This day in history
2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.
I’m on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me TONIGHT (May 4) in VANCOUVER, and then Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!
#20yrsago Senator Franken? https://www.salon.com/1996/02/10/franken/
#20yrsago Musicians don’t understand copyright, but they don’t like the RIAA suing their fans https://web.archive.org/web/20040502072815/http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/pdfs/PIP_Musicians_Prelim_Findings.pdf
#15yrsago Warner Music to Warner Music: You are pirates! https://memex.craphound.com/2009/05/03/warner-music-to-warner-music-you-are-pirates/
#15yrsago Britain’s secret spy-on-every-call-and-email plan already well underway https://web.archive.org/web/20100106082536/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6211101.ece
#10yrsago The business/markets case for limits to copyright https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/r-street-paper-calls-for-shortened-copyright-terms-and-examination-of-international-treaties/
#5yrsago AOC endorses Elizabeth Warren’s Big Tech breakup plan https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/3/18528234/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-big-tech-break-up-plan-elizabeth-warren-endorsement
#5yrsago Strange codes from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/04/27/rare-and-strange-icd-10-codes/
#5yrsago In 2008 “synthetic CDOs” destroyed the global economy, and now they’re back https://www.ft.com/content/9c33cea0-6ceb-11e9-80c7-60ee53e6681d
#5yrsago Fentanyl execs found guilty of racketeering, face 20 year prison sentences https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/health/insys-trial-verdict-bn/index.html
#5yrsago “Smart” doorlocks have policies that let landlords and third parties spy on you https://onezero.medium.com/americas-favorite-door-locking-app-has-a-data-privacy-problem-f19169a8ab2e
#5yrsago Chinese urbanization has left 25 million vacant homes in rural villages https://web.archive.org/web/20190502215749/https://www.sixthtone.com/ht_news/1003928/25-million-homes-vacant-in-rural-china-due-to-migrant-workforce
#1yrago The Swivel-Eyed Loons Have A Point https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/03/paranoid-style/#eat-bugs
