First of all, I hate Twitter. Not so much as a forum for sharing links to stories or the occasional witticism. But as a platform for “arguing” a point of view, let’s be honest, it’s total crap. 140 characters to express a thought is nothing but a means to see which idea is the most popular, not which is the ...
A couple of posts ago, I reported that the organization Fight for the Future had facilitated enough comments sent to the Copyright Office regarding Section 512 of the DMCA that they “crashed” the servers. In a follow-up email brimming with pride, the organization said this to those who contributed: “Wow! In a matter of days you and nearly 100,000 other ...
(Republishing as the April 1 deadline for comments to the US Copyright Office approaches.) Remember Bill Clinton? If you don’t, he’s that guy who was just in New Hampshire campaigning for his wife Hilary, who’s running for president. Anyway, Bill Clinton was president so damn long ago that when he was first sworn into office, most of us didn’t even ...
