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The Hill's property rights showdown. With the DMCA under attack from all quarters, Congressman Rick Boucher says it's time to rethink the controversial law. [CNET News.com] [A blog doesn't need a clever name] —— this is good.

AP Sues for Access To GWB Military Records (What Took You So Long?). AP suing the Pentagon to get 100% of GW Bush’s service records. It has always seemed odd to me that (1) Bush did not in fact ever make all his records available, and indeed reneged on his pledge to do so; (2) […]

The Flip Side of IT. After asking their chief information officer to resign, administrators at Louisiana State University are looking for a computing manager — and a strategy for affording new technology. (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report) [Chronicle.com – The Wired Campus] — someone was telling me a long time ago that lsu was a […]

it is about time!

Draft EU constitution supports free circulation of scientific knowledge. Here's the draft text of Article III-146(1), released June 16, 2004: The Union's action shall aim to strengthen its scientific and technological bases, by achieving a European research area in which researchers, scientific knowledge and technology circulate freely, and encourage it to become more competitive, including […]

Ashcroft: Soft On (Right-Wing) Terrorists?. by TChris As he often does, Paul Krugman is asking the right question: “is Mr. Ashcroft neglecting real threats to the public because of his ideological biases?” Krugman wonders why Attorney General Ashcroft, who loves to make headlines when the… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime] —– yes, you can see […]

this is great news. the beats have always been one of my things and now it looks like the naropa institute has added their recordings to archive.org.

SCOTUS: Failure to Reveal Identity Can Be a Crime. by TChris Privacy — freedom from unwarranted governmental intrusion into our lives — is one of the most important values underlying the U.S. Constitution. That value took a big hit today as the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that an individual… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime] —— […]

Happy Solstice!. Why does the midsummer solstice always creep up on me every year? You'd think I'd have got used to it by now, but no, every 21st June I think 'Oh my! That came around quick!' And every year I think 'Oh, so now we start the long descent into winter. Damn. I'd only […]