LINKS: RIAA victory = defeat for the people, and more

Much more.  Check out the video of the cop handcuffing and pepper-spraying a crazy 15yo black girl for being out after curfew. Doctors using children to spy on parents, another bank closed by the FDIC, bittorrent guides, China vs. RSS, Kentucky vs. Oxycotin, and more.

• COPYRIGHT: RIAA jury finds Minnesota single mother liable for mp3 piracy, awards $222,000

  The attorney for the record companies, Richard Gabriel, spoke to reporters outside the courthouse.”This is what can happen if you don’t settle,” he said.

  (The average cost of settling can buy about 250 cds.)

  (tags: politics copyright downloading music p2p RIAA lawsuits rulings defeats Wired bad news articles GeekPolitics)

• 1984?: American Academy Of Pediatrics directs doctors to secretly grill children about parents’ guns, drugs, drinking habits

  This is some 1984 shit right here.AAP encourages doctors to ignore “legal barriers and deference to parental involvement”.

  “…law enforcement let Debbie know…her Doc…filed a report with the police about her family’s entirely legal gun owners

  (tags: politics AmericanAcademyOfPediatrics AAP doctors children privacy spying 1984 pediatrists Boston Massachusetts news articles drinking alcohol guns parents drugs policeState)

• COPYRIGHT: Verdict Reached In RIAA Trial

  This sucks.But on the bright side, she can declare bankruptcy, and the RIAA will still ultimately lose money.

  Also: 401(k) and IRA accounts are exempt from civil lawsuit, so if she has a retirement account, it wont be touched. Did you know that?

  (tags: politics copyright intellectualProperty geekPolitics corporations RIAA media music mp3s p2p trials lawsuits verdicts rulings defeats Capitol Thomas CapitolVThomas)

• TECHNOLOGY WAR: China’s Great Firewall turns its attention to RSS feeds, banning the useful technology

  The people’s republic of china does not want you to use technology as you see fit.If only this were a phenomenon limited to China, I would not be so worried.

  RSS is awesome. http://reader.google.com

  (tags: politics censorship China firewall RSS technology TechnologyWar)

• WAR ON DRUGS: Kentucky sues makers of OxyContin

  Bullshit! We have millions of americans in chronic pain BECAUSE of this crap.
  News flash: People who are in pain need pain killers that work.
  It is impossible to have these without a potential for abuse.
  GET USED TO IT. Keep your laws off my body.

  (tags: politics drugs OxyContin Kentucky lawsuits WarOnDrugs Appalachia GregStumbo PikeCounty PurduePharma corporations Medicaid)

• ABUSE OF AUTHORITY?: Do curfew laws really make children safer?

  Or is it just another expansion of police powers, allowing them to pepper-spray 15 year old black girls for resisting arrest?Video included. Lots of screaming.

  And since when were names of minors released, anyway? Now she’ll be googleable as an adult.

  (tags: politics AbuseOfAuthority AbuseOfAuthority? videos police excessiveForce excessiveForce? curfews children 15-year-old pepperSpray SeanBaldwin DanGilroy FortPierce CheckOutTheComments!)

• P2P: Optimize Your BitTorrent Download Speed

  I might try some of these tweaks, but then again, it’s fast enough for me.
  300M in 12 minutes is just fine.

  (tags: p2p bittorrent optimization guides downloads speed)

• P2P: How To Encrypt BitTorrent Traffic

  This should be useful for Comcast users who have had their bittorrent traffic throttled down to uselessness. This is also why we need net neutrality.

  (tags: p2p bittorrent guides encryptionkeys)

• FINANCE: Another U.S. Bank Closed Amid Failing Economy And Crashing U.S. Dollar

  How does this work exactly? The FDIC compiles a list of information on how you can get your own money back? Do I trust my own bank?!

  (tags: politics finance banks closing FDIC MiamiValleyBank Lakeview Ohio news articles)