31 Jan 2008
RIAA Wants $1.5 Million Per CD Copied

The RIAA greedy? Naw, can't be! Say it ain't so ...!

Not content with current statutory damages, the RIAA is pushing for higher damages for infringement, damages that would total $1.5 million for copying a CD with ten songs. It's all part of debate over the proposed PRO-IP Act. William Patry, a lawyer who wrote the seminal seven-volume reference on US copyright law, called it the most "outrageously gluttonous IP bill ever introduced in the US."

(link) [Slashdot]

07:26 /Copywrongs | 0 comments | permanent link

Lawmakers hail death sentence for journalist

Apparently we didn't get rid of the Taliban - we just made sure they got "legitimately elected" ...

Afghanistan's upper house of parliament lauded the death sentence handed down against a local journalist who was found guilty of insulting Islam, an official said Wednesday.

(link) [CNN.com]

07:24 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link

Mukasey won't call waterboarding torture

Well, maybe he just needs some personal experience. Perhaps if we tied him to a board and "simulated" drowning him, he would have a clearer mental picture of the practice.

Attorney General Michael Mukasey's refusal to discuss the legality of the "waterboarding" interrogation method could raise tensions Wednesday during his scheduled testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

(link) [CNN.com]

07:07 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link