Clearing the Cache: Real Legislators Do It in Public
BY Nancy Scola | Friday, September 25 2009
- As the "read the bill" train picks up steam, Republicans are eager to frame it as a matter of politics as much as procedure. See House Minority Leader John Boehner above.
- On the same topic, advocates for a 72-hour posting rule are quick to note that there's merit in creating an opportunity for the public to have access to the documents before they become law, beyond the utility of having Congress itself pour over legislative texts. But when it comes to getting Congress to vet what they pass, are plain text versions of bills good enough?
- A federal court in Los Angeles has ruled to protect a YouTube-alike site from copyright infringement perpetrated by its users, and, for the first time, otherwise apply DMCA safe harbor provisions to video-sharing services.
- Blue State Digital is, says the Globe, one of the coolest companies in Boston.
- There's a Tweet Progress clone north of the border, a response to Canada's Right of Twitter group.
- Tehran Bureau, which come to center stage during Iran's post-election conflict, is being adopted by PBS's Frontline.
- The Internet as Nazi Germany.
- Open Left fundraises to send a blogger to Maine to cover that state's marriage equality ballot initiative.
- The FCC's Julius Genachowski tells the New York that he's not sure why AT&T is worked up about wireless neutrality: "Since no decision has yet been made, I do not know what decision they are referring to."
- And this video would have been more fun, and realistic, if there were old people in it doing yoga.