This day in history

2002, 2007, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago Dan Gillmor responds to Jack Valenti https://web.archive.org/web/20021012222914/https://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4175607.htm

#20yrsago 2000+ year old Greek computer reinterpreted https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2002/09/19/the-clockwork-computer

#15yrsago Guerrilla librarians free the $86k Library of Congress copyright database https://web.archive.org/web/20071011005126/http://bulk.resource.org/copyright/

#15yrsago Scott Westerfeld’s Extras — a superb volume in the Uglies series https://memex.craphound.com/2007/09/30/scott-westerfelds-extras-a-superb-volume-in-the-uglies-series/

#5yrsago DRM could kill game emulators and erase the history of an artform https://www.techdirt.com/2017/09/29/how-can-video-game-company-dmca-patreon-page-emulator-dmca-1201-strikes-again/

#1yrago Facebook thrives on criticism of “disinformation”: They’d rather be evil than incompetent https://pluralistic.net/2021/09/30/dont-believe-the-criti-hype/#ordinary-mediocrities

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