This day in history

2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022.

This Saturday (May 20), I’ll be at the GAITHERSBURG Book Festival with my novel Red Team Blues; then on May 22, I’m keynoting Public Knowledge’s Emerging Tech conference in DC.

On May 23, I’ll be in TORONTO for a book launch that’s part of WEPFest, a benefit for the West End Phoenix, onstage with Dave Bidini (The Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (Citizen Lab) and the whistleblower Dr Nancy Olivieri.

#20yrsago Aaron Swartz’s report from US Copyright Office DRM hearings https://www.aaronsw.com/2002/may14-1201

#15yrsago California may legalize Communist Party membership for state employees https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/16/usa1

#15yrsago California Supreme Court rules for same-sex marriage https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2008/05/why-the-california-supreme-court-did-more-than-legalize-gay-marriage.html

#10yrsago Law profs and librarians to Congress: government edicts should not be restricted by copyright https://law.resource.org/pub/edicts.html

#10yrsago Toronto mayor sprints out of community council event to stick fridge magnets on cars in the parking lot https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/05/14/toronto_mayor_rob_ford_spreads_his_message_with_fridge_magnets.html