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Lessig Op-Ed at NY Times

January 18th, 2003 · No Comments

Protecting Mickey Mouse at Art’s Expense I think that he’s responding remarkably well. It’s a great idea. The basic gist of it is to institute a copyright tax, not high in cost, to keep your work out of the public…

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Subtle Iraqi Manipulation?

January 18th, 2003 · No Comments

DEBKAfile - Saddam�s Pre-War Feints and Maneuvers Debka’s reporting that inspectors were led to the discovery of the chemical warheads this past week. It did seem a little odd….

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It just keeps on coming…

January 18th, 2003 · No Comments

Microsoft offers CD copy-protection More and more the way that the world is going seems to make less and less sense….

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High Tech High Turnout

January 3rd, 2003 · No Comments

“High Tech High Turnout The winning candidate in last week’s South Korean presidential election had little need for mass rallies or traditional campaign tactics.” And I thought that 2000 election’s vote swapping was cool… [via Smart Mobs]…

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Steamboat Billie

January 2nd, 2003 · No Comments

This won’t change anything, but it’s an interesting example illustrating the current revisionist view of copyright history held by the entertainment industry.More people went to the movies this year than in any year since 1958, but of course the studios…

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Pox Americana

October 23rd, 2002 · No Comments

One of the better articles on the current state of war from John Perry Barlow. Somewhere along the way in the fight against terrorism things keep feeling more and more out of control. There’d be a whole lot more support…

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