I hate Digital Rights Managed (DRM) music. For one thing, once I buy some music, I want to be able to move it to other devices or other computers without having to check with the rights management server every time. The other reason to hate DRM music is this: Yahoo e-mailed its Yahoo! Music Store customers yesterday, telling them it will be closing for good--and the company … [Read more...] about Why Music Downloads Suck
Drug-War Scum
Reason's Jacob Sullum points us to the story of New Orleans District Attorney Keva Landrum-Johnson's new policy of inflating her felony prosecution statistics by charging minor marijuana offenders with felonies. Lousiana law allows second and following offenses to be charged as felonies, but hardly anyone ever did it before. In the comments section, Andrew quotes from a … [Read more...] about Drug-War Scum
Reviewing the Six Corners Model Shoot
I just took a quick look at the photos from Tuesday's model shoot. As with the other three model shoots I've done, my initial impression doesn't make me happy. It turns out that I took exactly 200 photos, and most of them aren't very good. The first time that happened, it was horrifying: All that time and effort and I got nothing. All those shots I had high hopes for turned out … [Read more...] about Reviewing the Six Corners Model Shoot
Christian Bale Wants Privacy
Christian Bale, star of the latest Batman movie and the next Terminator movie, is accused of assaulting his mother and his sister in an incident at a hotel in London. He's quoted in an AP wire story: "It's a deeply personal matter," Bale told The Associated Press at a news conference at a luxury hotel in Barcelona. "I would ask you to respect my privacy in the matter." Yeah, … [Read more...] about Christian Bale Wants Privacy
Greenfield On the Lori Drew Dismissal Motion
New York Criminal Defense Lawyer Scott Greenfield has a fascinating examination of the dismissal motion in the Lori Drew prosecution. Drew is accused of helping her daughter set up fake MySpace page to trick a troubled young girl named Megan Meier into thinking she had made a new friend. Later, this "friend" turned mean and abusive and ultimately suggest that Megan should kill … [Read more...] about Greenfield On the Lori Drew Dismissal Motion