Today's Links
Cory Doctorow has a good piece over on BoingBoing regarding an announcement by a consortium of electronics manufacturers (Sony, Matsushita, Samsung & Philips), agreeing to a new DRM system they have developed to prevent illegal copying. His position is that any DRM serves only to inconvenience legitimate customers, while being a mild amusement and challenge to serious industrial pirates.
New at the Patent Office:
- Golf Ball with temperature indicator
- Anti-Snoring Apparatus
- Chocolate Polymer Snacks
A good collection of photos of protests at the W. Inauguration last week.