god copyrighted

Posted on October 1, 2004 by Lessig

Dave Weinberger has a great story on copyright abuse, this one involving (a) god.

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p2p politics

Posted on October 1, 2004 by Lessig

Julian complains that he can’t find a copy of the debate on any p2p network he’s looked for. Does anyone know of one?

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reporting the debate

Posted on October 1, 2004 by Lessig

I saw only part of the debate last night, but the part I saw was consistent with this Gallop poll indicating Kerry won the debate, 53% to 37%. Yet according to “US Press”: the debate was a tie.

Was it a tie? Or is it just impossible for the press to appear anything but “neutral”?

Update: Here’s a report from The Times (UK) with a nice summary of different views, some neutral, others not.

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EFF/CIS victory

Posted on October 1, 2004 by Lessig

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And neither did we.

EFF and CIS received news of a huge victory yesterday in the Diebold case. In an opinion released yesterday, the Court held 512(f) of the DMCA could be used affirmatively against the company for its baseless claims of copyright infringement brought against the Swarthmore students who posted memos from Diebold on the net. These are the same amazing students who then launched the Free Culture Movement.

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CC in flickr land

Posted on September 30, 2004 by Lessig

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flickr has a Creative Commons view. Very cool.

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INDUCING gun control legislation

Posted on September 30, 2004 by Lessig

Sorry, for reasons that will be clear, I have to pull this. More, and better, soon.

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Bill O'Reilly remixed

Posted on September 30, 2004 by Lessig

The band “The Politnix” has remixed Bill O’Reilly to produce this (mp3) song. The song is written by John Amato and the vocals are by Donny Daley. More at Crooks and Liars.

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Rumsfeld's oath and the forgotten constitution

Posted on September 30, 2004 by Lessig

Bruce Ackerman has an interesting piece in the American Prospect about the oath Rumsfeld asked the civilians sworn to review the judgments reaching by the Guantanamo Bay commission: “Does each one of you swear that you will faithfully and impartially perform according to your conscience and the rules applicable to the review filed by a military commission all the duties incumbent upon you as a member of the review panel, so help you God?” “God” is central; the Constitution is forgotten. A metaphor for too much these past few years.

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iPac: bravo

Posted on September 30, 2004 by Lessig

A group of good sorts have put together a PAC to frame and push IP-related policies. Here’s the site with the list of candidates they’re supporting. Cool if they could find some marginal sorts who have been totally obtuse about these issues to target as well.

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e-voting and EFF

Posted on September 30, 2004 by Lessig

EFF is hosting an event about e-voting. As they post:

BayFF Event – “E-voting and the Upcoming Election” on Tuesday, October 12 at 7pm: Come join EFF at the 111 Minna Gallery in downtown San Francisco to talk about e-voting and the upcoming election, as well as share food and drink and listen to live music by talented local artist Samantha. This event is free and open to the public, so be sure to invite your friends and colleagues!

More information here.

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