Friday, January 17, 2003

TIMEeurope.com: Poll -- The Biggest Threat To Peace Which country really poses the greatest danger to world peace in 2003? [Daypop Top 40] 8:01:52 AM

Supremes back Disney and pigopolists vs science and culture. Dead men back the Mouse™ 7-2 [The Register] 7:59:41 AM

MS seeks malware, bust phones after SPV security crack. And won't we all be surprised when it doesn't find any? [The Register] The security of Microsoft phones has been cracked. What a surprise. Just wait until it's Microsoft software running an air traffic control system, or your pacemaker. You ain't seen nothin' yet! 7:57:05 AM

Larry Lessig: “What the Framers of our constitution did is not enough. We must do more.” Bingo. The Eldred v. Ashcroft case was relying on a fluke, namely that the Framers of the US Constitution might have dictated clearly what would best serve people, rather than relying on Congress to do that themselves. With a Congress which has become systemically biased to favor corporations rather than people, there are relatively few things which the Constitution will prevent them from doing. And extending copyright in a practically unlimited fashion, the US Supreme Court has decided, is not one of those things. [mpt] 7:48:39 AM

Bush On North Korea: 'We Must Invade Iraq': WASHINGTON, DC--With concern over North Korea's nuclear capabilities growing, President Bush reassured the American people Monday that "extreme force" will be used to remove Saddam Hussein from power if the Iraqi president fails to give up suspected weapons of mass destruction. "For years, Kim Jong Il has acted in blatant disregard of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons, and last week, he rejected it outright," Bush told reporters after a National Security Council meeting on North Korea. "We cannot allow weapons of mass destruction to remain in the hands of volatile, unpredictable leaders. Which is exactly why we must act quickly and decisively against Saddam Hussein." [The Onion] 7:44:45 AM

DMCA Invoked Against Garage Door Openers In the latest bit of DMCA lunacy, a garage door opener company (The Chamberlain Group) has leveled a DMCA claim (among other claims) against the maker of universal garage door remotes (Skylink). Yet another case where the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA are being used to impede legitimate competition, similar to the Lexmark case. [Politech] 7:41:59 AM

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