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“I Demand One Million Dollars”
Engadget is reporting that a Yale student named Jesse Maiman has filed a lawsuit against US Airways over the loss of his allegedly modified XBox 360… and in case the title didn’t give it away, he is...
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No Gadgets During Takeoff & Landing
I spent most of this past week visiting my younger brother in Arizona. On the flight back I had the great fortune to sit two seats away from an extraordinarily loud and obnoxious man. He happened to...
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Phoenix Police Terrorize Critical Blogger
The police out in Arizona are pretty ridiculous. I’ve seen some pretty loopy things in Phoenix and heard a ton of stories about how vicious the authorities can be in that desert city… but this is...
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President Obama: Pirate-in-Chief???
Last week President Obama gave Queen Elizabeth II an iPod with 40 show tunes as a gift. The Electronic Frontier Foundation pointed out that the President probably violated the iTunes terms of service...
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The Digital TV Conversion
Across the United States analog television will go away for good as of June 12, 2009, so long as it isn’t pushed back again like it was in February (I sincerely doubt that the digital conversion will...
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FCC Win
Today the FCC proposed a number of net neutrality guidelines that most notably include prohibiting broadband providers from “discriminating against content or applications, and mandate transparent...
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Happy Guy Fawkes Day
“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.” ~V Posted in Comics, Culture, Entertainment, Movies, Politics Tagged: Guy Fawkes, Law
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“No Doubt” & Courtney Love Need to Stop Suing Activision
“No Doubt” is suing Band Hero (and Guitar Hero) maker Activision over their appearance in the game (GameSpy). Allegedly, the band’s contract with Activision dictates that the band member’s avatars can...
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Copyright, teh Internets & the Future
Copyright law has fascinated me since high school. I read a lot about it, I understand it (fairly well), I have a lot of informed opinions on it, but I have never been able to articulate my ideas on...
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Scary Secret Copyright Treaty: From Music to Purses, This is Bad News
To followup yesterday’s post, Copyright, teh Internets & the Future, here’s a bit on the secret international copyright treaty known as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). ACTA is an...
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Bank Robber Eats Evidence in Police Custody
This guy is accused of attempting to rob a bank. He allegedly handed a note to a bank teller demanding money. The video picks up with his arrest and subsequent search. Enjoy. Posted in Laughs, Politics...
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Copyright Watch & Making the Secret Treaty Public
One of my favorite advocacy groups, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a new website called Copyright Watch. The site allows users to see the latest news in copyright law. The effort is to...
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College Kid Fined $675K for Downloading 30 Songs, Obama Administration Cool...
The clunky title pretty much says it. This is the story from Wired: The Obama administration is backing $675,000 in damages a Massachusetts student must pay the Recording Industry Association of...
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Italian Kangaroo Court Convicts Google Executives
Over a year ago I wrote the following: In 2006 a few kids teased a child with Down syndrome and video recorded it. They subsequently posted the video to YouTube Google Video. After being notified,...
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The New York State Obesity Tax
Dear New York State, I was born, raised, and lived the first 22 years of my life within your borders. I now live in your under-appreciated neighbor to the South; New Jersey. However, I do come to visit...
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Fight the Tyranny of the ACTA Treaty
The ACTA Treaty is a very serious threat to privacy, security, and freedom. You can learn all about it in my previous post: Scary Secret Copyright Treaty: From Music to Purses, This is Bad News Here’s...
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Video Games On Trial
The case of “Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association and Entertainment Software Association” will be argued before the US Supreme Court this Tuesday. The question that is being contested...
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2010 – Google Zeitgeist & EFF Victories
While not the future promised to me in my youth 2010 was a solid year (It would have been way cooler with a flying car). My intent was to write a few posts about trends and events in 2010 to close out...
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Wikileaks to Copyrights, Leaders Can’t Keep Up With Change
It is a folly of youth to believe that older generations can’t keep up with technology. They can, but they have to really put in the effort. The state of technology is changing so rapidly that even...
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The Actual Definition of “Mayhem”
Do you think that “mayhem” is a synonym for “chaos” and “disorder?” If you do, you’d be incorrect. According to Merriam-Webster, Mayhem is a noun that means: 1 a : willful and permanent deprivation of...
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