Happy International Day Against DRM!
Today, May 4, is the International Day Against DRM, the day in which the Free Software Foundation’s “Defective By Design” campaign urges you to celebrate DRM-free ...
Chris Dodd’s imaginary topsy-turvy history of Hollywood
Former senator Chis Dodd is now the CEO of the MPAA, and was the primary moving force behind SOPA.
He’s a bit weird.
His latest act of performance art, or fabulism, or whatever, ...
What dropping DRM across the industry would do for publishing
My latest Guardian column, “Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers,” looks at the wider consequences of Tor Books’ dropping DRM ...
Texas politician’s internet ad features gentleman electrocuted while peeing (video)
Roland Sledge is a 66-year-old Houston energy lawyer running for a seat on the Texas state commission that regulates the oil and gas industries. In the YouTube ad above, the Republican ...
Update on killing of elderly black Marine veteran by police: no charges will be filed
No criminal charges will be filed in the fatal police shooting of Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., a 68-year-old Marine vet. He was shot to death in his White Plains, NY apartment after ...
YA legal thriller about civics and the US judicial system
Joel sez, “‘Wainwright for the People’ is a young adult book for ages 10 and up that teaches basic civics, with a focus on our judicial system, in the form of a legal ...
Black-light acrobats Fighting Gravity send trademark threat over unrelated fantasy novel called "Fighting Gravity"
That Neil Guy sez, “Writer Leah Petersen received a Cease and Desist notice. Seems the title of her debut novel, Fighting Gravity, is also the name of a live performance group ...
Obama vs. Marijuana: What is the deal?
Michael Scherer writes about President Obama’s medical-marijuana policy and the increasing federal intervention on medical marijuana on TIME.com. For the online piece and a related ...
Shep Smith makes a political funny
Say what you will about Shep Smith’s politics and personality, he pretty much nailed the cognitive dissonance of Mitt Romney’s reaction to Gingrich dropping out of the GOP ...
US requests for secret spying warrants rose to nearly 2K in 2011, and not a single one was rejected
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) reports today that the US Justice Department made 1,745 requests last year to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) for ...
