06 Jun 2003
A Copyright Petition

This is a fine idea that will go a long way towards redressing some of the gross absurdities in current copyright law. Get over here and sign the petition!

Fighting for a new Net copyright deal. Five months after losing a battle to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit copyright protections, Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig launches a public campaign to enact what he says is a policy that's better in step with the Internet age. [CNET News.com]

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Everything is Terrorism

Given that the US now equates smoking a joint with "terrorism", and is preparing to equate smoking a cigarette with terrorism, you gotta wonder if next year eating a Big Mac will be supporting terrorism too....

I wonder how long it will be before somebody in Congress gets the bright idea that using an Internet casino is supporting terrorism? Or downloading porn? Or any and every social sin and vice? Is "terrorism" going to become the catch all of crime?

Gimme a break!

U.S. Bill Targets Tobacco Sites. As higher tobacco taxes prompt more smokers to buy cigarettes online, two senators propose tougher rules to clamp down on tax evasion. Besides depleting state coffers, they claim, contraband sales can promote terrorism. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]

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