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Censored News

I don’t know if they really qualify as censored but definately under reported, The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2002-2003.

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BBC Creative Archive

One more reason to like the Brithsh.

As every serious economist since Adam Smith has taught, good intellectual property policy is not the same as maximal intellectual property rights. And as every serious policymaker should therefore understand, Wipo’s objective should be good policy, not maximal rights.

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BBC Creative Archive

One more reason to like the Brithsh.

As every serious economist since Adam Smith has taught, good intellectual property policy is not the same as maximal intellectual property rights. And as every serious policymaker should therefore understand, Wipo’s objective should be good policy, not maximal rights.

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Bush’s Miscalculations

I’m just pulling the same quote rc3.org, rc3.org | Lest we forget, pulled from Slate’s Bush’s Many Miscalculations.

Painful as it is to recall those planes smashing into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon two years ago this week, it’s nearly as heartbreaking to think back on the moment of nascent harmony that ticked in the wake of the attac–until President Bush decided to reject the opportunity that History thrust before him.

Remember? The French newspaper Le Monde, never one for trans-Atlantic sentimentalism, proclaimed, “We are all Americans.” The band outside Buckingham Palace played “The Star-Spangled Banner” during a changing of the guard, as thousands of Londoners tearfully waved American flags. Most significant, the European leaders of NATO, for the first time in the organization’s history, invoked Article 5 of its charter, calling on its 19 member-nations to treat the attack on America as an attack on them all–a particularly moving gesture, as Article 5 had been intended to guarantee American retaliation against an attack on Europe.

But the Bush administration brushed aside these supportive gestures–and that may loom as the greatest tragedy of Sept. 11, apart from the tolls taken by the attack itself.

We in the US really need to remember the outpouring of sympathy and support form the rest of the world after 9/11. Now contrast it with the outpouring of mistrust and hatred directed at the US today.

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Bush’s Miscalculations

I’m just pulling the same quote rc3.org, rc3.org | Lest we forget, pulled from Slate’s Bush’s Many Miscalculations.

Painful as it is to recall those planes smashing into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon two years ago this week, it’s nearly as heartbreaking to think back on the moment of nascent harmony that ticked in the wake of the attac–until President Bush decided to reject the opportunity that History thrust before him.

Remember? The French newspaper Le Monde, never one for trans-Atlantic sentimentalism, proclaimed, “We are all Americans.” The band outside Buckingham Palace played “The Star-Spangled Banner” during a changing of the guard, as thousands of Londoners tearfully waved American flags. Most significant, the European leaders of NATO, for the first time in the organization’s history, invoked Article 5 of its charter, calling on its 19 member-nations to treat the attack on America as an attack on them all–a particularly moving gesture, as Article 5 had been intended to guarantee American retaliation against an attack on Europe.

But the Bush administration brushed aside these supportive gestures–and that may loom as the greatest tragedy of Sept. 11, apart from the tolls taken by the attack itself.

We in the US really need to remember the outpouring of sympathy and support form the rest of the world after 9/11. Now contrast it with the outpouring of mistrust and hatred directed at the US today.

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EFF, how to not get sued by the RIAA

The Electornic Frontiers Foundation has How Not To Get Sued by the RIAA for File-sharing. There is also the don’t run P2P services but that is no fun.

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EFF, how to not get sued by the RIAA

The Electornic Frontiers Foundation has How Not To Get Sued by the RIAA for File-sharing. There is also the don’t run P2P services but that is no fun.

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If I only had 2Million

Damm Cringely’s Son of Napster sounds like a good idea to evolve the music industry. Wish I had the money to give it a try, hope someone else runs with it or something similar.

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If I only had 2Million

Damm Cringely’s Son of Napster sounds like a good idea to evolve the music industry. Wish I had the money to give it a try, hope someone else runs with it or something similar.

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You know you’re a …

Jeff Foxworthy inspired Republican vs Democrat. The Flanders comment reminds me of the Christian denomination which tries to emulate him as the ideal Christian.