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Free Culture - Intellectual Property Rights Reform

Intellectual Property Rights must be returned to the people if our idea based economy is to survive. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act must be reformed. Fair use must mean a Creative Commons style license by default, as it was when copyright was born.

*still* asking for more money???

By Frankie - Nov 13th, 2008 at 9:30 am EST

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Didn't you guys shatter every record for political fundraising this year? Didn't you collect more dough than in any previous US election, for both the Dem & GOP candidates PUT TOGETHER? Didn't you win the election over a week ago?

Why are you still hounding us for donations?

It's really Really REALLY sad that this site has not been put to better use, helping to organize community groups nationwide, energizing volunteer activists to shift from campaigning to participation in government, instead of treating it like a candy jar.

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Keep your HOPE alive!

By Dylan Price - Aug 2nd, 2008 at 9:35 pm EDT

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xzdZWI1QAY

Keep your HOPE alive.

Official 'pay it forward' music video of collaboration
for the song 'hope is alive'.
written by Dylan A Price/Wayne Cohen
performed by Dylan A Price
video written/directed by Geoff Fairbanks
video edited by Wasim Muklashy

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A Barack Obama Review in Exactly Ten Words

By Todd Epp - Jul 8th, 2008 at 8:03 pm EDT

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Obama - a Person review by tdepp
08/07/08 13:16 from Reviews by tdepp - The Ten Word Review
It is like Palm Sunday when he enters a room.

Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, Ten Word Reviews, 2008 election

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The Audacity of Hope

By Dylan Price - Jul 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 am EDT

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Official 'pay it forward' music video of collaboration for the song 'hope is alive'.
Song written by Dylan A Price/Wayne Cohen, sung by Dylan A Price, video written/directed by Geoff Fairbanks, video edited by Wasim Muklashy.
Keep your HOPE alive and spread our thread of hope.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xzdZWI1QAY

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Hillary people dish about what went wrong

By Carole@www.Americans-Away-From-Home.com - Jul 2nd, 2008 at 10:42 am EDT

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/30/hillary-clinton-campaign_n_110058.html

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Kansas Bar Show Says Sebelius Will Be Veep Choice

By Todd Epp - Jun 22nd, 2008 at 12:58 am EDT

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Just got back from Topeka, Kansas, site of the annual Kansas State Bar Convention. One of the time honored traditions is a bar show put on by local lawyers and judges that includes lots of singing, dancing, acting, and satire.

The chief focus of the event was Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, governor of the great state of Kansas and sometimes mentioned as a possible running mate for Sen. Barack Obama.

If left to Kansas judges and lawyers, it seems Gov. Sebelius is the shoo-in for Barack's Veep choice. The series of skits ended with her sitting at a big desk with a huge "Vice President of the USA" and the VP seal in front of it.

Who's to doubt the wisdom of members of the Kansas Bar, I ask you?! ;)

Read more at SD Watch: http://www.southdakotawatch.net

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Play "Is John McCain the New Bob Dole" (home edition)

By Todd Epp - Jun 18th, 2008 at 1:16 pm EDT

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Let's see. Let's play a little game of "Is John McCain the Next Bob Dole?" (home edition):

War hero. Check.
Grumpy. Check.
Republican. Check.
Senator. Check.
From a state that doesn't play a major role in Presidential Elections. Check.
Good sense of humor. Check.
Once described as independent minded. Check.
Old. Check.
His time for national prominence has come and gone. Check.
Close ties to a Bush. Check.
Married a yonger, hottie wife. Check.
Hikes up his pants and yells at kids to get off his yard. Check.
Loses big in the popular vote and Electoral College in run for Presidency against a younger, hipper Democrat? Check.

