Bad news ....

ACLU loses digital copyright battle. A judge ruled against the American Civil Liberties Union, which attempted to challenge a controversial copyright law through a lawsuit against filtering-software company N2H2. [CNET News.com]
6:03:22 PM     comment []

As readers are no doubt aware, I follow the machinations of the RIAA and MPAA regarding copyright very closely. But this is what showed up today during my news scan for 'pirate' - (also shows up on American Realpolitik)

The palace had been stripped of most personal items, but the building boasted a sophisticated audio-video system. Troops looking in one cabinet found a collection of pirated movies, "Les Miserables" among them.

[from Yahoo!News]

So, the bastard wasn't only a brutal dictator - he was a pirate! I wonder if the above mentioned organizations plan to file a claim with whatever "war crimes" commission is set up to cover their "losses"?
12:14:14 PM     comment []

"Anonymous" funds patent foe. An anonymous sponsor gives open-source advocate Bruce Perens a $50,000 annuity to support his work against software patents that he says are stymieing industry standards. [CNET News.com]

This is a good thing ..... Perens is certainly capable of spearheading the educational effort to dump software patents back into the abyss from whence they came. I just gotta wonder if his benefactor isn't HP incognito.
11:29:53 AM     comment []