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Hydrofracking Filmmaker Critical of Halliburton Arrested Trying To Protect NYC Drinking Water
Published on 2012-02-03 13:53:00
Hyrdrofracking video embedded aboveFilmmaker Josh Fox, creator of Gasland, was arrested while trying to film Congressional hearings on hydrofracking. According to media accounts, Republican lawmakers lawlessly threw him out.Hydrofracking is a toxic, pollutive process graphically illustrated in Gasland used to smash shale to release methane gas. The problem is, methane gas pollutes drinking water - to the point it is so toxic you can't touch it and it will actually cat
Research Works Act - HR 3699 - Stealing From the Public Domain?
Published on 2012-01-24 07:30:00
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Golan v. Holder last week, bills like the Research Works Act, which is designed to restrict access and limit sharing of scientific data, become more ominous. More on the Research Works Act from Wikipedia here. The full text below.Congressman Darrell Issa and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney are co-sponsors.Richard Poynder's take here and here. The American Association of Publishers is behind this apparently legislation.112t
Murder, Mystery and Egon Schiele's Dead City February 8 at Jewish Federation of San Antonio
Published on 2012-01-23 14:00:00
Thanks to the Federal Bar Association and the Jewish Federation of San Antonio, I will be speaking at the Jewish Federation of San Antonio on February 8 about Egon Schiele's Dead City and the mystery and litigation that it has spawned since District Attorney Robert Morgenthau seized it in 1998 at the Museum of Modern Art.The MoMA's possession and concealment of artworks stolen from Holocaust survivors has come under fire recently, check out William Cohan's MoMA's Problematic Provenances in Decem
