any stories about screwed up Asian character recognition? If you send one to me, include pictures!
Read - Touchscreen phones for China from NEC [TechJapan]

Hartcourt -- Investor Conference Call
Invitation

Hartcourt -- Investor Conference Call
Invitation 03/28/2005 11:03 AM
Market Wire Mar 28 2005 1:49PM GMT

Sun debates invitation to join Eclipse
project

Sun debates invitation to join Eclipse
project 11/10/2003 11:38 PM
Computer Weekly Nov 10 2003 7:06AM ET

CNN.com - Bush declines NAACP invitation
- Jul 8, 2004

CNN.com - Bush declines NAACP invitation
- Jul 8, 2004 07/08/2004 09:03 PM

Smart Box Design Rolls Out Farkle for
Palm OS Handhelds, a Lively Mobile
Rendition of the Classic Dice Game,
Featuring “Smart” Opponents

Smart Box Design Rolls Out Farkle for
Palm OS Handhelds, a Lively Mobile
Rendition of the Classic Dice Game,
Featuring “Smart” Opponents 09/13/2004 12:34 PM
Smart Box Design announces the release of Farkle, a Palm OS version of the classic dice rolling game. Farkle offers players an opportunity to challenge friends or compete against a variety of “intelligent” computer opponents with a wide range of personalities—from cautious to daring—that will determine the level of risk each opponent is willing to take when deciding just how far to push their luck. [PRWEB Sep 13, 2004]

NEC's 30th Anniversary Hello, Kitty
LaVie G type J Laptop

NEC's 30th Anniversary Hello, Kitty
LaVie G type J Laptop 05/27/2004 06:25 AM
You know how you can tell this is going to be a good morning? It's starting with Hello, Kitty, and that's never bad. This special edition 'NEC LaVie G type J' ultralight laptop commemorates the 30th Anniversary of Sanrio's hallmark...

Economy of Scales: Smart AV Smart
Console

Economy of Scales: Smart AV Smart
Console 12/24/2004 12:16 PM

Once a week, createdigitalmusic's Peter Kirn highlights drool-worthy music and audio creation equipment, from essential to oddball. This week's computer audio control surface, invented by a former magician and priced like a yacht, hits the oddball end.

Wired News: Gmail Invitation Prices
Crash

Wired News: Gmail Invitation Prices
Crash 06/10/2004 04:01 PM
Gmail Invitation Prices Crash .. Wired News .. crashing

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"Some lucky Blogger users received
invitation to Gmail."

"Some lucky Blogger users received
invitation to Gmail." 04/23/2004 04:28 PM

Allawi Says He Accepts Bush Invitation
to Visit U.S. (Reuters)

Allawi Says He Accepts Bush Invitation
to Visit U.S. (Reuters) 07/29/2004 03:24 AM
Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Thursday he planned to visit the United States soon for talks with President Bush.

Uprooted Sudanese Balk at Invitation to
Return Home

Uprooted Sudanese Balk at Invitation to
Return Home 05/08/2004 12:40 AM
Villagers in western Sudan who were driven from their homes into refugee camps tell of atrocities by Arab militias and express their fear of returning.

Contest: Predict Tiger features to win a
GMail invitation

Contest: Predict Tiger features to win a
GMail invitation 06/25/2004 03:49 PM
We're having our first contest. The person who correctly predicts the greatest number of new Tiger features wins a GMail invitation.

Here's how it works: add your comments to this story listing the new Tiger features. You must be a registered user so I can contant you with the invitation. Registration is free & easy. If you're registered at any other Drupal site, your username will work here.

German pensioner duped by naked
invitation (Reuters)

German pensioner duped by naked
invitation (Reuters) 12/19/2004 03:23 PM
Reuters - An 81-year-old German dropped his trousers and lost his wallet when two young women asked him to join them in a nude photo shoot but fled with his belongings as he stripped, police say.

Stop speaking, start snapping: NEC's
mission to make the world see in 3G

Stop speaking, start snapping: NEC's
mission to make the world see in 3G 08/21/2004 06:48 PM
Independent Aug 21 2004 9:37PM GMT

Invitation To Perlos' Telephone And
Internet Conference On April 28, 2004 At
4:00 P.m

Invitation To Perlos' Telephone And
Internet Conference On April 28, 2004 At
4:00 P.m 04/26/2004 02:09 AM
HUGIN Online Apr 26 2004 6:40AM GMT

Tweaking CC's Standard Attribution
Language - An Invitation to Comment

Tweaking CC's Standard Attribution
Language - An Invitation to Comment 06/05/2005 11:40 PM

So a new license draft has been posted here. The changes relate to our standard attribution language and the plan is that they take effect across all of our core licenses. The new version will be 2.5 because it is a minor change. We are in the process of working through other revisions to the licenses that will form the basis for version 3.0 but this change is needed now to take account of the demands of wikis & the open access journal community.

Many of you have given comments on the beta wiki license which have been very useful. The difference between this license draft and the beta wiki is that attribution in this draft can be to the author and/or one or more other parties. The beta wiki license only permitted attribution to the author *or* another party or parties. Also, we have included an additional example in the brackets to make it clear that one of the attributed parties may be a journal.

