Short Sighted Or… ?
Strange how some people in (minor) positions of power seem to feel the need to exercise that limited power against others. I wrote about Craigslist the other day, about how their User Agreement makes...
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Legalizing Porn Scams
It’s not just the NSA who is out there gathering personal information for hidden purposes, although the results of this particular wave of ‘gathering’ is hardly hidden any more. German viewers of the...
View ArticleA Massive Discriminatory Step Back
The Land of the Free. I wonder how old that all-encompassing claim is, and whether the USA will ever be able to live up to it. This Land of the Free which begs: Give me your tired, your poor, your...
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Google: Hiding The Past
How much of a person’s past is it possible to find when searching on the Internet? This is a question which has plagued many people over the last few years: the idea that anything which appears on the...
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Fear: When Nothing Else Works
When nothing else works, especially in politics, there is always fear. Almost anyone can be brought to do almost anything if fear is instilled in just the right manner, and there is no better form of...
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Copyright: There’s Something You Haven’t Quite Understood
All this talk about copyright, the commercial use of photographs, photo theft and the like reminds me a little of the misconceptions over commercial use of individual images by certain social media web...
View ArticleCourage: Death On Your Own Terms
Brittany Maynard has, for some people decided to take the easy way out: she has planned her own death for November 1, and already has the medication to carry it through. She is suffering from cancer...
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Apes And Worker’s Rights
It was a close-cut thing, but for a few hours the US justice system really showed what it is capable of. It’s not enough that they fight over whether a woman can wear red shoes on a Sunday, or a man...
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Copyright: Who Owns That Building Right There?
Copyright is, at the best of times, a complicated subject fraught with problems for the layperson and pitfalls for both copyright owners and those who wish to use an image, an extract, an item for a...
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Gun Violence: God Isn’t Fixing This
If you didn’t catch the Daily News front page yesterday, you’re bound to find enough comments on it around the Internet, from agreement through to ‘prayer shaming’ comments. Basically it quoted some of...
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Switzerland: Immigration And Crime
There are two sides to every story, whether it be that told by a refugee who has struggled across foreign lands to get to a new home, or that of those who live in the country he or she has sought out...
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