This day in history

2006, 2011, 2016, 2020

#15yrsago EFF scores win against Apple: bloggers’ sources are protected https://web.archive.org/web/20060602020337/http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1489151

#10yrsago More incompetence revealed on the part of France’s “three-strikes” copyright enforcer https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/05/french-three-strikes-anti-piracy-software-riddled-with-flaws/

#10yrsago Gold-farming in a Chinese forced-labor camp https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/25/china-prisoners-internet-gaming-scam

#10yrsago Canadian Tories refuse to send soldiers to help flood victims because they’d compete with the private sector https://web.archive.org/web/20110527053822/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/ottawa-initially-refuses-request-for-more-troops-to-aid-quebec-flood-victims/article2033562/

#5yrsago How a pharma company made billions off mass murder by faking the science on Oxycontin https://web.archive.org/web/20160505222935/http://static.latimes.com/oxycontin-part1/

#5yrsago “Pickup artist” douche uses copyright to sue Youtube critics, fans raise $100K defense fund https://www.gofundme.com/f/h3h3defensefund

#5yrsago Jury hands Oracle its ass, says Google doesn’t owe it a penny for Java…