Monthly Archives: June 2007
Video Gaming non-Addiction
Addiction specialists said yesterday that video gaming is not a mental addiction. Formally calling video game addiction an “addiction” would have paved the road for insurance coverage of the disorder. The full delegation of American Medical Association members will vote on the matter later in the week, but the committee’s recommendation has likely damned the [...]
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Satellite Blues
Reuters reported Friday that the head of the U.S. Air Force intelligence and surveillance rued the advent of commercial satellite technology, such as the kind found in Google Earth. Lt. Gen. David Deptula told reporters in Washington, D.C., that the technology posed a security risk to the U.S., but at this point nothing can be [...]
Copyright Explained by Talking Animals
I found this video through a link on Copyfight. It explains copyright law in an entertaining and stick-it-to-Disney sort of way that I respect, so I’ll embed it for your viewing pleasure.
Authorial Confusion
A New York jury found writer Laura Albert guilty of defrauding Antidote International Films after she sold them the rights to a book the film company believed was the autobiography of a male prostitute.
Albert wrote the book Sarah, a fictional autobiography of a teenaged male prostitute. The book was marketed as an autobiography, which is [...]
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