This day in history

2004, 2009, 2019, 2023.

I’m on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me SUNDAY in TORINO (Apr 21), then Marin County (Apr 27), Winnipeg (May 2), Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), and beyond!

#20yrsago 2nd Circuit opinion affirms fair use — even when the source is infringing https://web.archive.org/web/20040503195326/http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/003214.html

#20yrsago Gardner Dozois stepping down from Asimov’s https://memex.craphound.com/2004/04/20/gardner-dozois-stepping-down-from-asimovs/

#15yrsago Norwegian P2P downloaders buy more music https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/04/study-pirates-buy-tons-more-music-than-average-folks/

#15yrsago Anonymous declares war on copyright enforcers, demands more lawsuits against P2P services https://memex.craphound.com/2009/04/20/anonymous-declares-war-on-copyright-enforcers-demands-more-lawsuits-against-p2p-services/

#15yrsago XKCD: The book https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/business/media/20link.html?8dpc

#5yrsago Copyright filters are automatically removing copies of the Mueller Report https://memex.craphound.com/2019/04/20/copyright-filters-are-automatically-removing-copies-of-the-mueller-report/

#5yrsago Noam Chomsky takes ten minutes to explain everything you need to know about the Republican Party in 2019 https://truthout.org/video/chomsky-on-the-perils-of-depending-on-mueller-report-to-defeat-trump/

#1yrsago Company that makes millions spying on students will get to sue a whistleblower https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/20/links-arent-performances/#free-ian-linkletter