US’s Somali war gets some MSM attention
The Chicago Tribune actually has an article about the war we’ve been waging — and losing — in Somalia. By the way, it’s interesting to put that article, which I think is quite good, next to Ethan...
View ArticleBrief suggests “piracy” verdict be dropped from $675,000 to $21
Ok, so the headline is misleading. But you might enjoy reading Charlie Nesson’s (et al.) brief [pdf] asking for a vast reduction in the $675,000 penalty Joel Tenenbaum is supposed to pay to the RIAA...
View ArticleFounder of the Swedish Pirate Party on copyright and more
At the Italian Internet Governance Forum, I met Rick Falkvinge:
View Article[avignon] President Sarkozy
They move us into the grand hall — vaulted ceilings — for a talk by Pres. Nikolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy has not exactly been a friend of the Internet. The last time I heard him talk was at LeWeb when he was...
View Article[avignon] Day 2, First session: Debate: “IP is a universal value”
The morning session begins with a debate between Olivier Bomsel (head of the ParisTech Chair of Media and Brand Economic) and James Boyle (law prof at Duke, and one of the founders of Creative...
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