Ars Technica: Virgin Mobile might be hopping on the “Copyright Enforcement Express.” And, for some reason, Samuel L. Jackson might be driving the muthafuckin’ train.
I can’t wait to see the first YouTube attempt at what Mr. Jackson’s anti-piracy commercial might look like. I suggest a reworking of the “Google Maps is Scary” video, only with [...]
Entries from March 2008
31 March 08
“There are muthaf*ckin’ illegal files on this muthaf*ckin’ hard drive.”
31 March 08
Roy G. Bullying
T-Mobile’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom, knows a thing or two about monopolies. Now they want a slice of the color spectrum and, apparently, Engadget is getting in the way. [via]
31 March 08
Criminalizing Your Sent Mail Folder
Apparently, as a result of the USA PATRIOT Act, if you use Gmail, you violate Canadian and European privacy laws. [via]
Just thought we’d let you know…
31 March 08
Armchair Terrorists?
Ars Technica: AG Mukasey says “piracy funds terrorism.” Well, sort of.
In a recent speech, Mukasey – a man with eerily deliberate tastes – doesn’t go so far as to suggest the average P2P file-sharer is totally complicit. The article provides a good overview of various government initiatives aiming to crack down on commercial piracy and, [...]
31 March 08
Speeding Bullet
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope.
It’s Superman’s AMAZING copyright reversion! [via]
It’s nice to be reminded that there are real heroes in the world, Judge Larson.
28 March 08
With Us / Against Us — March 28, 2008
Every Friday, Ben brings you SD&IF’s weekend space filler With Us / Against Us. Prepare to be torn down, then gloriously uplifted!
28 March 08
Friday Roundup—March28, 2008
The sun is shining. Readership is up. Spring is (tentatively) here. It’s a good day at sd&if. So, let’s recap the week, yes?
Bloomberg: China, the Olympics, human rights, and…LeBron James. The article gives a brief, but pretty solid, overview of the many ethical challenges facing athletes, companies, and countries going into this summer’s games.
Variety: Iran [...]
27 March 08
Take a Break…
…and have a laugh.
Gawker’s got probably the best Tom Cruise crazy-as-beans Scientology video parody ever right here.
Wow. Really, wow.
