January 2005

Glenn Reynolds (a.k.a. “Instapundit”) reports that the New York Times may start requiring readers of its website to pay for that privilege. I’ve got not objection to that as a general matter; I’m no copyright commie. But I’m not sure I’d welcome the probable consequences. Prof. Reynolds predicts, “the Times would lose a lot of [...]

And they’re off! It’s a race between technology and law to see who can control spyware. In Lane 5, the U.S. Congress is again considering anti-spyware legislation. In Lane 6, Microsoft has just introduced an anti-spyware program that rivals Ad-Aware and SpyBot, according to one writer’s first impression. Who’s in Lanes 1-4? Oh, it’s the [...]