RIAA and EFF are in the same place

As strange as it may appear, the RIAA (lobbying arm of the music industry) and the EFF (lobbying group for civilian privacy among other things), are fighting a war for the same thing: control of their bits, their information. This control used to be self evident. The rule was simple: I own the information, I [...]

Terms of Service and Peer to Peer

I’ve been thinking lately about a hypothetical situation. Consider it a thought balloon.
If we run a peer to peer program, such as BitTorrent, or eDonkey, the RIAA and the MPAA love to root around in our computers and investigate what’s there, without warrants or any invitation whatsoever. They look around, see what they can find–in [...]