Hacking the Xbox

Matt Haughey, November 12th, 2003

This week’s featured content is Andrew “bunnie” Huang’s controversial book “Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering.” The book is available for order from his site, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble, and the text is Creative Commons licensed. The book has a colored history involving Microsoft, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), and potential lawsuits that forced him to self-publish it before finding a suitable publisher. The book site features sample sections from pages throughout the book.

“Copyleft, Right & Center: Innovations in Law” online forum begins today

Neeru Paharia, November 12th, 2003

Today, Creative Commons begins to host a week-long online discussion entitled “Copyleft, Right & Center: Innovations in Law,” cosponsored by Eyebeam and the University of Maine. Read an article about Eyebeam recently published in the New York Times.

You can still sign up to participate in the discussion by joining the list. The archived discussion will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license and will also be edited and published in a book. The inaugural message will be sent today from Eyebeam, to be followed-up with a message from Creative Commons. If you wish just to follow the discussion, you’ll be able to read the archives here.

China and Taiwan iCommons discussions launched

Matt Haughey, November 12th, 2003

We’ve started work on porting our licenses to China and Taiwan thanks to volunteers at CNBlog.org and Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica. The full press release contains all the details of the new projects.

Wall Street Journal

Press Robot, November 11th, 2003

“Can Copyright be Saved?” by Ethan Smith

Financial Times

Press Robot, November 11th, 2003

“It’s not all or nothing: A middle way for copyright holders is emerging” by Kate Bulkley

Computerworld

Press Robot, November 11th, 2003

“New music service sings a different tune” by James Lewin

Wired News

Press Robot, November 11th, 2003

“Music Label Cashes in by Sharing” by Chris Ulbrich

TidBITS

Press Robot, November 11th, 2003

“Seven Hundred Issues, a CMS, and Creative Commons” by Adam C. Engst

Charleston Post and Courier

Press Robot, November 11th, 2003

“Music downloads: Stealing is stealing” by Phillip Robinson

OpenP2P

Press Robot, November 11th, 2003

“Taxing Questions: Are Compulsory Licenses a Solution to the P2P Debate?” by Miriam Rainsford