Overly-broad copyright law has made USA a "nation of infringers"
A Utah law professor discusses the gap in copyright law between what the law allows and what social norms permit, even without doing any P2P filesharing.
Appeals court rules in favor of fantasy baseball company
The courts came through with a ruling against Major League Baseball, that Fantasy Sports companies can publish players' statistics and names as facts, without permission. Thank you for letting common sense prevail this time (pdf). Analysis here.
Today's Link source: Boing Boing
Howstuffworks "How Swiss Bank Accounts Work"
Today's link is from Howstuffworks , and explains what Swiss Banks are, and aren't. There is lots of explanation of the benefits, restrictions and limits of the laws governing the Swiss banking system. Of course the article also covers the privacy and stability that comes with the famous numbered Swiss Bank Accounts.
Today's Link source: Reddit
NPR Live Concert Series
Wondering if that cool new band is any good live? Or are you an obsessive fan starved for anything by your favourite band?
Now there's even more free and legal mp3s to download from NPR to fill up your ipod.
The Live Concert Series has professionally-recorded, full length shows (often recorded at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.) by the best indie bands on the circuit, including: Cat Power, hot Canadians The Arcade Fire, Damon Albarn's The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Belle & Sebastian, Vancouver's Neko Case, Bloc Party and tons more. My new favourites are Fujiya & Miyagi and Peter Björn and John, and there's a new show coming this week from Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie.
As a bonus, they also have other concerts available as streaming audio, including Bjork, Arctic Monkeys, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Lilly Allen, Wilco, The White Stripes, The New Pornographers, and more.
The audio quality is excellent, and did I mention that they're free?
Today's Link source: NPR All Songs Considered
