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Lessig on Eldred vs Ashcroft

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Lawrence Lessig argued against the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in 1999. They lost (and lost on appeal to SCOTUS), which was a terrible thing for public domain works. One of the arguments lost in the (what little) reporting was done on this case is this one: This point is rarely made, but it […]

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AIM is spyware

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Apparently, installing AIM installs the spyware program Viewpoint Media Player. I’m glad I don’t use this program, although I did find Viewpoint software on my machine. I wonder if this is installed with Netscape. Oh, and my favorite part, AIM inserts free.aol.com into IE’s Trusted zone so they can push software installs without having to […]

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Who said that?

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Heh… I love when CNN busts themselves. I can’t wait to hear the silence from this one. Is 5.6 percent a low figure, or a high one? Depends. If only 5.6 percent of hamburgers are discovered to contain meat, that’s way low. But if 5.6 percent of teachers are using their students as drug mules […]

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John Kerry Can Burn in Hell

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Kerry was in Vietnam. The Kerry committee’s final report, issued in January 1993, delivered the ultimate insult to history. The 1,223-page document said there was “no compelling evidence that proves” there is anyone still in captivity. As for the primary investigative question ?what happened to the men left behind in 1973?the report conceded only that […]

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