News items and other various tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share with his friends.
A US District Court judge has ruled that the US Treasury must change its currency such that blind people can distinguish between bills of different denominations. Apparently the US is one of the few countries where this is a problem. An appeal has already been authorized.
Link: http://www.acsblog.org/…
(via Slashdot)
Link #2: http://today.reuters.com/…
This is an insightful article about the clash between fair use and the DMCA. The MPAA is suing a company that will copy your DVD to an iPod for you. The MPAA contends that circumventing the DVD copy protection is illegal, and that users must re-purchase the movie via the iTunes store in order to watch it on an iPod. The worst part is that they may be right.
Link: http://arstechnica.com/…
Canadian officials were understandably upset when a US judge ordered a convicted sex offender to spend 3 years “exiled” in Canada.
According to this federal appeals court ruling, carrying large amounts of cash is sufficient cause for the cash to be confiscated and not returned. What planet are these judges from?
Chief Justice Rehnquist died yesterday (Saturday), thus opening an additional spot on the US Supreme Court. Look for some serious political battles over this one.
Chad Cloman
Denver, CO USA
