Information Law Possum (discontinued)

As you certainly have noticed, my postings have become ultra-rare over the last months. As much as I admire those bloggers who have the discipline to make regular and important postings even though they are otherwise very busy, I have to accept that I’m not like that. Therefore I’ve decided to discontinue this blog.

I would like to thank all my readers and commentators (except the spam bots of course) who in the past have encouraged me to keep on posting!

Best wishes to all of you,

Daniel

Happy new year to all of you out there who read my blog!

In 2007, among others, a new form (or genre?) of literature has emerged, namely satire in the guise of an online product review. Here’s a fine example (hat tip to James): reviews of the BIC ballpoint pen in black. Enjoy!

Niklas Luhmann explaining his Zettelkasten: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu3t_zzHJJs. (Hat tip to Andreas Böhm via Claudia.)

A man convicted of multiple murder sought permission to buy the flight simulating software “X-Plane”, arguing that he wanted to leave his prison cell at least virtually from time to time. The request was refused by the prison authority for reasons of security: Due to the high data capacity of DVDs, the effort to search the data carrier for secret messages would be disproportionate. In addition, the authority reasoned that the wish to escape to a virtual world — such as a flight simulator — has to give way to these considerations.

The Federal Supreme Court ruled that this decision is not unconstitutional. (Decision in German is here.)