This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago Bruce Sterling on Star Wars https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/15/opinion/a-very-american-movie.html

#20yrsago Dan Gillmor on “the former audience” https://memex.craphound.com/2002/05/15/the-former-audience-2/

#15yrsago EL Doctorow’s gigantic Civil War novel “The March” https://memex.craphound.com/2007/05/15/el-doctorows-gigantic-civil-war-novel-the-march/

#15yrsago Neuros OSD: a set-top box that treats you like an owner https://memex.craphound.com/2007/05/15/neuros-osd-a-set-top-box-that-treats-you-like-an-owner/

#15yrago Gonzales proposes criminalizing “attempted infringement” https://web.archive.org/web/20070517111706/http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9719339-7.html

#15yrsago Falwell’s stupidest quotes, direct from hell https://americansexuality.blogspot.com/2007/05/rev-jerry-falwells-greatest-hits.html

#15yrsago Your old CD ROMs could help EFF kill a bogus patent! https://web.archive.org/web/20070518055539/http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005254.php

#10yrsago Finnish court: open WiFi owners not responsible for copyright infringement https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/05/finnish-court-rules-open-wifi-network-owner-not-liable-for-infringement/