Jail House Break!!!

The DMCA does not crack down as expected, but Apple has surely been bitten by the Copyright Board ruling on Cellphones, both for adding unapproved software installation as well as untethering of phones to run with all operators. Let the free market rule, without any anti-competitive measures forcing the consumer, who has ownership rights over his phone, to give-up his usufructory rights. Sadly of course, violation of contractual terms, thereby voiding of warranty, has not been held as a conscionable violation, merely the DMCA Copyright violation has been waived, so to speak!!!





References:

DMCA ruling supports smartphone jailbreaking, unlocking

Copyright Office OKs iPhone 'Jailbreaking'‎

Jailbreaking the iPhone: Not a Federal Offense‎

iPhone Jailbreaking: Legal, but Dangerous

More legal reasons to circumvent electronic locks | Technology | Los Angeles Times

Apple: Jailbreaking an iPhone can (still) violate your warranty

Irony of Freedom of Information vs. Democracy!!!

By the People, For the people, yet not telling the people!!! Never has it been so drastic with the WWW as a medium of truth.

As rightly pointed out in the opening credits of The Clone Wars Series: Truth enlightens the mind, but won't always bring happiness to your heart ...

References:

The real story behind Wikileaks

Assessing WikiLeaks's Raw Data‎

Wikileaks Afghanistan Documents: Task Force 373 Afghan Hit Squad‎

Task Force 373 on Wikileaks‎

The story behind the Afghan war-logs leak

Wikileaks row is the last thing Nato needs

Let he who is without sin, cast the first Apple!!!

Disparagement is the only word that comes to mind upon reading the following. One and all phone makers are dismissing Apple's claims of signal drop upon strategic handling of other smart phones. Now what is to be seen is, whether the Law of Defamation of Goods comes to take a bite at the Apple after its almost eaten by the Antennagate!!!





References:

Apple's iPhone 4 Antenna-gate Gambit Pays Off

More phonemakers condemn Apple's defence of iPhone 4

Samsung dismisses Apple's claims on smartphones

Employee Control Autocracy!!!

Instead of addressing the real issues of employee satisfaction, now autocratic corporate empires enforce curtailment of individual freedom even outside the realm of employment!!! This not only raises issues of defamation as a civil wrong and crime but also of freedom of speech in the context of self-expression of justified employment angst in a world that socializes more virtually than in-person. Defining the thin line between defamation, and honest friend-circle criticism based upon personal individualistic experience is a slippery slope that at least corporate autocrats have no business defining.





References:

Infosys issuing social media dos & don'ts

Infosys to roll out social media policy for employees

No Bitching about Company, Colleagues on Facebook!