This is one of those questions that has bothered me ever since the DeCSS thing went down way back in 2001. The crux of the problem is this: the movie industry wants to sell you a DVD like it’s a physical object, and then use technology to restrict your use as though you have [...]
Archive for April, 2009
is it legal to make backup copies of your DVDs?
Posted in contracts, copyright, economics, fair use, first sale doctrine, free (or not) software, media, property, technology on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
if he regrets it so much, why doesn’t he resign?
Posted in constitution, criminal law, ethics, hypocrisy, impeachment, torture on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Really it’s the only honorable thing for Jay Bybee to do- he certainly shouldn’t wait for the Congress to remove him via impeachment. But this kind of half-assed “oh my bad, I had no idea they would take my memo that said torture is OK and then actually use it” non-apology press release bullshit [...]
Posted in castle doctrine on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You would think that people would figure out that Texas is just a bad place to go banging on doors in the middle of the night. Mr. Hinojosa did what any armed and reasonable person might do when confronted by armed intruders- he shot them. This is exactly the kind of result enabled by the [...]
