John Palfrey, MacArthur Foundation, October 1, 2023 To all the people of Concord, Massachusetts, and particularly to the town’s fabulous library staff and supporters: congratulations on your 150th anniversary! Thank you for the honor of inviting me to share a few thoughts on this historic day, in this historic place. We should pause when things go … Read more
David Berlind, exec editor at ZDNet, has a first-class piece of journalism on the fairly dramatic recent doings in Massachusetts on ODF and related issues. Our involvement in these matters is largely through our work with the Open ePolicy Group, through which we developed a Roadmap on adopting open standards.
A US federal judge today dismissed Ben Edelman‘s lawsuit to ensure that he could conduct research on filtering software. Ben wanted to be certain that he could conduct legitimate legal research on filtering software without violating the DMCA, other federal laws, and the user agreement from N2H2. This loss is yet another reason why the DMCA and … Read more