Saturday, January 18, 2003

Lessig on Eldred vs. Ashcroft Lawrence Lessig: "The Supreme Court decided this week that the Constitution grants Congress an essentially unreviewable discretion to set the lengths of copyright protections however long it wants, and even to extend them." Lessig is the Stanford Law Scholar that argued the case before the Supreme Court. The court agreed that extending copyright indefinitely may be "bad policy" but that Congress has the Constitutional right to do so. Now we need to be pushing the Congress on this issue. 10:11:51 AM

No War in Iraq People across the world are in the streets protesting against a US led strike on Iraq. BBC: "Mass rallies are taking place around the world to show opposition to any war against Iraq." 10:03:58 AM

EFF The Electronic Frontier Foundation is asking everyone to ask their Senators to Support the Data-Mining Moratorium Act of 2003. We really need to keep on top of these issues. As the EFF says, "While TIA is still a huge threat to your civil liberties, this measure is an important step in its defeat. Act now!" 8:36:12 AM

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