Christopher Leger

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“This is a film about how copyright has become one of the most important consumer issues of the digital age; why corporate lobbying risks criminalizing the actions of hundreds of thousands of people; and what the future holds for the fight for fairer copyright laws.” more at http://www.youtube.com/user/Consumersintl

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Microblogging has really caught my attention, as that it allows me to share many more links and interesting ideas that I find without the need to write a full blog post. However, the flip-side is that it also lets me consider the links dealt with, and I rarely return to them to write a new [...]

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I have just posted an article directed at mixologists and professional bartenders regarding the growing use of trademarks in the bartending community. Please click on over to The Scofflaws Den and check it out.

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In the wake of the Amazon Kindle 1984 debacle, it appears that the very idea of ownership for individuals is being destroyed. Amazon, without notice, removed copies of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm off of customer’s Kindles through their data-connected service. The reasons behind the move are not at issue, and honestly do not [...]

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With the exorbitant cost of higher education continuing to rise, a new open source textbook venture may save students several hundred dollars per semester, while keeping their curriculum up to the minute accurate. The company, Flat World Knowledge, will enhance the textbook model with companion study aids and print on demand services, which could greatly [...]

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ISPs are the Three Stooges of the high tech world. They are more than willing to take money from over the top IP Rights Holders to police their networks, but they can’t seem to surpass the level of Slap Happy Sleuths. (Sorry! I couldn’t resist!)

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It has always been strange to me that mission-critical government systems were inextricably tied to to fortunes of major hardware and software vendors. It is clear that buying and implementing  open and compatible software and hardware gives the government as much flexibility as possible for future uses. Well, finally the DoD has realized what open [...]

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Check out Edison (software here), a free Windows power management software that let’s you more finely tune your PC’s energy usage, and actually see how much energy and money you can save. There is also a paid business version called Surveyor, which when loaded on many PCs, could dramatically lower energy expenses for many types [...]

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Coming soon!

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