For a more detailed explanation of the changes, check out this posting to our licenses discussion list. You can join the discussion here.

Grok Description matches for NEC's "smart" batteries: invitation to monopolistic DMCA nightmare
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Capacitors on K8V Deluxe may deform soon
after use

Capacitors on K8V Deluxe may deform soon
after use 01/19/2004 09:35 AM

Talking capacitors could blab to code
breakers

Talking capacitors could blab to code
breakers 05/11/2004 09:08 AM
Motherboard clues to private encryption keys

Apple and Toshiba

Apple and Toshiba 06/03/2004 03:15 PM
ThinkSecret reports that Apple is upset with Toshiba for revealing that their new 60GB 1.8" drive will be used by Apple in upcoming iPods in July-Augu...

Steve Ford Quits Toshiba For Apple

Steve Ford Quits Toshiba For Apple 09/01/2004 10:02 AM
Steve Ford, New Zealand country manager for Toshiba, will join Renaissance on Sept 17 as general manager of the Apple Computer Division. By Darren Greenwood, New Zealand Reseller News (via MyAppleMenu)

Apple moves ahead of Toshiba in U.S. PC
market

Apple moves ahead of Toshiba in U.S. PC
market 04/15/2005 04:25 PM
Apple Computer has moved ahead of Toshiba to take the 5th position in U.S. PC sales during the first quarter, according to preliminary statistics released by Gartner Inc. today. Gartner said despite disappointing results for most vendors in the U.S. market in the first quarter, Apple's PC shipments in the U.S. increased 45.1 percent in the first quarter. The growth of the iMac and PowerBook categories were key drivers for the company during what has always been a traditionally weak consumer quarter. Worldwide PC shipments increased 10.3 percent in the first quarter of 2005, according to Gartner. Worldwide PC shipments totaled 50.4 million units in the first quarter of 2005, up from 45.7 million in the same period last year. Dell's worldwide growth rate fell below 20 percent for the first time in ten quarters, pulled down by a weaker performance in the U.S. market. Despite this, Dell's growth rate of 13.7 percent remained higher than the worldwide average, and it extended its lead in the worldwide rankings. Gartner said final statistics will be available soon to clients of Gartner's PC Quarterly Statistics Worldwide by Region program.

Study: Apple leapfrogs Toshiba in US PC
shipments

Study: Apple leapfrogs Toshiba in US PC
shipments 04/16/2005 02:44 AM
MacWorld Apr 16 2005 6:33AM GMT

News: Study: Apple leapfrogs Toshiba in
US PC shipments

News: Study: Apple leapfrogs Toshiba in
US PC shipments 04/15/2005 03:58 PM
Gartner Inc. reported Friday that despite disappointing results for most vendors shipping computers in the United States, Apple has leapfrogged Toshiba to become the fifth largest vendor of PCs for the region, based on Gartner's estimates of shipments made during the first calendar quarter.

Toshiba exec joins New Zealand Apple
division

Toshiba exec joins New Zealand Apple
division 09/01/2004 09:25 PM
Steve Ford, New Zealand country manager for Toshiba, will join Renaissance on Sept...

Toshiba Announces 60GB 1.8" Drive,
Confirms Order From Apple

Toshiba Announces 60GB 1.8" Drive,
Confirms Order From Apple 06/02/2004 11:39 AM

Toshiba Whips Out Tiny Hard Drive,
Smacks Apple

Toshiba Whips Out Tiny Hard Drive,
Smacks Apple 07/30/2004 06:47 PM

Toshiba has semi-announced that they will claim the throne of "world's smallest portable audio player containing a hard drive" in 2005, thanks to their 0.85 inch hard drive announced in January. The iPod mini, freshly released in Japan, currently holds the title. It's not the size that matters, Toshiba. Wait, yeah it is, sorry. The capacity of Toshiba's new player is expected to be 2GB or more.

Read - Article (Japanese) [Asahi Shimbun via Slashdot.jp]

counterfeit cars?

counterfeit cars? 03/23/2005 05:26 PM
At the CCC, we're dedicated to putting an end to the victimization associated with purchasing a counterfeit MINI Cooper.

Symantec hits counterfeit biz for $3.2m

Symantec hits counterfeit biz for $3.2m 06/21/2004 10:45 AM
Personal damages too

Microsoft Files 8 Counterfeit Lawsuits

Microsoft Files 8 Counterfeit Lawsuits 04/11/2005 07:55 AM
Reuters Apr 11 2005 12:03PM GMT

Escape From the Clutches of a
Counterfeit Web Site

Escape From the Clutches of a
Counterfeit Web Site 05/27/2004 01:47 AM
The Internet can be a dangerous place, with every e-mail message a potential carrier of viruses, Trojan horses or come-ons from phishers - thieves hoping to trick you into giving up passwords, credit card numbers or other personal information. Such e-mail often looks like a legitimate message from companies like eBay, PayPal or Citibank, but the links they provide lead to "spoofed" Web sites that look legitimate but are not.

