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Copyright on yoga poses

dimanche 11 octobre 2015 à 02:00

A US appeals court ruled that a sequence of yoga poses (such as Bikram yoga) cannot be copyrighted.

Copyright law explicitly covers only creative details of expression, not anything with practical significance.

Sony Music rootkit

dimanche 11 octobre 2015 à 02:00

It's been ten years since Sony Music infected the world with its rootkit.

Libya's rival governments

dimanche 11 octobre 2015 à 02:00

Libya's two rival governments have agreed to unite.

I hope that this works.

Search warrants for data

dimanche 11 octobre 2015 à 02:00

California has a new law requiring that the state get search warrants before accessing people's digital data, in their own devices and in onlne services.

This is good, but it is not enough to excuse avoidable collection of data about people. I will continue to pay cash so as not to be tracked.

Student unions' "no platform" practice

samedi 10 octobre 2015 à 02:00

Julie Bindel condemns the student unions' "no platform" practice that has banned her from debates at UK universities.

I disagree with Bindel about sex work and some other issues. As for whether posing nude is a way to liberate women, that's complicated because patriarchy is complicated. It includes pressure for women to be ashamed of their bodies, and a tendency to judge women solely in terms of sex and attractiveness. Posing nude resists the former but may promote the latter.

Regardless of whether I agree with her, I think it is wrong to exclude her from speaking at UK universities.

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