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Very clever Op-Art from Paula Scher and the NYT (hat tip to Diane)…

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Blogging Code of Conduct

Lots of buzz on the internets today about Tim O'Reilly's proposed Blogging Code of Conduct...  My opinion: It's about damn time. The conversation r…

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DRM-free music from Apple & Microsoft

Apple has announced it would offer DRM-free music through iTunes. The offer is limited to the music catalog of one of the Major Labels, EMI. Customers still ca…

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Free software and Public Administration

From the Italian Association for Free Software (Associazione Software Libero) a press release about a case concerning free software and Public Administration &…

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Anger and video games

This is the first discussion of this oft-emotional topic that I feel corresponds to my first hand experience... "Study finds stable personalities unaffecte…

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The banality of heroism

Philip Zimbardo: "Heroes come in two main casts; life-long heroes, like Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and heroes of the moment…

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Guest Blogging at Terra Nova

Just a quick post to say that I will be guest blogging at Terra Nova this month.  I, along with my 2L research assistant, Rachel Goda, will be discussing our cu…

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Lessig joins RIAA board of directors

Here are some of the April Fool's news from the file-sharing universe. The scary thing is, that they are (or should be) all real alternatives, and each and…

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Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers

The story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war.  Iraq For Sale takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and ch…