Author Archives: Lessig

More on the #NHR March (in NH) (in January)

Plans are coming together for the march against corruption in January across New Hampshire. (You can… (Original post on Tumblr)

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Wow, Apple. Wonderful news.

I complained the other day that Apple’s inability to speak was needlessly wasting its… (Original post on Tumblr)

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On the pathological way Apple deals with its customers

So this has been a week from Apple hell. Apple did a major upgrade of its suite of software — from… (Original post on Tumblr)

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HELP us organize a New Hampshire march (in January)?

<background> Many of us fighting for corruption reform (aka, “campaign finance reform,” at least by the sort of people who call “alcoholism” a “liquid intake problem”) believe this: Only New Hampshire can save us. Why New Hampshire? First, New Hampshire … Continue reading

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"House aides, when asked why Democrats would vote for this [sell out to Wall Street] even though the…"

“”House aides, when asked why Democrats would vote for this [sell out to Wall Street] even though the Obama administration opposes it, offered a political explanation. Republicans have enough votes to pass it themselves, so vulnerable House Democrats might as … Continue reading

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Keynote, we hardly knew you

So people are often intrigued by my “power point slides.” I explain, patiently, that my slides are Keynote. (Repeat: legitimate Free Software objection; repeat: criticism accepted).  The latest version of Keynote breaks my slide show. (E.g., the deck that produced … Continue reading

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the slaughter continues — Apple's latest deleted comment:

This comment was also apparently just deleted:  Re: wifi greyed out after update to ios7 created by tarinib in Using iPhone – View the full discussion Dear Apple Im writing to you regarding issues around my iphone 4s. I upgraded … Continue reading

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Wow, or from the When-Apple-Became-the-Borg Department

I upgraded my iPhone (“what, you have an iPhone” — ok, you win, sin #1) to iOS 7.0.3. It killed wifi. I went to the Apple discussion site to see what the community had to say about it. Seems there … Continue reading

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http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=/watch?v=aGmiw_rrNxk&feature=share&a=9QlmP1yvjcllp0h3l0NwuA

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=/watch?v=aGmiw_rrNxk&feature=share&a=9QlmP1yvjcllp0h3l0NwuA: EFF’s latest, great NSA PSA by the director who is doing the @aaronsw film. (Original post on Tumblr)

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Can we afford citizen-funded elections yet?

The shutdown — and the threat of default — cost the economy billions. (Here’s one estimate of $24 billion. The NYT has some lower (though in the billions) estimates.) It also triggered a flood of campaign contributions to both Democrats … Continue reading

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