An especially long day at work was kept from getting even longer by my fortunate commitment to go see a talk by Michael Geist, law professor at U of Ottawa and an advocate for user rights in the world of modern technology. Even if it hadn't gotten me out of work, I'm really glad I went to see him talk -- I just wish I was more awake for it. He's ( Read more... )

I'm really glad they caught those terrorists in London before they were able to wreak their destruction. Countless senseless deaths and a reign of fear have been prevented ( Read more... )

Anyone who's been on the internet for a while knows what DRM is -- Digital "Rights" Management -- and most probably know what a crock it is. My sister buys music online from PureTracks and downloads it, but she can't play it on the digital music player she bought, because the DRM won't let it. Whose rights are being protected here? Certainly not ( Read more... )