question of the day: How will the new secret copyright treaty impact the entertainment community on the Internet?

Boing Boing broke down the details last week: The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama’s administration refused to disclose due to “national security” concerns, has leaked. It’s bad. It says: • That ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be … more…

watch it: “3 Cats, 1 Steak”

Do NOT try this at home! Actually, this is kind of horrible. Why didn’t their owner just cut it into three pieces for them? Oh, right: So the owner would have a video to post on YouTube. If only cats had opposable thumbs, they could make videos of their humans doing dangeous, stupid shit. Oh, … more…

watch it: “Philip”

Oh, this made me cry: (From testimony given for and against Maine’s marriage equality bill on April 22, 2009. Thanks to Ken for pointing this out to me.)

watch it: “Ping Pong Cat”

You really do have to wonder what goes through some people’s minds. The cat: not so much — it’s just a cat, and is mostly thinking about having a nap. But its owner?