This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago Ed Felten’s new “Freedom to Tinker” blog https://freedom-to-tinker.com/

#20yrsago CEA regrets the DMCA but fails to oppose DMCA successor https://web.archive.org/web/20020805010423/http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947729.html

#15yrsago French kid who translated Potter 7 faces charges https://memex.craphound.com/2007/08/10/french-kid-who-translated-potter-7-faces-charges/

#15yrsago Venetian merchants have tourist and “rude-tourist” prices https://web.archive.org/web/20080214222751/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=0OKY3UJNN1W3ZQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/08/09/wvenice109.xml

#10yrsago UK prisons to open outsource call centres; David Cameron urges business to switch to prison labour https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/aug/09/prison-call-centre-plans-revealed

#10yrsago Toronto to host real-life flamethrower game based on Street Fighter II https://www.joeydevilla.com/2012/08/09/super-street-fire-this-saturday-in-toronto/

#10yrsago Virgin Airlines Australia moved firefighter from seat next to boys because men can’t be seated next to unaccompanied children https://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/man-on-plane-must-change-seats-hes-next-to-2-boys-australians-outraged/