17 Mar 2009
Amazon sued by cable TV giant over Kindle ebooks

Wasn't the original purpose of patents and copyrights supposed to be the "promotion of the useful arts"? Anybody still think they do that?

Life-science-obsessed cable TV giant Discovery Communications has sued Amazon.com over its Kindle ebook devices, claiming patent infringement.

(link) [The Register]

19:48 /Copywrongs | 0 comments | permanent link

Animal Husbandry? No Way!

I couldn't make this shit up if I tried... the real screech is that this bozo is the Vice-Chair of the Florida Senate's Agriculture Committee!

Florida is one of only 16 states that still permit bestiality -- a fact that animal-rights activist and Sen. Nan Rich learned to her horror three years ago when a Panhandle man was suspected of accidentally asphyxiating a family goat that he held by the collar during a sex act.

Rich's legislation would target only those who derived or helped others derive "sexual gratification" from an animal, specifying that conventional dog-judging contests and animal-husbandry practices are permissible.

That last provision tripped up Miami Democratic Sen. Larcenia Bullard.

"People are taking these animals as their husbands? What's husbandry?" she asked. Some senators stifled their laughter as Sen. Charlie Dean, an Inverness Republican, explained that husbandry is raising and caring for animals. Bullard didn't get it.

(link) [Miami Herald]

10:25 /Humor | 1 comment | permanent link