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Flat rate pricing for Net use not fair - BT
News Highlighting the disparity in attitude between Britain and Germany's leading telcos, the spokesman was asked if BT would follow the lead of German telco Mobilcom which begins a new flat rate price structure for Net access this month.
[December 21, 1998, 16:32]
O2 Apple tariffs stretches the term ´fair use´
Blog Comment The strange thing is O2 has never locked their handsets before so I don't know how people can be so confident they can remove an O2 lock. Since Mr Jobs/O2 hinted they would be doing firmware updates to stop phone unlockers - much like sony does...
[October 18, 2007, 22:59]
O2 Apple tariffs stretches the term ´fair use´
Blog Comment T-Mobiles tariff vs O2's iPhone tariff makes me think of the Daft Punk Song Kanye West recently did a cover of - "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
[October 18, 2007, 11:23]
O2 Apple tariffs stretches the term ´fair use´
Blog Comment But since everyone knows how to unlock an iPhone now, this is of academic interest.
[October 18, 2007, 14:36]
O2 Apple tariffs stretches the term ´fair use´
Blog Comment Just been advised the w910i can take upto 4gb card but the w960i has the 8gb memory but is a very different phone.
[October 18, 2007, 12:08]
Taking the rap for DRM
Talkback "Fair use is not a crime. US law -- and no doubt many others -- allows fair use, and it's a scandal that UK law doesn't. Um. My understanding of UK law is that it is indeed a crime to rip CDs to MP3 or make any other form of copy, regardless of the...
[September 19, 2006, 22:11]
DRM is failing, MPs told
News MPs were warned on Thursday that digital rights management systems are preventing consumers from exercising their fair-use rights. Charman cited the Sony rootkit as evidence that DRM can cause serious damage, and pointed out that most UK consumers...
[February 2, 2006, 16:25]
Thumbnails ruled ok
News Search engines' display of miniature images is fair use under copyright law, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday, but the legality of presenting full-size renditions of visual works is yet to be determined.
[July 8, 2003, 10:52]
Star Wars lawyers get tough - Part II
News The answer lies in the copyright statute's "fair use" clause, which allows for duplication of certain works for home or classroom use. It's still unclear how to interpret the fair use clause in light of MP3, which allows users to record songs for...
[May 5, 1999, 11:16]
T-Mobile web'n'walk USB modem review
Reviews All offer unlimited data downloads, but that word 'unlimited' has an interesting definition, as the tariffs are subject to T-Mobile's fair-use policy. On Plus plans, 'fair use' is actually limited to 3GB per month; on Max plans, you get up to 10GB...
[July 10, 2007, 9:37]
ASA cautions Orange over 'unlimited' claims
News In an adjudication published on Wednesday, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that Orange had been wrong to publish a magazine advertisement for its home broadband service in which it offered "unlimited UK and international calls to...
[June 13, 2007, 12:46]
Australian body calls for mod-chip legalisation
News Britton said the proposal behoved authorities to address a raft of issues surrounding consumers' fair use of copyright material, including that of mod chips, which are currently outlawed in Australia.
[June 21, 2004, 10:00]
DVD-Jon: Critics 'don't understand DRM'
Talkback The Fair Use "compromise" was worked out in an era where it was very difficult to "share" one's music with thousands, if not millions of people across the globe. Doing so is not at all in the spirit of Fair Use.
[November 30, 2003, 0:38]
Australia may permit 'personal' music copying
News The US 'Fair Use' doctrine or Australia's 'Fair dealing' allows for exceptions on when copyrighted material may be used without payment of a royalty. The application of fair use in the United States provides for several unique copyright doctrines...
[June 25, 2004, 10:20]
Skype: Do you get what you pay for?
Talkback I use Skype to Conference call with a my study group. I also use SkypeOut to make limited calls in the US. SkypeOut quality is fair however I did not expect anything but fair. I personally have never had problems.
[February 22, 2005, 3:47]
Orange package to include free business broadband
News These include a similar deal for non-business customers on monthly plans, and modifications to Orange's home-broadband plans that give customers 'unlimited' downloads — that is, within the constraints of its fair-use policy.
[September 30, 2008, 13:03]
Tsunami 'hacker' is innocent, say readers
Talkback There are also lengthy articles about the philosophical nuances of wider policies, such as DRM and fair use. Also which countries allow/disallow/tolerate 'fair use' of bought copyright materials. It is unclear to me and, no doubt, most other folk...
[October 12, 2005, 8:50]
AT&T may filter illegal file-sharing
Blog Digital rights activists claim that filters do not take account of the exceptions from copyright legislation for fair use, including those for news reporting, criticism and review and educational use," the article says.
[January 17, 2008, 12:33]
Nuggets: Nikon CoolPix 990 is a top-class challenger
News Oh, and Nikon forgot to supply a charger for the camera's batteries.if that happens to you, make sure you get a big bag of AAs: the 990 is a power hungry machine, particularly if you use the LCD screen
[December 22, 2000, 8:03]
RealNetworks cries foul over Microsoft antitrust case
Talkback If I did not want to use Windows Media Player I have the option NOT to use it.That's fair play. I have only used realplayer once & never again.The program takes over (literally) all your media options & embeds itself deep within the registry.If...
[March 24, 2005, 10:06]
