SOPA and PIPA are dead, for now — a testament to the power of protest
Justin Bieber’s current success has humble roots, beginning with posting YouTube videos of himself singing R&B songs, in violation of copyright. PIPA and SOPA, in the Senate and House, respectively, are the latest legislative efforts to make posting a video containing any copyrighted work a felony. Together, according to Fight for the Future, the bills [...]
Let’s throw money at it. Some charities are less beneficial than others, leaving problems unsolved.
November 17, 2011 No CommentLook around and you’ll find that there are opportunities everywhere to donate to good causes. October was National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and, lo and behold, this month is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month (December is National Safe Toys and Gifts Month). With the variety of charities available within school and without, it doesn’t come [...]
Continue reading …Another victim of the recession, the internet and e-reading technologies, Borders Books took its last dying breath on July 22, 2011
August 9, 2011 No CommentOnce upon a time, there lived two precocious Borders brothers, Tom and Louis, who started a used bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI mainly for the use of university students. The business an unexpected success, becoming a retailing pioneer in the new era of big bookstore chains that flourished through the 1980s and ‘90s. When The [...]
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