OMFG DMCA!

Lawsuit Invokes DMCA to Force DRM Adoption

Ok, so I'll lobby Congress to pass legislation that makes it illegal for every corporation in America not to pay me $50/day. And then sue them when they won't.

Seriously, Congress, I'm guessing you just forgot about a little document that opens with the phrase "We the People of the United States...". Cuz we're the ones you're supposed to be working for, as my buddy TJ wrote in another document you might have forgotten: "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed". Not the RIAA/MPAA/Corporate America.

OMFG Diebold...

Diebold is Suing Massachusetts!

So, let me get this straight, Diebold, you're so used to everyone buying your crappy products that are on their way to ruining democracy in the US, that when someone picks someone else to supply voting machines, you sue?

""We want a judge to either order the contract awarded to Diebold, based on his review of the proposals, but if he does not want to go that far, to at least order a reopening of the competition," [Diebold] said.

Weisberg said the company is not alleging any improprieties by the secretary of state's office. Instead, it is saying the office acted in good faith but made a mistake in the selection."

Talk Amongst Yourselves...

I'll give you a topic:

Industry group says piracy students are settling [msnbc.com]

Students largely ignore RIAA instant settlement offers [arstechnica.com]


Discuss.

This is was what I said they should do month ago...

...but I think I'm going to have to file it under "too little, too late". Though if they changed the second 'm' in 'multi-million' to a 'b', they would be in the correct ballpark.

I mean, seriously. It costs $14.6 billion dollars, leaks, and drops a dozen tons of illogically placed concrete on a busy tunnel.

You go, FCC!

FCC shoots down Logan Airport's ban on independent WiFi services.

Whoa, they did something intelligent for once? Cited airport officials for raising "bogus legal and technological arguments" ??

Please, sir, may I have some more?