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In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era,
many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form
– and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them.
Instead, we are stuck renting them,
subject to all kinds of terms and conditions.
And because the content is digital,
reselling it,
lending it,
even preserving it for your own use
inevitably requires copying. 
Unfortunately, when it comes to copying digital media,
US copyright l…

Rent-Only Copyright Culture Makes Us All Worse Off
In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era, many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form – and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them. Instead, we are stuck renting them, subject to all kinds of terms and conditions. And because the content is digital, reselling it, lending it, even preserving it for your own use inevitably requires copying. Unfortunately, when it comes to copying digital media, US copyright law has pretty much lost the plot.

copenhagen: Copenhagen Networks Study
A network of social interactions among university students within the Copenhagen Networks Study, over a period of four weeks, sampled every 5 minutes. Interactions include physical proximity (undirected), phone calls (directed, weighted), text messages (directed), and information about Facebook friendships (undirected). Nodes include some metadata, including gender.
This network has 536 nodes and 3600 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unwei…

Patrick Boyle educates everyone about the "Epstein Class" of people's disdain of non-wealthy citizens.
▶️ Epstein Files: The 6 Names the DOJ Didn't Want You to See
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cvOuN5KqufE&si=_fqWkH4rxB36K3z5

Chinese AI chipmaker Biren Technology plans to raise up to ~$623M in a Hong Kong IPO, pricing shares at ~$2.19 to ~$2.52, and expects trading to start January 2 (Sherry Qin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/…

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https://open.spotify.com/track/7CpemwzKdzBsSiqoUBllvJ

#Antipodean discrimination.
Northern hemispheric #chauvinists.

1,000–5,000 Cubans are fighting on the side of the occupiers, according to US intelligence #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/19/cubans-are-fighting-on-the.html

Korea's Fair Trade Commission is threatening to shut down Coupang's business altogether in connection with a massive data breach.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260114/suspension-of-coupang-feasible-scena…

Suspension of Coupang feasible scenario, experts say
As the head of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) reiterates warnings of a possible business suspension for Coupang over its massive data breach, expe...

Japanese NAND flash maker Kioxia's stock is up ~800% over the past 12 months, as AI demand and constrained NAND flash supply boost the chipmaker's pricing power (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/13c5ac7d-c19d-48b5-9b91-2ce1caf57c67

As Taiwanese chipmakers push localization to secure supply chains, suppliers to the steel, plastics, and display industries are moving into Taiwan's chip sector (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Taiwan's push for supply chain security produces unexpected winners
Smaller local suppliers seize rare chance to serve chipmakers like TSMC and UMC