Counterfeit game distributors nabbed

Counterfeit game distributors nabbed 12/24/2003 04:08 AM
iafrica.com Dec 24 2003 4:00AM ET

NEC Takes Aim at Counterfeit Batteries
(PC World)

NEC Takes Aim at Counterfeit Batteries
(PC World) 07/06/2004 12:03 PM
PC World - Software-based system verifies the legitimacy of batteries in cell phones and digicams.

Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit
Prevention

Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit
Prevention 01/17/2004 10:57 PM

Counterfeit AMD Microprocessors
Discovered in Taiwan

Counterfeit AMD Microprocessors
Discovered in Taiwan 01/02/2005 04:17 PM
Taiwan Authorities Suspend Workshop Dealing with Fake AMD Chips. Local authorities on Friday suspended a workshop that made fake, or remarked, AMD microprocessors in Taipei, Taiwan, and seized unprecedented number of chips of nearly one million units.

A report over Sin Chew Daily web-site claims the local police had discovered a workshop that remarked microprocessors made by Advanced Micro Devices to sell them at higher price-points. It is unclear, which chips have been attempted to counterfeit and whether the chips were also somehow modified. Source for the processors the swindlers used is also unknown. At least one man is reported to have been arrested and accused of illegal handicraft.

View: The full story
News source: Xbit Labs

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Notes and Tips: Anti-Counterfeit Tech

Notes and Tips: Anti-Counterfeit Tech 01/16/2004 12:59 PM
Here are many more details about the secret anti-counterfeiting code hidden in Photoshop and other software.

Guilty plea in sale of counterfeit
software

Guilty plea in sale of counterfeit
software 01/16/2004 10:57 AM

Viagra maker cracks down on counterfeit
Net sales

Viagra maker cracks down on counterfeit
Net sales 08/03/2004 02:14 PM
CNET News.com Aug 3 2004 6:45PM GMT

LAPD nabs pirates, 12,000 counterfeit
DVDs

LAPD nabs pirates, 12,000 counterfeit
DVDs 09/03/2004 06:13 AM
Suspect spotted in routine traffic stop

NEC Creates System For Blocking
Counterfeit Batteries

NEC Creates System For Blocking
Counterfeit Batteries 07/07/2004 06:04 PM
There were a bunch of stories recently about exploding mobile phones, and after investigating the issue, one of two reasons always turned up: either it wasn't really an "explosion" but a "graphite discharge" or counterfeit batteries that weren't up to snuff safety-wise were what caused the explosion. Nokia has taken the stance of using these cases to warn people not to use counterfeit batteries, but NEC has gone a step further and created a system that will block fake batteries from mobile phones. While the safety argument makes sense, this is somewhat similar to efforts by printer makers to create encryption systems that block knockoff ink cartridges, and it makes you wonder if some of the incentive to do this is to keep competitors from being able to enter the market.

Symantec wins $3 million in
counterfeit-ware suit

Symantec wins $3 million in
counterfeit-ware suit 12/23/2003 05:47 PM
ZDNet Dec 23 2003 4:52PM ET

27 Central Banks Push Anti-Counterfeit
Software

27 Central Banks Push Anti-Counterfeit
Software 02/17/2004 12:09 AM

China Netcom Investigates Counterfeit
ADSL Accounts

China Netcom Investigates Counterfeit
ADSL Accounts 01/04/2005 04:21 AM
ChinaTechNews.com Jan 4 2005 7:02AM GMT

Microsoft Targets Counterfeit Software,
Files Lawsuits

Microsoft Targets Counterfeit Software,
Files Lawsuits 04/11/2005 05:46 PM
Boost Marketing Apr 11 2005 9:56PM GMT

Symantec wins $3 million in
counterfeit-software suit

Symantec wins $3 million in
counterfeit-software suit 12/23/2003 04:32 PM
The security-software maker wins a judgment against one of America's more famous spammers after a court rules Maryland Internet Marketing was selling counterfeit Symantec applications.

Tiffany Sues eBay For Not Policing
Counterfeit Items

Tiffany Sues eBay For Not Policing
Counterfeit Items 06/21/2004 03:59 PM
It looks like it's going to be quite a while before companies realize that suing the service provider for something someone did on their service is a dead end. The latest is that jeweler Tiffany is suing eBay because users sold fake Tiffany items. Tiffany should be going after those who sold fake items, since they're the ones who have actually done something wrong, but apparently that's too difficult, and those people are unlikely to have very much money. So, instead, they just sue eBay -- even though the company has done nothing wrong themselves.

Anti-counterfeit software: implications
for Open Source

Anti-counterfeit software: implications
for Open Source 01/16/2004 01:00 PM
"The anti-counterfeit software in Photoshop CS was developed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group, an organization established by the governors of the G-10 central banks to promote the use of anti-counterfeit devices in the computer industry....The inner workings of the counterfeit deterrence system are so secret that not even Adobe is privy to them. The Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group provides the software as a black box without revealing its precise inner workings, Connor said."

What happens when the CBCDG wants to target Open Source?

NEC's "smart" batteries: invitation to monopolistic DMCA nightmare

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