This day in history

2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020.

#20yrsago KPMG defends legal threats over links https://www.wired.com/2001/12/big-stink-over-a-simple-link/

#15yrsago Homeless kid in Second Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOz2x9cYUhQ

#15yrsago Warner Music CEO: before selling the company, I stole all its music https://www.reuters.com/article/us-media-summit-leisure-factbox/factbox-big-media-execs-like-ipods-movies-idUSN0137020920061201

#15yrsago New Zealand to get the DMCA? https://web.archive.org/web/20081015091848/https://www.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpprint/docs/bills/20061021.txt

#10yrsago Copyrights vs Human Rights: big publishing and SOPA https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20111205/49728-cory-doctorow-copyrights-vs-human-rights.html

#10yrsago 3.8M children in the UK don’t own a book https://www.bbc.com/news/education-16031370

#10yrsago Young adult writers take the SAT, reflect on writing instruction https://web.archive.org/web/20111208063620/http://blog.figment.com/2011/12/04/lauren-mclaughlin-scott-westerfeld-take-the-sat/

#10yrsago Alan Moore on Frank Miller’s unhinged Occupy rant https://web.archive.org/web/20111205225851/https://www.badhaven.com/comics/comic-news/alan-moore-responds-to-frank-millers-occupy-rant/