S Anand

Apparantly looks do matter. May as well learn a bit about men’s fashion.

Sweden has ruled that it’s OK to have links to illegal MP3s, so long as the server is in a country where illegal MP3s are legal. That’s in stark contrast with France vs Yahoo. In fact, the norm is that linking even to the front page of commercial sites needs permission sometimes. A court in Utah ruled that providing links to copyrighted material could constitute copyright infringement. Better check out cyberlaws and ensure compliance with copyright rules on the Internet.

Violation is often in the eye of the beholder. “Anyone who makes derogatory references to others (or their sites, products or services), however it is done, invites trouble.”

Software can kill. Literally. Read software horror stories.

What is IT?

The TRAI recommends that telephone companies could provide limited mobile services (WLL), and vice versa.

Oil prices could rise further. That’s bad.

Free online science fiction at the Baen Library.

Statistics on websites that have been defaced.

After telling Yahoo to remove Nazi memorabilia from its auction site, France is now considering taxing computers and other recording devices to compensate artists for piracy. I mean, Paris and art is all fine, but this is crazy! And Germany’s apparantly already done this.

FICCI‘s site and their Business Information Services Network are invaluable resources about Indian policies.