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Reading the Times, Twitter got $35m in funding but has no revenue model, and Apple wants to sue people for Jailbreaking their iPhones, that's ridiculous:

"It should be clear that the iPhone ecosystem Apple has built is good for developers, good for iPhone users, good for Apple, and good for the policies underlying the copyright laws to encourage the creation of works of authorship. That ecosystem depends upon the “chain of trust” implemented in the iPhone through its T.P.M.s. The proposed exemption would destroy that chain of trust and threaten many of the benefits the ecosystem affords, and should therefore be rejected."

Stepping back, one of the big issues here is whether Apple has the right to tell people who buy iPhones to use them only in the way it wants them to. Why shouldn’t I be able to run buggy software if I choose to?

But it’s not quite so simple. Jennifer S. Granick, a lawyer for the E.F.F., said that Apple can force buyers of the phone to agree to any conditions it wants to write into a user agreement. But those agreements would be governed by contract law, which would force Apple to sue users and prove actual damages.

Saturday, Valentine's day . Overcast in the city and cool but not freezing yet. Looks like it may rain in a bit. Stayed in and went to bed relatively soon yesterday. Some good progress on the kitchen, the counter tops are now installed. Water and wall tiling still left, along with a bunch of other things.

We are thinking of maybe going to the Natural History Museum this afternoon, we'll see. Haven't been there in a while.

On the gossip front, quite some drama around the Rihanna incident last weekend. Unrelated, should try to watch Lost, I have several episodes recorded, the season started a few weeks ago, haven't had time yet.