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Piracy: An Important Message From the Global Entertainment Industry
The Pirate Bay is carrying this spot-on cartoon on what we already knew about labels and studios: Their "new media—first radio, then TV, then tapes, then video—will kill our industry!" argument is simply stupid FUD.
Tenant internet connects broader band of people - Technology - smh.com.au
Collingwood is the second high-rise estate to be wired up by the non-profit company Infoxchange, with its motto "Technology for social justice". Tenants have been offered a free refurbished PC, a free three-day computer course, and access to email and broadband for $5 to $15 a month, depending on downloads.
Law prof and cop agree: never ever ever ever ever ever ever talk to the cops about a crime, even if you're innocent - Boing Boing
In a brilliant pair of videos, , Prof. James Duane of the Regent University School of Law and Officer George Bruch of the Virginia Beach Police Department present a forceful case for never, ever, ever speaking to the police without your lawyer present. Ev
TechCrunchIT » Blog Archive » The New Apple Walled Garden
Geeks and enthusiasts wearing Wordpress t-shirts, using laptops covered in Data Portability, Microformats and RSS stickers lined up enthusiastically on Friday to purchase a device that is completely proprietary, controlled and wrapped in DRM. The irony wa
Your right to take photographs - OCAU Wiki
The following article by Andrew Nemeth BSc (Hons) LLB, is a detailed analysis of the legal issues surrounding street photography in NSW Australia. It addresses matters like "privacy", "rights", "consent", "offensive behaviour", and even the attempt by som
TED | Talks | Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law (video)
Larry Lessig gets TEDsters to their feet... following this elegant presentation of “three stories and an argument.” [He] brings together John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights, and the “ASCAP cartel” to build a case for creative freedom.
Interview with a Warez Scene Releaser | TorrentFreak
Just because someone downloads an expensive piece of image editing software it does not mean that the person would have purchased it. But the software industry states that each pirate copy is equal to one lost sale.
YouTube - Why do Atheists care about Religion?
Atheists are often asked, "If you don't believe in God, why do you care about religion?" This is one atheist's answer to that very question.
Wired News: 'Yahoo Betrayed My Husband'
Technology firms are "compromising their duties as responsible corporate citizens," Rep. Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) charged in a blistering opening statement during congressional hearings on the issue last year.
Internet Archive: Details: Monkeys, Rats and Me: Animal Testing
Beyond the shouting there is a moral question. Oxford University has given unprecedented access to the animal houses... Over the course of the film, Adam Wishart attempts to determine if these experiments are effective? And even if they are, are they ethi
Noel Pearson: Labor's ideas mature | Opinion | The Australian
I have often made the observation that the federal Labor Party has held policies that are strong on indigenous rights and hopeless on indigenous responsibilities. And the Coalition is the inverse: strong on indigenous responsibilities but lacking honour w
hymn -- decrypt iTunes and iPod music / unprotect AAC files (m4p --> m4a)
The purpose of the Hymn Project is to allow you to exercise your fair-use rights under copyright law. The various software provided on this web site allows you to free your iTunes Music Store purchases (protected AAC / .m4p) from their DRM restrictions wi
EFF: Frequently Awkward Questions for the Entertainment Industry
EFF has prepared a sample list of tough questions for times when you hear entertainment industry representatives speaking and want to challenge their positions. Asking hard questions is a way of "keeping honest people honest" and revealing when they're ac
fastandloud.com » Blog Archive » Record labels continue to sucker punch music consumers. Newest copy protected CDs: no MP3s, no Macs, some PCs, some CD/DVD players, some car stereos
I am a consumer of music. Always have been. But record labels don’t want my money anymore.
Schiavo Autopsy Shows Exactly What Was Expected
The autopsy results for Terri Schiavo have finally been released and they reveal exactly what reputable medical experts asserted all along. Her brain was mostly gone. It never would have bee possible for her to recover. There were no signs of abuse.
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