links for 2007-09-22
- Push the Third Button Twice: Creative Commons Sued “I wonder, is this going to be a landmark trial case for CC? To see how bulletproof the licenses really are? Hmm…” Yes. But no pro-NC propaganda from this case please… (tags: NC creative-commons lawsuit)
- EFF: DeepLinks “In the United Kingdom, two prominent blogs went dark this week after publishing accusations regarding the Uzbek billionaire, Alisher Usmanov.” Drink Soaked Trots are covering this well… (tags: censorship bastardry blogs)
- Uzbek billionarie Usmanov censors critic and many UK MPs’ blogs – Boing Boing “”Several British MPs’ personal websites and blogs (including that of the popular London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson) were forced offline earlier today” Fuck Usmanov. (tags: censorship blogs)
- On the Texas suit against Virgin and Creative Commons (Lessig Blog) Lessig is as classy as usual in his honest, insightful and coherent response to the silly lawsuit that has dragged in CC. I have massive disagreements with him but respect him at least as much, a point I should make more often. (tags: lessig creative-commons lawsuit)
- Harvard Coop calls cops on students who wrote down textbook ISBNs – Boing Boing “The Harvard Coop bookstore had the police remove students who were writing down the ISBNs of textbooks” (tags: ffs cretins ip-maximalism)