tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300303112011-04-22T04:53:45.208+08:00Commentaries on Information and Communications Technology News, Laws, and Policies (and More)penny blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181158129023185800noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30030311.post-1158631256583365872006-09-19T09:38:00.000+08:002006-09-19T10:00:56.616+08:00

Erap pa rin, Erap na naman Recently the MTRCB gave a triple X rating to the video entitled "To Live for the Masses" , a documentary about the life of former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada. Because of such rating, the material cannot be shown publicly. Now one would wonder why the MTRCB would give it a XXX rating. A common concept of an X rating is when a film contains sexually explicit material

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In connection with our last post, we'd just like to share this clip from YouTube: here, Piratpartiet's founder, Richard Falkvinge, explains the party's policies to Italian blogger Federico Mello, and talks about his expectations for the party, as the Swedish general elections loom closer.(See also: Falkvinge's interview with LinuxP2P)[via Wikipedia]

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While our government has been exerting efforts to curb "piracy" and to further strengthen copyrights/supplement our intellectual property laws, through (as we have discussed in our previous meeting) the regulation of optical media, another interesting development is taking place on another part of the globe... albeit towards the opposite direction.On September 17th (Monday), Sweden will be

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We have to admit that the Optical Media Law is a good idea, regulate the content by regulating the container.We present here another possible solution to our piracy problem. It is not novel. Which is why we are surprised that it has never been tried. Much less discussed by lawmaking bodies, as far as we know.The Optical Media Act says regulate the content. We say — REGULATE THE PRICE!The simplest

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I remember when it came to storing data, one had to carry a container with floppy disks, those that were literally floppy and bendable and where at 5 1/2" size. Then came the diskette, which was more durable, and smaller at 3 1/2". The 1.44 mb size was sufficient early on but when programs became more elaborate, the files became larger and one had to resort to converting it into a zip file or

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I moved to my new home only last July. After the difficulty of moving all my things and rearranging the disaster which is my room, I have settled down in my new abode. But I am not yet finished, because I have yet to have a phoneline installed. Now one may ask why this is important, many homes don't have landlines and the need for it has been redueced because of the rise in cellphone use. I

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News from technology.inq7.net (08/03/2006):'First introduced in 2000 as being capable of simulating how humans walk, Asimo can amble on uneven slopes and surfaces, turn smoothly, climb stairs, reach for and grasp objects, switch lights on and off, and open and close doors.At Glorietta, Asimo was supposed to do the opening number for the Honda exhibit when it froze in mid-sentence just as it was

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I just watched the movie Antitrust starring Ryan Philippe (don't know the correct spelling) and Tim Robbins. It was about the character of Tim Robbins, Gary , who owns NURV, a software company which has virtually a monopoly in the business, which has the US Justice Department after it. Gary has a very striking similarity with Bill Gates, as does NURV with Microsoft.The project which is the

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In a free market, the staying power of a certain product/idea depends largely on its acceptability to a significant number. Though, as it has been said, the development of the Internet and its introduction into the mainstream has been made possible by State/governmental support on research and on the promotion of large initial commercial investments, once "released" into the market, its

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We are not a normally pessimistic bunch. But for this blog, like the one two weeks ago, we again decided to look at the bigger problem.The lack of laws which expressly cover cybercrime is indeed a big problem. As Susan Brenner observed in her article, during the love bug fiasco, prosecutors had to comb through Philippine statutes which may, even remotely, be the basis of a search warrant. In the

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The World Cup came and went, without so much as a fuss with most people. It's sad that we Filipinos have yet to warm to a sport in which we could actually be a power in. it's also a pity that we can't share in the magic that is the World Cup. Seeing it on TV wherein we catch sight of people parading in the colors of their nation, cheering their team on till the end, singing at the top of their

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Internet, television and home telephone are now provided in one bundle of service. Movies, radio stations and television programs are also made accessible through the internet itself. News services have been available through the internet for sometime now.In such cases, there is great confusion on whether or not certain laws are applicable. For instance, in India, there was a problem as to

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The E-Commerce Act (RA 8792) intends to facilitate commercial and non-commercial activities by providing for the recognition of electronic transactions. Sec. 37 of this law provides a guideline for statutory construction, stating that “interpretation of [the] Act should give due regard to its international origin”.What does the law mean when it speaks of “international origin”? The answer may be

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What is an original document? This would be easy to answer if were were talking about paper documents. However this is a difficult question when we talk about electronic documents.According to the RULES ON ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE issued by the Supreme Court "An electronic document shall be regarded as the equivalent of an original document under the Best Evidence Rule if it is a printout or output

penny blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181158129023185800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30030311.post-1150884259230682682006-06-21T18:03:00.000+08:002006-08-04T20:37:30.466+08:00

Email, texting and 3G make it difficult to empathize, but people before the 19th century found even sending letters via snail mail complicated.The British, hoping to simplify things, introduced the world's first postage stamp, the "Penny Black."Before this, cost of postage depended on the number of sheets used and the distance to be traveled. Computing the cost of letters was very cumbersome.

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