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UK high court experiences flash of sanity, decriminalizes sarcastic aviation tweeting Apple won't carry an ebook because it mentions Amazon Report of working 3D printed gun Record labels won't share Pirate Bay winnings with artists; they're keeping it for record companies Astronaut Sally Ride's partner won't receive government death benefits. Thanks, homophobes. Poop Strong: Cancer patient whose costs exceeded insurance cap wins victory, via Twitter Enthralling Books: Mysteries, by Knut Hamsun UK high court experiences flash of sanity, decriminalizes sarcastic aviation tweeting
By Cory Doctorow on Jul 28, 2012 10:42 pm In a rare and welcome moment of sanity, the UK High Court has ruled that guy who made a snarky tweet about bombing an airport is not a criminal. The judge's written opinion is not kind to the cops and prosecutors who spent years chasing Paul Chambers, the tweeter in question, pointing out that no ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 28, 2012 09:38 pm Author Holly Lisle has a series of online writing guides that she sells. One volume of this, "How To Think Sideways Lesson 6: How To Discover (Or Create) Your Story's Market" was rejected by Apple's iBooks store. At first, Apple told Lisle that she wasn't allowed to have "live links" to Amazon in her books. ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 28, 2012 08:48 pm Popular Science's John Robb reports on a person who claims that his 3D-printed pistol can successfully fire live ammunition, though not with total reliability. The same person then went on to print a working AR-15 rifle (this is a substantial advance on last year's account of a 3D printable AR-15 automatic conversion kit. This event ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 28, 2012 08:35 pm The record labels that successfully sued The Pirate Bay for millions on the grounds that the network had infringed upon artists' copyrights have announced that it will not share any of the money it receives from the suit with those artists. Instead, the money will be used to bankroll more "enforcement" -- that is, salaries ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 28, 2012 07:47 pm Sally Kohn at TIME, writing about the female domestic partner of Sally Ride, physicist and first American woman in space: "Under federal law, Ride's domestic partner of 27 years will not receive death benefits or Social Security payments. Is that any way to treat a hero?" It's an injustice, but it's not NASA's fault. Nor, ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 28, 2012 06:22 pm Arijit, 31, is graduate student in Arizona who was diagnosed about a year and a half ago with stage IV colon cancer. He endured multiple surgeries, and grueling rounds of chemotherapy. Then, in February, 2012, the cost of his treatment exceeded the lifetime limit on his graduate student health plan, which is managed by Aetna. ...
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By Lars Martinson on Jul 28, 2012 05:23 pm This is one in a series of essays about enthralling books. I asked my friends and colleagues to recommend a book that took over their life. I told them the book didn't have to be a literary masterpiece. The only thing that mattered was that the book captivated them and carried them into the world ...
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