Comments on: Hidden Licenses and Tracking Beacons: The AP’s New News Technology http://www.95years.com/2010/04/23/hidden-licenses-and-tracking-beacons-the-aps-new-news-technology/ A blog about technology, media, culture and the law. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:00:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: World Press Freedom Day 2011 « http://www.95years.com/2010/04/23/hidden-licenses-and-tracking-beacons-the-aps-new-news-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-11514 World Press Freedom Day 2011 « Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:23:35 +0000 http://www.95years.com/?p=829#comment-11514 [...] Richman, guest contributor at ninefiveyears writes about the bold new plan by the Associated Press to control the distribution of its news by implementing hidden licenses and tracking devices. [...] [...] Richman, guest contributor at ninefiveyears writes about the bold new plan by the Associated Press to control the distribution of its news by implementing hidden licenses and tracking devices. [...]

]]> By: Wither Goest the Newspaperman? Why Blogging is Killing Print Media. | Professional Blog Service http://www.95years.com/2010/04/23/hidden-licenses-and-tracking-beacons-the-aps-new-news-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-1468 Wither Goest the Newspaperman? Why Blogging is Killing Print Media. | Professional Blog Service Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:03:05 +0000 http://www.95years.com/?p=829#comment-1468 [...] Or go here to see the original. [...] [...] Or go here to see the original. [...]

]]> By: Bruce http://www.95years.com/2010/04/23/hidden-licenses-and-tracking-beacons-the-aps-new-news-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Bruce Wed, 19 May 2010 20:56:20 +0000 http://www.95years.com/?p=829#comment-720 I feel like this would be incredibly easy to defeat with some sort of plain text converter embedded in the browser, like a Firefox plug-in. I know that there already exists a browser plug-in that allows you to strip out all the ads and pics from a website with the click of a button, leaving just the text. It seems like one could easily engineer something similar that just stripped everything out of news website save for the plain text of the content with very little trouble. Haven't we all realized that DRM is a sucker's game, significantly less effective than Reagan's star wars initiative? I feel like this would be incredibly easy to defeat with some sort of plain text converter embedded in the browser, like a Firefox plug-in. I know that there already exists a browser plug-in that allows you to strip out all the ads and pics from a website with the click of a button, leaving just the text. It seems like one could easily engineer something similar that just stripped everything out of news website save for the plain text of the content with very little trouble. Haven’t we all realized that DRM is a sucker’s game, significantly less effective than Reagan’s star wars initiative?

]]> By: Blawg Review #262 « http://www.95years.com/2010/04/23/hidden-licenses-and-tracking-beacons-the-aps-new-news-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Blawg Review #262 « Mon, 03 May 2010 20:50:18 +0000 http://www.95years.com/?p=829#comment-529 [...] Richman, guest contributor at ninefiveyears writes about the bold new plan by the bold new plan by the Associated Press to control the distribution of its news by implementing hidden licenses and tracking devices. [...] [...] Richman, guest contributor at ninefiveyears writes about the bold new plan by the bold new plan by the Associated Press to control the distribution of its news by implementing hidden licenses and tracking devices. [...]

]]> By: Peter http://www.95years.com/2010/04/23/hidden-licenses-and-tracking-beacons-the-aps-new-news-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Peter Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:18:04 +0000 http://www.95years.com/?p=829#comment-478 Ehren - that's a key point, and one that I left out of the article. Section 1202 of the DMCA prohibits the removal, alteration, or falsification of copyright management information (CMI). CMI is a pretty broad category - it includes the title of a work, the name of the author, the name of the copyright owner, terms and conditions of use... So any attempt to strip the AP's content of the hNews wrapper would constitute a violation of the DMCA. Ehren – that’s a key point, and one that I left out of the article.

Section 1202 of the DMCA prohibits the removal, alteration, or falsification of copyright management information (CMI). CMI is a pretty broad category – it includes the title of a work, the name of the author, the name of the copyright owner, terms and conditions of use…

So any attempt to strip the AP’s content of the hNews wrapper would constitute a violation of the DMCA.

]]> By: Ehren http://www.95years.com/2010/04/23/hidden-licenses-and-tracking-beacons-the-aps-new-news-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Ehren Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:24:23 +0000 http://www.95years.com/?p=829#comment-463 I feel like this would be incredibly easy to defeat with some sort of plain text converter embedded in the browser, like a Firefox plug-in. I know that there already exists a browser plug-in that allows you to strip out all the ads and pics from a website with the click of a button, leaving just the text. It seems like one could easily engineer something similar that just stripped everything out of news website save for the plain text of the content with very little trouble. Haven't we all realized that DRM is a sucker's game, significantly less effective than Reagan's star wars initiative? I feel like this would be incredibly easy to defeat with some sort of plain text converter embedded in the browser, like a Firefox plug-in. I know that there already exists a browser plug-in that allows you to strip out all the ads and pics from a website with the click of a button, leaving just the text. It seems like one could easily engineer something similar that just stripped everything out of news website save for the plain text of the content with very little trouble. Haven’t we all realized that DRM is a sucker’s game, significantly less effective than Reagan’s star wars initiative?

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