Posts tagged 'copyright'

Mac and PC, in their own words

20070207Wed

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I cut my finger (the pointing one) at work today and have but nine left with which to type, so I figured I’d keep the cutting going and follow it up with some pasting (that’s ⌘-X followed by ⌘-V for those playing at home).

Setting sail for the Pirate Bay

20061101Wed

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It’s been 43 days since I’ve talked about pirates, which is far too long. I’m certainly not the first to note the hilarious audacity of The Pirate Bay, as their responses to legal threats are certifiable entertainment, but reading the reactions on Digg (whose “news” is fast resembling email forwards of the late 90s) I [...]

Crashing the copyright frat party

20061011Wed

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Copyrights are a lot like fraternities. At their core they have a good intention, but over the last 100 years things have gone awry. Now, more often that not, copyrights (like fraternities) are exclusive, abusive, and collusive. It’s time to put copyrights on double secret probation.