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{ Monthly Archives } January 2008

Clinton and Edwards get their wish: “a more serious … smaller group” of candidates

Sen. Clinton (D-NY) and John Edwards (former Democratic Party senator from North Carolina) got what they wanted—Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) announced today he was dropping his presidential bid. The corporate media mentions Kucinich’s name now chiefly to draw attention to his competitors for his House seat; no need to let issues like challenging the Iraq [...]

2008 01 25 J.B. Nicholson-Owens Politicos Comments (2)

Public Domain Day challenges: what effect does copyright power have on us socially?

Boing Boing celebrated Public Domain Day today, when many works by authors who died in 1957 enter the public domain in countries that use a “life plus 50 years” term of copyright for personal works (the minimum term required by the Berne Convention). Celebrations like these invariably remind us of what we’re restricted from doing [...]

2008 01 01 J.B. Nicholson-Owens Free Software
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