This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago RIP, George Alec Effinger https://memex.craphound.com/2002/04/28/rip-george-alec-effinger/

#15yrsago Barenaked Ladies want a compulsory P2P music license https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2007/04/barenaked-ladies-if-i-had-a-compulsory-blanket-music-license/

#15yrsago The Economist slams DRM https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2007/04/27/criminalising-the-consumer

#10yrsago How “jaywalking” was invented https://web.archive.org/web/20120426231223/http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/04/invention-jaywalking/1837/

#10yrsago Newark Terminal C evacuated because TSA forgot to screen a tiny baby https://consumerist.com/2012/04/newark-airport-terminal-evacuated-over-unchecked-baby.html

#5yrsago An open letter on DRM to the inventor of the web, from the inventor of net neutrality https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/docs/EME_debate_6fMY.txt

#5yrsago Ex-Fox News host: when I filed a sexual harassment claim against Ailes, the company hacked and stalked me https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/former-fox-news-host-claims-company-hacked-her-stalked-her-with-sock-puppets/

#5yrsago Extreme wealth inequality will always devour the societies that produce it…