France is cracking down on illegal downloaders by cutting off their internet access after 3 strikes.

The law will be policed by a new agency, the High Authority for Copyright Protection and Dissemination of Works on the Internet . Those who have been found illegally downloading files will receive a warning by email and then by registered letter. If the offender persists, their connection will be cut off by their provider for up to a year.

How long till this becomes policy here in the USA as well. Too many governments want to do the RIAA and MPAA's work for them.

Canada's 'human rights situation' is getting insane. First, you've got Ezra Levant's situation.

Then there is the Mark Steyn show trial: Day 1, Part 1, Day 1, Part 2, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5.

And now, a Muslim has gotten the government to issue him a trademark on images of Muhammad so that he can sue when people re-publish the oh-so-controversial Danish cartoons.

Dennis Kucinich has introduced Articles of Impeachment against President Bush. This'll go just as far as his Presidential campaign did.

Metallica still haven't figured out this whole internet thing. They invited some people to listen to their unfinished album, didn't have them sign non-disclosure agreements, and then threw a fit when people posted their opinions of what they heard.

They've got enough clout that they managed to get everyone to take down their postings, but for a band trying to prove they are still relevant over a decade after their last good metal album, this isn't helping.

The inventor of the Pringles can was buried in a Pringles can shaped coffin.