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Category: Politics & Law

Politics & Law

Fan-Created Subtitle Site Raided By Swedish Police

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Michael Sauers

A new development in the increasingly controversial war against alleged copyright infringement is raising eyebrows in Sweden. Police raided Undertexter.se yesterday, a site which indexes…

Politics & Law

Life-size gorilla sculpture dressed as Freddie Mercury removed from city centre display in bizarre copyright row with Aids charity

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

A gorilla sculpture dressed in a famous Freddie Mercury costume has been removed from Norwich city centre after a charity claimed the animal’s suit breached…

Politics & Law

How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear (and How Secondary Liability Rules Help Resurrect Old Songs)

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Abstract: A random sample of new books for sale on Amazon.com shows three times more books initially published in the 1850’s are for sale than…

Politics & Law

“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”: The new warrior cop is out of control

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The raid on Sal Culosi was merely another red flag indicating yet more SWAT team mission creep in America. It wasn’t even the first time…

Politics & Law

New Indiana Law Makes It A Felony For Same-Sex Couples To Apply For A Marriage License

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Indiana lawmakers have revamped a 1997 law that makes furnishing false information on a marriage license a class D felony. Beginning July 1, 2014, a same-sex…

Politics & Law

“Religious Freedom” means Christian Passive-Aggressive Domination

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

We worked this stuff out during the civil rights movement, because all the same ideas show up with regard to race. Plenty of people claim…

Politics & Law

NSA Recruiters Taken Apart By Ravenous University Of Wisconsin Badgers

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Attention all NSA recruiters: If you’re planning to pitch your agency at a college career fair anytime soon, be sure to bring your “A” game.…

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How are you at blocking?

Posted on July 3, 2013July 3, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Source: Omaha World-Herald

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APNewsBreak: Librarians to help with health law

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Michael Sauers

CHICAGO (AP) — The nation’s librarians will be recruited to help people get signed up for insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Up…

Politics & Law

FFRF runs ad challenging BSA ban on atheists

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The Freedom From Religion Foundation ran a prominent quarter-page ad in yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Review section, challenging Boy Scouts of America’s continuing exclusion…

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