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type Dune logo unveiled at event; copyright claimants rush to remove it from the 'net Rob Beschizza

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television Puppeteer Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch), RIP David Pescovitz

it was a dark and stormy night What it's like to collectively write a novel Clive Thompson

youtube YouTube removed battlebot videos because its system thought they contained "animal suffering" Clive Thompson

Copyfight Netherlands court strikes down Dutch grifter's patent claim over Ethiopia's ancient staple grain teff Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Europe just voted to wreck the internet, spying on everything and censoring vast swathes of our communications Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Creative Commons: next week's EU vote could cost us the internet Cory Doctorow

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

tiny houses What it's like to live in the house from "American Gothic" Clive Thompson

Kids These remarkably intricate insect models are crafted from bamboo Andrea James

Funny Outdoors enthusiast makes fun of highly improbable campsite photos Andrea James

happy mutants Celebrate Independence Day with MC Frontalot's nerdcore rap about free software vs open source Cory Doctorow

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