Arthur Sylvester, the Pentagon’s PR chief, told Safer the facts of life in 1966 in Vietnam.
Source: Pentagon Official Once Told Morley Safer That Reporters Who Believe the Government Are “Stupid”
Category: Ignorant or unreasonable
Fox ‘Stole’ a Game Clip, Used it in Family Guy & DMCA’d the Original – TorrentFreak
This week’s episode of Family Guy included a clip from 1980s Nintendo video game Double Dribble showing a glitch to get a free 3-point goal. Fox obtained the clip from YouTube where it had been sitting since it was first uploaded in 2009. Shortly after, Fox told YouTube the game footage infringed its copyrights. YouTube took it down.
Source: Fox ‘Stole’ a Game Clip, Used it in Family Guy & DMCA’d the Original – TorrentFreak
Trade Commission Report Reveals Few Benefits From the TPP and Ignores its Costs | Electronic Frontier Foundation
The White House has been curiously quiet on the Trans-Pacific Partnership front, following its earlier fanfare about the agreement when it was signed in February. Yesterday with the release of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)’s almost 800-page report on the TPP’s Likely Impact on the U.S. Economy and on Specific Industry Sectors [PDF], we can expect the rhetoric to be ramped up again, in attempt to sell the agreement to an increasingly skeptical Congress and public.
James Comey Still Trying To Blame Increase In Violent Crime On ‘Viral Videos’ | Techdirt
Prenda’s Hansmeier asks court to deny motion for summary judgment because… opposing counsel buys Mercedes | Fight © Trolls
As you may have noticed, I don’t write about Prenda anymore: my spare time is limited, and I prefer to spend it covering enemies of the society that are still strong and dangerous — unlike fo…
Fleeing Gangs, Central American Refugees Fight Deportation From the U.S.
In Los Angeles, refugees struggle to convince U.S. immigration authorities that they will be killed by gangs if they are sent home to El Salvador.
Source: Fleeing Gangs, Central American Refugees Fight Deportation From the U.S.
Police and Prison Guard Groups Fight Marijuana Legalization in California
Police and prison guard groups are terrified that they might lose some of the drug war money to which they have become so deeply addicted.
Source: Police and Prison Guard Groups Fight Marijuana Legalization in California
Filmmakers Ask “Pirate” to Take Polygraph, Backtrack When He Agrees – TorrentFreak
The makers of the Oscar-winning movie Dallas Buyers Club are displaying some dubious tactics in their ongoing crackdown on BitTorrent pirates. In California, the filmmakers recently asked an accused pirate to submit to a polygraph test, but changed their opinion after he agreed.
Source: Filmmakers Ask “Pirate” to Take Polygraph, Backtrack When He Agrees – TorrentFreak
Rightscorp Revenues Collapse, Pirates Too Hard to Track – TorrentFreak
Anti-piracy outfit Rightscorp has just turned in another set of dismal results. During the past three months revenues plummeted 78% versus the same period last year with the company recording a net loss of $784,000. Pirates, it appears, are becoming harder to track and threaten.
Source: Rightscorp Revenues Collapse, Pirates Too Hard to Track – TorrentFreak
Judge resigns as nude photos of defendants found on his computer – Ars Technica
An Arkansas local judge resigned Monday following an ethics commission inquiry that concluded he had traded sex for reduced sentences and stored pictures of nude defendants on his home computer. The commission alleged he also housed child porn on that computer.
Cross County District Judge Joseph Boeckmann’s resignation comes months after the state Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission concluded that the judge gave male defendants a hand-written note in court with his phone number on it instructing them that they could perform a “community service” at his house as part of a “substitutionary” sentence.
Source: Judge resigns as nude photos of defendants found on his computer – Ars Technica