Truth and Advertising
I know this seems like an easy target, but I am less interested in taking the gratuitous Mickey at the expense of the ad industry (though, what the hell), than in I am in hearing what other people think about the relationship between advertising and truth. Feel free to chime in as you will, but [...]
The Pirate Bay 4 Convicted: who does that make safer?
The conviction last Friday, 18 April 2009, of four young men who are part of the team that runs The Pirate Bay is an important signal. But of what?
For the MPAA and RIAA, along with the publishers and producers and other copyright owners they represent, the signal is that the battle against those who would [...]