DetritusDedicated to Recycled Culture. betaProperty Rights Historically Good For Agriculture- January 23, 2006 Nick Szabo, a doctoral law student at George Washington University, writes on his blog about the historical relationship between security, property rights, and the success of agriculture. He argues pretty persuasively that the real transition from hunter-gatherer tribal societies to...http://detritus.net/blog/archives/000556.html Apple-Intel vs. The Postal Service- January 22, 2006 This is kind of an intresting IP case. the recent Apple Intel tv ad is apparently an almost shot-for-shot remake (or it uses outtakes from) the video for the Postal Service (the band not the USPS) song "Such Great Heights"....http://detritus.net/blog/archives/000553.html Heavway to Stairwen- January 18, 2006 Thomas Dimuzio does a little revers-o-rama of a novel type with some classic Zeppelin. (via wfmu blog via rumori)...http://detritus.net/blog/archives/000549.html Copy Control- January 18, 2006 An example of a tray card of a CD with copy protection: as reported by Noway on his Flickr photostream: The diagonal repeating text reads "sin restricciones" which is spanish for "no restrictions." That's the name of this album by...http://detritus.net/blog/archives/000547.html |