This day in history

2012, 2017, 2021.

#10yrsago Beck’s new album is sheet-music only https://www.mcsweeneys.net/pages/song-reader

#10yrsago WIPO’s Broadcasting Treaty is back: a treaty to end the public domain, fair use and Creative Commons https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/negotiations-2014-wipo-broadcasting-treaty-are-back

#10yrsago Pussy Riot’s closing statement https://olenskae.tumblr.com/post/29137327674/yekaterina-samutsevich-closing-statement-at-the

#5yrsago Ajit Pai just stacked the FCC’s advisory panel with dingo babysitters from big telcoms https://www.thedailybeast.com/almost-all-of-fccs-new-advisory-panel-works-for-telecoms

#5yrsago 20 year old advice on helping people with computers is still relevant todayhttps://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/agre/how-to-help.html

#5yrsago 7 years later, Sun Microsystems cofounder Vinod Khosla loses bid to privatize public beach https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/10/martins-beach-california-public-vinod-khosla

#5yrsago Wells Fargo also gouged small businesses on credit-card fees https://consumerist.com/2017/08/11/wells-fargo-accused-of-overcharging-small-businesses/

#1yrago IRS leaks reveal billions reaped through ultra-wealthy lobbying on the tax bill…