Here’s a short primer on how lobbying works in DC. Hollywood, by the way, plans to exercise its lobbying power once again, this time to require TV manufacturers to install a digital broadcast “flag” into new equipment. This software “would allow content owners to track and/or designate which movies — or any programming, for that matter — could be copied, how often, and by whom.” Damn the consumer/customer, apparently.
Adobe is rolling out new software to help you with image management, for about $50. Apple, too, has a possible new product: wanna buy a Mac with a shell which changes color? And here’s a subculture I didn’t know anything about: bootleg music trading.