Buffy vs. Edward is back in Youtube after a misdriven takedown campaign.
Jan 112013
Oct 032012
The idea of using an existing social network as a secure transport for arbitrary messages sounds like an April IETF surprise, but Privly is a genuine product now available for multiple browsers and social networks.
Oct 012012
Rapture of the Nerds, the recently released Stross/Doctorow-duet is available under CC license.
As a slavering fanboy of both authors, and under a massive backlog, I’m in no hurry to either pick this up as a hardback or read it for free, I’ll just wait for the paperback release.
Sep 032012
Cory Doctorow’s The Coming Civil War over General Purpose Computing is well worth reading, despite its unorthodox and distracting use of background images.
Sep 012012
Or, in expanded form: Terms of Service; Didn’t Read.
“I have read and agree to the Terms” is the biggest lie on the web.
The site explains in concise form what makes particular terms tick, and why they are bad (or good).
The selection is not by any means huge, but that’s bound to change for better in the future.
Jul 242012
While I’m not a big fan of Jack Daniel’s, their take on a cease-and-desist- letter is nothing short of awesome.
Feb 272012
Feb 072012
Apple finally starts eliminating fake content from Appstore.
Haven’t had any issues with such, but they were flagrant indeed.
Jan 252012
Zynga accused of a total copy-job by a three man company.
Jan 182012
Yeah, today is the long-awaited SOPA/PIPA-protest day.
I am obviously totally against the heavy-handed censorship proposal, but am not turning the blog off.
After all, I had my four hours of darkness yesterday following the cPanel mishap in the afternoon.
And if the blog would have been switched off, I wouldn’t have been able to post this glorious rendition of American Pie. And not just ANY rendition of American Pie, but one with LOLcats in it!
Oct 072011
In a completely random turn of events, an astrology software company sues the maintainers of timezone database.
Oct 022011
In a nice reversal, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has taken on the old Comics Code Authority Seal.
Sep 092011
A couple of “deads” and a few “bastards” are enough to render this blog out of the sight of babes. Not that a dating site is an authority in the subject.
Aug 092011
In the post-breivik world of anonymity-scared authortites, danah boyd’s explanation why ubiquitous use of real names is not the only answer makes for a sobering read.
Aug 032011
Indeed, Jul 272011
Never mind the knock-off products, the counterfeiters have taken up copying stores as well.
Jul 242011
Murdoch Alert conveniently alerts and blocks the browser from straying onto News Corp-owned sites.
Jun 272011
Jun 022011
Ugly. And no need to guess on whose side my sympathies lie.
May 022011
Groklaw, the geekiest lawsite on earth quits in mid-May.
Mar 292011
Even imaginary rules have a rationale. Such as authors’ rule #23: Never respond to reviews.
The counterpoint provided by Jacqueline Howett’s self-destructive spiral in these comments.
Mar 262011
Record companies sue Limewire for a sum equal to the entire money supply of the world.
Mar 052011
Someone at one of the thousands of wordpress.com blogs, since the service came upon a serious DDOS attack a few days ago.
Feb 252011
Make magazine describes Sony’s litigation-happy history of interfacing with customers.
Feb 252011
CSI:NY rips off short story, refuses to acknowledge even being inspired by the original.