from the Register-Guard:
The order issued Monday afternoon came after The Register-Guard and the Eugene Weekly separately asked the District Attorney’s Office to overturn a city decision that asserted state laws pertaining to personnel records required the police reports to remain secret until the city completes a misconduct investigation into officer Judd Warden’s actions. [...]
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Eugene City Police Ordered to Release Taser Police Report
Posted in constitution, criminal law, ethics, free speech, media, oregon, politics, prejudice, private press, public domain, torture on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
good news for health science
Posted in constitution, economics, ethics, fair use, free speech, medicine, patents, property, science on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
another link from Wired this morning: pro bono group’s challenge to patent on naturally-occurring genetic material allowed to proceed:
U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet of New York, in ruling that the case may proceed to trial, noted that the litigation might open the door to challenges of a host of other patented genes. About [...]
If the law is a secret, do you have to obey it?
Posted in copyright, dissent, economics, ethics, first sale doctrine, free speech, internet, media, politics, technology on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m thinking that negotiating a secret treaty that will strip rights from internet users to pacify movie studios is a pretty good way to make sure that it’s eventually rejected by the American people.
Dear Hillary Supporters: Are You Ready For Four More Years?
Posted in constitution, dissent, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, internet, politics, tagged Bill, Gennifer Flowers, Hillary on February 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Four more years of libel in the national media? Four more years of baseless attacks on your candidate’s credibility and integrity? Four more years of stories about her husband’s infidelity? Four more years of this?
Gennifer Flowers, who accused then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton of having a twelve-year relationship with her in 1992, announced Monday she is [...]
Waterboard Willie Haynes Resigns
Posted in constitution, criminal law, dissent, education, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, impeachment, politics, tagged guantanamo, torture, treason, war crimes on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Said Haynes, “I thank the President and the Secretary of Defense for their confidence and for the opportunity to serve. I leave the Pentagon humbled and inspired by the selfless sacrifices of the men and women, uniformed and civilian, who defend our country. And, I thank their families.”
And if there is [...]
And No One Is Surprised
Posted in constitution, criminal law, dissent, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, internet, politics, privacy, technology on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After all, this sort of thing is exactly why the GOP seated Roberts and Alito. Got to keep the rabble in their place, don’t you know- can’t have just anyone standing up for their rights.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court rejected a challenge Tuesday to the Bush administration’s domestic spying program. . . . The American [...]
That’s Not How The Internet Works, Part II
Posted in advertising, copyright, dissent, economics, education, ethics, fair use, free speech, internet, media, public domain on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, a judge in California issued an order to remove the DNS listing for the Wikileaks server. Wikileaks is a public internet site that functions on the wiki model, where any person can post content. Wikileaks purported to specialize in hosting incriminating documents that could do damage to their owners if they became public [...]
