The “Reefer Madness” of Music Downloading

Posted on August 29th, 2006 by William McGeveran

A new video being promoted to college administrators exhorts students not to engage in illegal music downloading. The web site for the group promoting the video, “campusdownloading.com,” does not identify its sponsors, but some quick sleuthing on WHOIS shows that the site is registered by Widmeyer Communications, a big DC PR firm. The content, including [...]

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StopBadware as Norm Entrepreneur

Posted on August 29th, 2006 by William McGeveran

The StopBadware project, which is led in large part by the Berkman Center, has issued an “open inquiry” criticizing the design of AOL’s free software download. (The release has also been reported in media outlets including the New York Times). Among the problems, according to StopBadware, is that downloading AOL also installs other software, that [...]

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Filed under: badware, Berkman, Digital Media, Intermediaries, ISP, Media, Security, Software

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