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Comment Per Mr. Lessig's request, copy and paste: (Score 5, Informative) 196

by UnCivil Liberty on Wednesday April 29, 2009 @06:18PM (#27765213) Attached to: Warner Music Forces Lessig Presentation Offline

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Submission + - I for one welcome our new gun searching overlords (yahoo.com)

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UnCivil Liberty

on Thursday November 29, 2007 @12:43AM

UnCivil Liberty writes: "The Boston Police Department has started a new program where they will ask parents to voluntarily submit to a search of their house if it is suspected their child owns a weapon. The catch: "Weapons found in the child's possession will be seized, and no charges will be filed unless the weapon is linked to a violent crime." Of course, by allowing police to search your property you are opening yourself up to a whole new can of worms should they find anything besides a gun. The usual suspects are sounding the war drums, with the ACLU distributing leaflets to the neighborhoods. Regardless of your stance on the 2nd Amendment, the privacy implications and risk of abuse by intimidation is the real issue here."

Submission + - Illegal Hex Code in Indelible Tattoo Ink

Submitted by SPQR_Julian on Thursday May 03, 2007 @06:57PM

SPQR_Julian writes: "So... how do you DMCA a tattoo off of a person?" Body Modification E-magazine(BME) is fairly well the premier authority and source of information for modified people. So when the owner Shannon Larratt put out the call to see if anyone had (or would get) the HD-DVD code tattooed on their skin, it was only a matter of time before someone did. Now the question is, what will the MPAA do in response?

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