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From Joi Ito Web

To The United States Congress:

We are the customers and former customers of the member labels of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). We love music and will gladly pay a fair price for it, but we are outraged by the RIAA’s tactics in suing ordinary Americans for filesharing.

We condemn the RIAA’s choice to force the family of a 12 year-old girl to forfeit $2,000 – money that could have gone to feed, clothe and educate this honor student. We stand with the retirees, parents, children and others who have been caught in the RIAA’s line of fire.

We respect reasonable copyright law, but we strongly oppose copyright enforcement that comes at the expense of privacy, due process and fair application of the law.

We urge you, as our representatives in Congress, to stop this madness.

We oppose the recording industry’s decision to attack the public, bankrupt its customers and offer false amnesty to those who would impugn themselves. We call instead for a real amnesty: the development of a legal alternative that preserves file-sharing technology while ensuring that artists are fairly compensated.

In signing this petition, we formally request that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), as representatives of the public interest, be included in any upcoming hearings regarding the proper scope of copyright enforcement in the digital age.

We sincerely thank you for your time.

To sign click here

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Type B — Relaxed, patient, friendly

Type C — Reticent, unassertive, nice to a fault

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From WordSpy

Farmers in New Zealand have led a rag-tag procession of cows, dogs and tractors to protest against plans to tax their cattle’s gas emissions. Around 1,000 farmers gathered in front of parliament in the capital Wellington chanting “We won’t pay” what has been dubbed the “Flatulence Tax”. The crowd cheered and whistled as a cow emblazoned with the words “Not Guilty” was led up the steps followed by a man driving a vintage tractor.

Sky news story …

From Stanford University, Neat Flash Presentations on how stuff is manufactured.

Who are the people that create this kind of thing? I don’t know, but this is beautiful: A Gallery of Station Wagon Advertistments. From EphemeraNow.