Category Archives: Norms
HD DVD Standard Deliberately Downgrades Picture Quality for Older HDTVs
I noticed a link to this SCI FI Tech article; the author points out the under the access control rules just released for the new HD-DVD standard, component output (which is the only HD input featured on quite a number … Continue reading
Home of the Underdogs
While on the topic of abandonwarez, I thought I would also link this site. The Home of the Underdogs is a repository for primarily DOS software that is no longer on the market and is obsolete, but is still under … Continue reading
Virtual Apple 2 abandonwarez
This site has a java/browser-based Apple II emulator and an _incredible_ collection of disk images that you can boot. A little Oregon Trail or Rocky’s Boots or LogoWriter, anyone? It’s interesting because though this site is almost certainly _technically_ in … Continue reading
freesofree.net
I just wanted to mention this site, freesofree.net, which contains an incredible collection of Dinosaur Jr., J. Mascis, and Sebadoh bootleg mp3s, flac files, and show videos going back to the 1980s. It is also a fan community site that … Continue reading
Recording Industry vs. The People
I noticed a link to this site from Slashdot. Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman, two lawyers in NYC, have created this site to compile information that might help assist people defending themselves against RIAA lawsuits. Slashdot mentioned that they are … Continue reading
Free Culture activist fired from intellectual property law firm
This story was posted on slashdot about a legal clerk who worked for a New York City intellectual property law firm, who was fired after she was quoted in The Village Voice where she advocated against DRM, and talked about … Continue reading