This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2021.

#20yrsago CEO of Turner Media: using a Tivo is theft https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/skipping-commercials-is-stealing-according-to-turner-ceo.794864/

#15yrsago Portable Childhoods, sf stories by Ellen Klages — beautiful nostalgia https://memex.craphound.com/2007/04/30/portable-childhoods-sf-stories-by-ellen-klages-beautiful-nostalgia/

#15yrsago Ian McDonald’s Brasyl — mind-altering cyberpunk carioca https://memex.craphound.com/2007/04/30/ian-mcdonalds-brasyl-mind-altering-cyberpunk-carioca/

#15yrsago AACS DRM body censors my USC class blog https://memex.craphound.com/2007/04/30/aacs-drm-body-censors-corys-class-blog/

#15yrsago Web-page aggregates links to “forbidden numbers” used to break HD-DVD https://web.archive.org/web/20070430220044/http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/04/30/spread-this-number/

#10yrsago Band and label president had no idea copyright trolls were suing on their behalf https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-troll-causes-chaos-by-suing-fans-without-bands-permission-120429/

#10yrsago America’s decade of reverse-nation-building at home https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/unexceptionalism-a-primer.html