Some Matters

• PETA, the other kind of will.
• Governments across the globe are secretly negotiating a pretty scary-sounding copyright treaty that according to leaked documents could criminalize peer-to-peer filesharing (as opposed to civil fines) and subject iPods and laptops to border searches for pirated material. Scarier still, the Obama administration has invoked state secrets in response to FOIA requests, claiming release the details of the treaty or the negotiations would compromise “national security.” More here and here.
• Dead pixel on Google Earth.
• Here’s some good news, as a man in Washington is acquitted in a medical marijuana case. The police poisoning the family dogs during a drug raid is certainly a new one to me.
• Here’s a trailer for the upcoming Where the Wild Things Are movie.

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