The morning coffee links for private and pirate purposes
Facebook has done a quick damage-control turnaround and reverted to their old Terms of Service. The Electronic Privacy Information Centre is now calling for new laws to protect web users. Some part of me calls it overreaction — Facebook’s modified terms of service, while considerably worse than some popular sites, were not abnormal for a service like theirs. That said, it is probably past time for a limit on what rights can be given away by users when agreeing to a TOS or EULA on registration to a website or service. There needs to be recognition that these are not read, and certain rights should be reserved by end users regardless. Of course, this needs to be a carefully designed law and not a quick kneejerk reaction, as the latter would do more harm than good.
A BBC blog/column thing about links on the web and piracy.
Architects MAD are designing a city centre:
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And we end with some Cyanide (and Happiness):
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
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