An interesting anniversary

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the signing into law of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. I remember being concerned at the time, but kind of unsure what it all meant. When I started paying closer attention to such issues in library school a year later, it seemed to me that the law was rushed through without enough attention paid to how content had changed and would continue to change in the digital environment. We still haven't found our way out of the morass. This is one of those issues voters have little to no interest in this election year, and in the mind of the public copyright has been eclipsed by net neutrality and/or media consolidation as the hot button communications/media issue (they are connected, though, if you think about it). Still, I can't help but wonder where the two presidential candidates stand on copyright - and if they've bothered to make any public comments about copyright, net neutrality, or media consolidation.

Still, it's fascinating to read the summary linked above. Clinton surely did have other things on his mind at the time.

Stuck in Vermont

No, not me personally - it's the brilliant title of a video blog from the newspaper Seven Days. Just recently they posted a video interview with American Elf artist and rockingest rocker ever James Kochalka! Freaking awesome.

He even wrote it into his comic, of course.

So it's come to this

The Rays are in the World Series. To quote Dave Lenahan, "it takes a bandwagon to defeat a Nation."

I like it when perennial losers win, but I still have some kind of weird, unexplainable need to cheer for the teams that stay losers. But anyways, here's to the ultimate All-Loser Series. They of 10 losing seasons in 11 seasons of existence vs. They of 10,000+ all time losses.