Today I gave a talk about DRM technologies and how they affect everyone that consumes products with them. It took place at the UANL physics and mathematics faculty.
It interests me very much the fact that its the second time they invite me to give this talk (and I hope to get invited many more) because [...]
Posts Tagged ‘copyright’
Gave DRM talk at UANL
April 21st, 2009
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More ugly stories about depending on cloud computing
February 6th, 2009
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Depending on “the cloud” to provide all software has increasingly shown some of its issues. What’s strange is that not many people are concerned about it.
Google marking all sites as unsafe
Google marked all search results as unsafe websites, and when you clicked on the link, it warned you again and you had to agree to [...]
Facebook terms for your uploaded content
January 31st, 2009
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Maybe this is old news, but I was checking Facebook’s terms of use to see if something had changed since the last time I saw them. But everytime I read this, I keep getting surprised and annoyed. The following is the exact quote from the terms of use that makes me think twice about uploading [...]
Soviet-like antipiracy campaign targeted at kids in Mexico
October 1st, 2008
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The mexican newspaper El Universal published a contest for kids sponsored by IMPI (the organization that in charge of “intelectual property” and patents in Mexico) which invites kids to report to the IMPI for any “piracy” acts their parents, teachers and friends do.
Gunnar Wolf sent an open letter (in spanish) to the newspaper and the [...]
