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11.23.09

Dead Guys Sound Off On Copyright

Long before DRM-cracking and Creative Commons, thinkers like Gutenberg, Kant and Locke started the freedom of information debate. A new site archives their really old ideas

By Matt Ransford Posted 03.20.2008 at 3:30 pm 1 Comment

Arguably the most heated and oft-discussed topic in regard to the Internet and all that it has become is the one of copyright. DRM, the RIAA, Creative Commons—you likely cant go a day without reading about a cracked cipher or a new business model in the face of illegal file sharing.

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Christianity According to LOLCats

An Internet phenom turns serious when biblical translators take up lolspeak

By Megan Miller Posted 02.22.2008 at 6:36 pm 8 Comments

A couple years ago, a Web sensation was born when a bunch of people started posting photos of cute animals—mostly kittens—doing funny stuff, mostly with computers, and captioning these photos in the weird pidgen of baby talk and IM slang now known as lolspeak."

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