Events

This is interesting. I opposed the Mickey Mouse Protection Act of 1998 (officially the Copyright Term Extension Act), sponsored by Sonny Bono (R-CA), because I (a) believe that copyright protection already went on too long (50 to 70 years), and (b) it was such a naked lobbying bid by Disney. Well, it turns out, Disney's copyright in the Mickey Mouse character may actually have lapsed in 1998 despite the Act: Film credits from the 1920s revealed imprecision in copyright claims that some experts say could...

Short flight today, just landings. But—despite its monotony—I've still got a Google Earth file of it. It's hard to see from the KML, but my pattern actually got much better as I practiced, which was the point, I suppose.

Via Talking Points Memo, the Associated Press makes an inadvertently true comment about Sen. Joe Lieberman (R-CT).

...and bison start wandering the Chicago suburbs: Illinois State Police say four buffalo escaped from a farm in Braidwood and were shot after they blocked morning traffic. The buffalo wandered onto Interstate 55, shutting down the highway in both directions from Illinois Route 29 to Route 113 in the Coal City and Braidwood area. First we get coyotes in downtown Chicago drink coolers, now this. These guys must think they own the place or something.