I am a: Quirky sysadmin. Geek. Gamer. Comic fangirl.

Smurfed from Michael: Five years ago, in the Onion: “It’s criminal,” RIAA president Hilary Rosen said. “Anyone at any time can simply turn on a radio and hear a copyrighted song. Making matters worse, these radio stations often play the best, catchiest song off the album over and over until people get sick of it. […]

All I can say is: it’s about damned time! Scrushy’s name removed from Jeff State’s Hoover campus HOOVER, Ala. (AP)– Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy’s name has been taken off the Jefferson State Community College campus in Hoover. The Richard M. Scrushy Campus is now the Shelby-Hoover Campus, and Richard M. Scrushy Hall will now […]

Courtesy of BBspot, via Download Squad: BBspot has obtained secret documents which RIAA lawyers use to determine whether to file a lawsuit against a copyright violator. These documents give insight into the RIAA’s decision-making process, and could help people avoid lawsuits in the future. We offer these documents as a public service. (click to view […]

Just in case anyone who had wanted to join the group but hasn’t yet, the Meetup.com account/group will be discontinued next month. I don’t blame C.A. for wanting to move to another venue … many groups I was a member of dissolved when Meetup started charging for participation. I ran across the Bama Bloggers blog […]

Here’s one that I ran across while catching up on my funnies … click the thumbnail for a larger view

Smurfed from Boing Boing: This might just be the best send-up of the MAFIAA’s anti-piracy ads ever, making the case for buying pirate copies, rather than being stuck with DVDs that complain about piracy in unskippable, condescending PSAs. JPEG Link, Mirror (via Wonderland) Amen!! That’s one of the things about buying movies nowadays — if […]