This day in history

2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.

#20yrsago Disney turns movie screenings into search-and-harass ordeals https://web.archive.org/web/20041125033545/http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/movies/mpaa/piracy-paranoia-part-ii-the-life-aquatic-screening-026073.php

#20yrsago Copyrights are awarded without economic rationale https://archive.is/C6T1R

#20yrsago Ed Felten’s lecture: “Rip, Mix, Burn, Sue” https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~felten/rip/

#15yrsago Associated Press loves fair use (we just wish they’d share) https://tushnet.blogspot.com/2009/11/actually-ap-likes-fair-use-after-all.html

#10yrsago Handbook for fighting climate-denialism https://skepticalscience.com/Debunking-Handbook-now-freely-available-download.html

#5yrsago California’s housing bubble is spilling over into poor and exurban neighborhoods, creating waves of crises https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/us/california-housing-crisis-rent.html

#5yrsago Elizabeth Warren calls Zuck and Thiel’s secret Trump White House dinner “corrupt” https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/21/warren-raises-corruption-alarm-after-trump-zuckerberg-and-thiel-hold-secret-white

#5yrsago Ecommerce sites’ mobile templates hide information that shoppers use to save money https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2019/behavior_is/behavior_is/16/

#5yrsago Lawyer’s long, weird sigfile setting out when and whether he’s willing to talk on the phone goes viral https://www.fitsnews.com/2019/10/30/is-this-the-worlds-most-self-important-email-signature/

#5yrsago The Labour manifesto: transformation of the welfare system, fair conditions for workers, universal housing, home care for elderly, fully funded NHS, fair taxes for the rich https://jacobin.com/2019/11/labour-party-manifesto-jeremy-corbyn/

#1yrago Don’t Be Evil https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/22/who-wins-the-argument/#corporations-are-people-my-friend