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Via /.: Now the RIAA is filing suit for people making "unauthorized copies" of their music, by which they mean ripping a legally purchased CD to mp3 for personal use. Don’t let the Jammie Thomas photo fool you, the aspect of the suit the article is talking about does not involve her and does not involve file sharing, but rather the thing that millions of people do with their CDs every day.

My friend Christina, who works in immigration law, has penned this powerful post regarding how immigrants in detention will be spending their holiday season. I’m not the only one linking to this or quoting the same passage, but it’s such a powerful image:

This is a good post by Nicholas Carr, rebutting Michael Krigsman’s argument that somehow enterprise applications cannot and should not be engaging. This echoes Anil Dash’s sentiments, and something I’d like to see taken seriously by the companies developing corporate software.