A team of economists in Forbes says Congress’ extension of copyright is “baloney”: You could call it the Disney shareholder protection act. In 1998 Congress added 20 years to existing copyrights, making corporate copyrights good for 95 years and those owned by individuals good for 70 years past the author’s …

“Sales are plunging, pirates are running amok throughout cyberland stealing food from the mouths of starving artists, morality is a thing of the past …. oops, nevermind” – at least in the UK. From the Guardian: British rock bands Oasis and Coldplay plus the perennially reliable Now compilation series have …

mi2g writes that hacking is a growing threat, especially to medium and small companies that don’t have the resources to defend themselves, and that governments are going to have to step in: As the damage done by radical, criminal and intellectually motivated hackers continues to rise, about six Billions Dollars …

The movie industry seems to have taken heed of the digital debacle facing the music biz and is offering film downloads for a fee Amy Harmon writes in the NY Times: The service, called Movielink, will be the first to make a substantial number of popular Hollywood films available legally …

So this weekend we finally moved into a much bigger, nicer, cooler, hotter, brand new house with everything we need and most of what we would want. Fortunately (depending upon your point of view), it is only about four miles from our old rabbit hutch so we saved a lot …

Okay, I’m back after moving all weekend. I have some adventures to relate, but first let’s close out my rant about flying in small planes and crashing and whatnot. First, this was rather clearly a rant: I am very frustrated with accidents and people dying. This includes cars, airliners, space …

Between Iraq and the Republican’s surprise sweep in Tuesday’s elections, the news has already moved on from the tragic death of Paul Wellstone and his entourage in a small plane crash. I was sitting around dwelling on how sad it is when it occurred to me that these damn small …

The Clash have been voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and I am dancing in fields of clover (having used my allergy spray). One of the reasons it took me so long to switch from vinyl to CDs was the “side” factor: records have sides that neatly …

Are you a fun-loving tech freak with time on your hands in NYC? Then this may be for you: Noderunner is a team-based game played on a city’s open wireless network. As individuals and businesses put WiFi, or IEEE 802.11, networks into their homes and offices excess wireless signal spills …

Apocalypse Now voted best film of the last 25 years by Brits: In a poll organized by the British Film Institute’s Sight & Sound magazine, the 1979 epic beat Martin Scorsese’s “Raging Bull” into second place and Ingmar Bergman’s “Fanny and Alexander” into third. “Apocalypse Now deserves its position for …