The New York Times used to be an example of what not to do online, but they really cleaned up their act last year. Aside from dropping the pay-wall and diving head first into the open source community, they launched a ton of great blogs. With Pope Benedict XVI’s visit […]
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University of Florida professor Michael Moulton is a great example of abuse which comes from treating ideas like property. He and his publisher are arguing that taking notes in his lectures is an infringement of copyright. This is worth repeating: he and his publisher are arguing that taking notes in […]
Google is being sued by the Christian Institute in the UK for denying the group’s advertisement. The group wanted to place an ad on the keyword “abortion”, but apparently Google’s current policy “does not permit the advertisement of websites that contain ‘abortion and religion-related content’.” The Christian Institute is claiming […]
The Toronto Catholic District School Board is piloting a new religious knowledge test for fourth grade students in order to assess the effectiveness of the religious education program delivery. This is not a test of students, but a test for the board. Yet, the Toronto Star thinks it’s controversial. I […]
I’m pretty sure this isn’t an April Fool’s joke, because I’ve found it here, here and here (dated in March) and its even mentioned on PointDev’s website. Sony BMG has been accused of violating PointDev’s software copyright by installing unauthorized versions of its Windows administration tools on its computer systems […]
I just created an account on Amie Street after a recommendation from Robyn. The concept seems pretty cool. Artists upload their music, and users can recommend, discover and download it. The price of each song starts at $0, but as they become more popular it rises to a maximum of […]
There’s an xkcd comic for everything in life. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they’ll keep being wrong! [from xkcd]
I’ve written about the SAC‘s proposal to legalize music file sharing several times in the past, giving it mixed reviews. It’s not a new idea, but it’s one of the first times an organization of artists has proposed it, and some record companies are entertaining the idea as well. I’ve […]
In a hacking contest pitting Windows, OS X and GNU/Linux against each other, a MacBook Air was the first machine to go down after just two minutes into the second day. The headline is in several places, but I’m linking to Slashdot because comments like these amuse me at 5:30am: […]