January 2012
29 posts
Keanu Reeves is a vampire.
Now, look at this:
That’s “Paul Mounet”, a french actor, who “died” in 1922.
His body never was found.
Then, look at this:
An unknown man, painted in 1530 by Parmigianino.
Compare them:
Once you reach max level, you stop aging.
Keanu Reeves, the forever man.
“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan.”
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Jonathan Coulton is wise.
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2012/01/21/megaupload/
(via neil-gaiman)
“10 million people contacted Congress, Wales said. “That’s not an abuse of power, that’s democracy. [Dodd] had best get used to it.”
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, responding to MPAA chairman Christopher Dodd’s claim that SOPA blackout was “an abuse of power.” (via wilwheaton)
Well said, Jimmy “crazystare” Wales!
WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR: Senator Grassley's Twitter whoopsie →
wilwheaton.tumblr.com
Proving yet again that elected politics and Twitter are a dangerous mix (Exhibit A: Anthony “terrible mistakes” Weiner), Senator Chuck Grassley is fending off a Twitter hijack this morning. The attacker took a few shots at the PIPA/SOPA mess — Grassley co-sponsored PIPA…
Face, meet palm.
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“il tipo di megaupload rischia 50 anni di carcere, Schettino ne rischia 15. Si vede che i morti erano in creative commons”
—azael (azael) on Twitter (via batchiara)
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We Don't Need SOPA Because DMCA Is Already Broken Enough →
geekosystem.com
Geekosystem has a fantastic post about the DMCA, how broken it is, how it’s frequently abused (with no consequences for the offenders), and how disastrous it would be if something like SOPA or PIPA were law, because it would certainly be abused in the same way, with much more serious consequences.
It’s almost funny, in a I-want-to-cry sort of way. SOPA and PIPA seem to be constructed on the premise that the DMCA had the right approach, but just isn’t strong enough. The fact of the matter is that DMCA has the wrong approach and is toopowerful. There’s evidence to back this up.
The main DMCA principle that SOPA and PIPA are building on is the takedown request. Under DMCA, anybody – anybody – can file a takedown request claiming that something on the Internet falls under their copyright and needs to be removed from wherever it is, typically YouTube. That’s all fine and dandy — good even — the problem is that there are no repercussions for filing a bogus takedown request, something that happens all the time.
Read on to see the examples he cites. I predict they will make your jaw drop.
