As, I’ve mentioned in the past, our country and perhaps the world is letting corporations decide how democracies should determine laws. Democracies are supposed to be governing systems run by people where as corporations are not people though in some fake sense, they have some legal rights that are similar. The differences though are what [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Events, Funerals, Effects on Us
I’m the sort of guy that is sad to see when a marriage breaks up for any reason.? I know that sometimes there is no way to heal a? marriage (though I imagine it’s because one party or the other isn’t really committed to healing the marriage) but still it’s sad to see something that [...]
Rights and Protections
Teaching our children about important elements of our government seem important.? I was just watching a podcast (which one is not really important) and they mentioned something that got me to thinking.? The idea they mentioned was that many of the younger population doesn’t care about freedom of speech protections. Now, of course, whenever I [...]
Movie Studios are getting greedy
Here is a great write about about a Financial Times article talking about the Movie Studios discussing the need to increase Apple’s Fair Play restrictions and add a “tax” on each iPod sales. Here are some of my favorites from the article: Note: this quote is from the Financial Times article as is from the [...]
MPAA wants to regulate your Home Theater
Check out this post on how the MPAA wants to regulate all Home Theaters. It’s another example of how greed in corporations has gotten totally out of hand. “Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn’t give you the right to invite friends over to watch it too. That’s a violation of [...]
Patents on Tax Reduction Strategies a Problem
A post over on Slashdot briefly talks about something that I have never heard about but shows another coruption in the Intellectual Property (copyright, patent) law that exists in our country.? The article is about Patents on Tax Reduction Strategies a Problem. Here is the gist of this particular issue according to this article: EsonLinji [...]
EFF with status on DRM
Check out this article that the EFF put together discussing that current status of DRM especially as it relates to TV and DVR devices.? It is very detailed. Here are some of my favorite bits from it: In the “Plug and Play” proceedings, the FCC required14 all cable companies to make available CableCARDs,15 which enable [...]
Good Post
Over at Joho the Blog there is a great post on her position if she was the President.? I certainly don’t agree with everything but since when do you agree with everything from any of your politians. Check the post at If I Were President. Some of my favorite positions were: Pass SHANANA: Stop the [...]
More Day Against DRM Material
I got all this stuff from Cory over at Boing Boing where they discuss Day Against DRM. Here’s some things to do and read to celebrate No DRM Day: The Digital TV Liberation Front’s Wendy Seltzer is giving a free talk tonight at Los Angeles’s USC Annenberg School (main campus) at 7PM. DefectiveByDesign’s list of [...]
Day against DRM – Oct. 3rd
Today is “Day against DRM” and you can check out the following link for Ten Things You Can Do to joing the fight against the virus that is DRM. Also, here is another link which shows more info on DRM and what it means to everyone. Check out this information.? This is some nastiness that [...]
Corporate Bully’s getting their way in Congress
Anyone who reads my blog knows that I bought a Mac almost a year ago and have had a great experience with it. I’m far from a Mac zealot but I do think that Apple has done a lot of smart things. On the other hand, they are doing some really bad things. One could [...]
School and Uniforms
My 2 boys will be going to public school. Their school doesn’t require uniforms but I wonder if somewhere along their grade’s, maybe it should. I just finished listening to a show on NPR (our local) which was mostly discussing dress codes and how the school and kids interacted. During the show, I was impressed [...]
Thanks, Wierd Al!
It’s been a while since I laughed this much about a serious topic. I got this from A Typical Joe so thanks. Here is a Weird Al song talking about the RIAA and copying songs. It’s absolutely hilarious and you should definitely go follow the link and listen to the song – Don’t Download This [...]
Recording Industry Bans a Musician From Charts
Not only is the recording industry going after customers by sueing them (mothers, children, dead people even!), but they are now even going after the people they supposedly represent. Here is an article about a young artist getting banned from a music chart created by the BPA. The BPA is the British equivalent of our [...]
RIAA is critisized!
I know that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) – the enforcement arm of the recording industry and the folks responsible for sueing over 1800 individuals for allegedly copying illegal songs off of the internet (and as we’ve seen from recent news, many of these were probably innocent!). I posted this article (http://www.digitalprosound.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=55781) about [...]