Linked List: November 22, 2004

Monday, 22 November 2004

Is ‘Fair Use’ in Peril? ★: MIT Technology Review reports on Republican-sponsored legislation that would make it illegal to fast-forward through TV commercials or to use iTunes’ music-sharing feature. Say good-bye to Rogue Amoeba’s entire product line if this passes. (Via Political Animal.)
CNet Confirms Bucher Departure ★: Still no reason given, but an Apple representative “confirmed the departure” to CNet’s Ina Fried. (She credits MDJ for the scoop.)
‘The Register’ Hit by Scripting Attack Via Ad Server ★: Simon Willison:

Here’s a nasty one: popular tech news site [The Register] was hit on Saturday by [the Bofra exploit], a nasty worm which uses an iframe vulnerability in (you guessed it) Internet Explorer to install nasty things on the victim’s PC. Where it gets interesting is that the attack wasn’t against the Register themselves; it came through their third party ad serving company, Falk AG.