This day in history

2007, 2012, 2017.

#15yrsago Manga’s Japanese decline — and the copyright infringers who are stopping it https://www.wired.com/2007/10/ff-manga/

#15yrsago Scroogled in Russian and Persian https://memex.craphound.com/2007/10/23/scroogled-in-russian-and-persian/

#15yrsago Anti-counterfeiting treaty turns into maximum copyright free-for-all https://web.archive.org/web/20071025010213/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2318/125/

#10yrsago Original contract for Moby-Dick www.loweringthebar.net/2012/10/avast-tis-the-contract-for-moby-dick.html

#10yrsago Voter fraud is a fraud https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/29/the-voter-fraud-myth

#5yrsago Portugal passes the world’s first reasonable DRM law https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/10/portugal-bans-use-drm-limit-access-public-domain-works

#5yrsago The DNC picked a bunch of sleazy lobbyists as superdelegates, can’t figure out why no one is donating https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-18/democrats-plan-to-name-lobbyists-operatives-as-superdelegates

#5yrsago The Sackler Family: best known for philanthropy, they made billions promoting Oxycontin https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-family-oxycontin/