Articles by PJ Doland

PJ Doland runs a web and database development company in the Washington, DC area and has developed custom content management software for numerous public policy research organizations. He dreams that one day every American will know the difference between a forward-slash and a back-slash and use the appropriate term when applicable.

The End is Nigh (Part 216 in a Series)

by on November 23, 2004

So you want to know what all the cool kids (read as content pirates) are up to these days? There’s a new Java BitTorrent client called Azureus that supports plugins. Some enterprising fellow wrote an RSS parsing plugin, which enables a user to point the application to an RSS feed and download anything that matches [...]

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And Here’s Why…

by on August 31, 2004

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but your “brilliant” idea to eliminate spam will not work. And before you waste my time with details, please take a moment to run a sanity check by filling out this checklist.

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Don’t Get Too Excited

by on August 19, 2004 · 6 comments

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision today in the Grokster case. It’s a significant victory for developers of decentralized peer-to-peer file-sharing systems, whom cannot now be held liable for the copyright infringing activities of users. The last paragraph of the ruling, however, will undoubtedly prompt today’s losers to direct even more [...]

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Remember Streambox?

by on August 17, 2004

In an attempt to woo customers from Apple’s iTunes Music Store, RealNetworks halved per-song prices today for its music download service. The company will also be initiating an ad campaign espousing “Freedom of Choice.” I have some serious difficulty mustering sypathy for RealNetworks in their current spat with Apple over Real’s new Harmony technology (which [...]

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