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L.A.C.K. & Censoround
December 31, 2001
New Mexico church burns Harry Potter books
L.A.C.K. is back! A little later than I wanted, because I had the flu all last week. Ugh.
A New Mexico church has burned Harry Potter books and other such evil things while protesters demonstrated nearby. Then the protestors were burned because "demonstrated" has the word "demon" in it!
[TT] SFGate.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
11:52:46 AM
December 21, 2001
Christmas vacation
L.A.C.K. is on vacation until December 27th while Jen & I head to San Diego for Christmas!
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
10:25:54 AM
December 20, 2001
Communications Decency Act, RIAA out of touch
The dead-sexy NCSF is asking a New York judge to throw out the last remnants of the extremely scary Communications Decency Act, which the U.S. Supreme Court tore apart a few years ago.
Oh, here's news: the music industry is completely out of touch with consumers.
[TT] Newsbytes.com via LISNews.com
[TT] USA Today via LISNews.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:02:47 PM
December 19, 2001
'Fellowship of the Ring' Day 2001
The first installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy comes out today. Here's what the critics are saying:
- Rita Kempley, Washington Post: "The long-awaited adaptation of the first book of that trilogy, with its spectacular scenery, stupefying effects and epic scope, is a dream come true."
- Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle: "It's a wonderful movie."
- Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian: "In the end, signing up to the movie's whole hobbity-elvish universe requires a leap of faith ... a leap I didn't feel much like making."
- Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: "The playful spookiness of Mr. Jackson's direction provides a lively, light touch."
- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDwire: "This film may well be the all-time cinematic champion of the fantasy genre."
- MaryAnn Johanson, The Flick Filosopher: "Jackson has adapted this very beloved pillar of fandom so perfectly that it feels like we've known it forever."
- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: "A great picture, a triumphant picture, a joyfully conceived work of cinema that ... would appear to embrace Tolkien's classic with love and delight."
[TT] via Movie Review Query Engine
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:06:05 PM
December 18, 2001
DCMA
Good ol' LLRX.com has an interesting article on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
There's more on this from New York Times.
And from 1998, Rights v. Rights takes a look at the maze of issues that arise when you're a member of an information society (as opposed to being a member of The Information Society.)
[TT] LLRX.com
[TT] New York Times via Library Stuff
[TT] IFLANET via LISNews.com
[EDITOR'S NOTE] I removed the login info to the New York Times site.
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:11:41 PM
December 17, 2001
Harry Potter display removed, KPMG
Without going into too much detail, I'd like to point out that the security personel at Ft. Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport need to learn, besides customer service skills, how to do a proper search of carry-on luggage. Aren't I supposed to feel more safe getting on the plane after being throroughly searched and frisked? I'm just saying.
Anyway, as not to offend Christians during Christmas, an Australian library took down a Harry Potter display. And, as not to offend Wiccans during the winter solstice, they'll be taking down their nativity scene. Oh, wait...
Meanwhile, you best be careful when you link to the KPMG website.
[TT] Wired
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:16:25 PM
December 6, 2001
Honeymoon 2001
L.A.C.K. will be on vacation until December 17 because my wife and I are finally going on our honeymoon!
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
10:20:57 AM
December 5, 2001
Harry Potter, Dick Armey, Index on Censorship
Can't get enough Harry Potter? Get a companion book. Not that Harry Potter's world is as difficult to manage as J.R.R. Tolkien's, but still.
Can't get enough of Richard Armey? Don't use web filters like Net Nanny, because they block the word "dick."
Can't get enough information about censorship? It's time for Index on Censorship's Freedom of Expression awards!
Can't get enough of me patting myself on the back? Thanks to Read This to Me! for mentioning L.A.C.K. on Monday!
[TT] January Magazine
[TT] National Coalition Against Censorship via Virtual Chase
[TT] Index on Censorship via Library Juice
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:24:58 PM
December 4, 2001
Lemony Snicket profile, post-September 11 info purge
Scroll down to the last paragraph in this story.
When the world gets scary, kids get Lemony Snicket books. So do some adults, like me.
Meanwhile, the U.S. government is discovering that deleting info from the Web in response to the September 11 attacks isn't as easy as they all think.
[TT] Daily Cal via LibraryPlanet.com
[TT] Washington Post via LISNews.com
[TT] Los Angeles Times via LISNews.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:30:05 PM
December 3, 2001
Harry Potter and the occult, library director fights porn
That evil bastard Harry Potter is forcing libraries to re-evaluate their collection of books on the occult.
Meanwhile, guys who look at porn in the public library prompts the director to turn off the computers (as opposed to requesting that they don't use the websites to look at porn).
[TT] LubbockOnline.com via LISNews.com
[TT] Secaucus Reporter via Library Stuff
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:42:29 PM
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