I have been aware for some time that some copyright rules, and the issues some people make of them, cross the line to the outright silly, but this is patently ridiculous:  J.K. Rowling is apparently accused of plagiarism (again).  Case in point: Rowling is accused of plagiarism regarding the fourth Harry Potter book because Rowling makes extensive ( Read more... )

Copy this sentence into your LiveJournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage/relationship (or if you think you might be someday), and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

(From therru  and a bunch of other people)

Tomorrow America elects a new president, but in addition, Californians get to vote on " ( Read more... )

I have just sent the email below the cut to all members of the Swedish parliament (in Swedish, my apologies to those who don't read Swedish). Less than a week from now the parliament will vote on a proposed law that will allow FRA (a Swedish intelligence agency) to survey all data traffic across the Swedish borders. The proposal comes padded with ( Read more... )