A Case of Injustice. All too often we hear about a young tourist in a foreign country who unwittingly broke a local law, and then was tricked into signing a confession in a language they didn't understand. While Western media has created a demon of this spectacle, I was shocked to find such cruel practices could go on in Canada too. [kuro5hin.org]
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InfoWorld: Fair use or foul play? I have found myself frequently raising this example in correspondence with readers about abuses of traditional fair use, free speech, and first-sale rights under the DMCA. With Congress considering even nastier laws that would hardwire copyright-holder protections into all types of digital devices, readers see many complex and troubling issues on the horizon. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Clinton Rips Bush on 90's Fraud "There was corporate malfeasance both before he took office and after," Clinton told a Washington television reporter. "The difference is I actually tried to do something about it, and [his] party stopped it" in Congress. "And one of the people who stopped our attempt to stop Enron accounting was made chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission" Clinton said. "That is a fact; an indisputable fact."
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