This day in history

2006, 2011, 2016, 2020.

#15yrsago Boy Scouts shill for MPAA with copyright merit badge https://web.archive.org/web/20061110065012/https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/10/20/entertainment/e110452D84.DTL

#10yrsago Canadian Tories admit that Canadians don’t want DRM rules, push for them anyway https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/canada-returns-copyright-reform-86674/

#5yrsago Turing’s law: UK to retroactively pardon thousands of men prosecuted for having sex with men https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37711518

#5yrsago By stealing from innocents, Chicago PD amassed tens of millions in a secret black budget for surveillance gear https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/inside-the-chicago-police-departments-secret-budget/

#5yrsago Turkish court fines bystander/tourist who sued police for shooting out his eye https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kyrgyz-tourist-wounded-in-gezi-protests-ordered-to-pay-debt-to-turkish-state--104964

#5yrsago Montana judge unrepentant after sentencing man to 60 days for repeatedly raping his own 12 year old daughter https://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/19/us/montana-judge-incest-case-trnd/index.html

#1yrago Cadillac perfects the murdermobile…