Yes, John McCain is the new Bob Dole. (Hat tip to Sibby Online for the idea.) Originally posted on South Dakota Watch.
Technorati Tags: Bob Dole, John McCain

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I Guess We'll Just Have to Wait for Pres. Obama and Energy Independence

By Todd Epp - Jun 18th, 2008 at 12:07 pm EDT

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I'm as ticked as anyone at $4/gallon gas. With trips planned to Topeka, Kansas and Chamberlain, South Dakota in the coming days, I'm not looking forward to filling up my Pacifica's gas tank.

And as a child of a petroleum pipeliner and a former petroleum pipeline summer employee, I have at least a small understanding of the oil and refining businesses.

I don't think petroleum or petroleum companies are inherently evil. If you like to drive, you need gas. And we all can't have backyard refineries.

And I like to drive my Pacifica.

However, just like Sen. John McCain's gas tax holiday idea for this summer vacation season, Pres. George W. Bush's idea to drill off shore and in the Alaskan Arctic are just short-term ideas that pander but don't provide long-term solutions.

From the Wall Street Journal:

President Bush called on Congress to lift a ban on offshore oil and gas drilling that has been in place since 1981, saying lagging domestic production has contributed to sharply higher gasoline prices. He also urged Democratic lawmakers to drop their opposition to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and proposed streamlining the permit process for building new refining capacity in the U.S.

Separately, the White House said Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman will be attending a one-day meeting of oil producers in Saudi Arabia.

For more information, see:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121379512215184123.html?mod=djemalertNEWS

Oil will continue to be part of the energy equation for the foreseeable future. But the sooner the United States embarks on meaningful government funded research and development on biofuels, hydrogen, solar, wind, and other "green" energy solutions, we will continue to be held hostage by exorbitant fuel prices, multi-national corporations, unfriendly foreign governments--and our own laziness and lack of will.

http://www.visitingdc.com/images/jimmy-carter-picture.jpg

Had we actually taken Pres. Jimmy Carter's warnings to heart about energy independence in the late 1970s (Yes, I know it's not cool to mention anything positive about Pres. Carter), frankly, we wouldn't be in the current fix.

But while 30 years ago would have been the best time to plant the energy independence "tree," the next best time is now. But Pres. Bush--ironically, considering his name--is not interested in planting "trees."

That will have to wait for a Pres. Barack Obama. Originally posted at South Dakota Watch.

Technorati Tags: energy, fuel prices, offshore drilling, ANWR, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, oil

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Al Gore: Risk Taker, Trendsetter

By Todd Epp - Jun 16th, 2008 at 11:41 pm EDT

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Hey Al, nothing like getting out ahead of the power curve and being a trend setter!

I received the following email earlier today:

Dear Todd,
A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama. From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States...
Thank you for joining me,
Al Gore

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Support H.R. 1201

By JereCoh - Apr 13th, 2007 at 1:39 pm EDT

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While we wait for Obama to be elected, there is something we can do now to restore balanced copyright law.

H.R. 1201, Freedom And Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act (FAIR USE Act) would help clear the way for innovation that benefits consumers, artists, and the American economy. It would also help restore the ability to make certain non-infringing uses that are currently inhibited by technical restrictions.

New technologies like the iPod and TiVo are empowering individuals and enabling exciting uses of digital media. Yet in recent years, the entertainment industry has repeatedly threatened and sued the creators of devices with substantial non-infringing uses. By stifling new devices, major copyright holders are in effect limiting how I can exercise my rights to use legally-acquired digital media.

The FAIR USE Act provides important protections that can help protect my rights and let innovation thrive. It limits the threat of ruinous statutory damages if an innovator is held to have committed "secondary copyright infringement," and it makes clear that hardware device makers shouldn't be held liable simply based on the design of dual-use products.

The FAIR USE Act also helps protect my ability to make lawful uses by amending the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Copyright holders regularly block legitimate activities using digital rights management (DRM), and evading the DRM is unduly restricted by the DMCA. Congress should enact broad reform of the DMCA, and supporting the FAIR USE Act's 12 new exemptions would be a sensible first step in the right direction.

More details at EFF.

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