From the daily archives:

Monday, October 13, 2008

You know, we might just be OK

October 13, 2008

From the exemplary Robert Peston, on the deal which sees £37 billion of taxpayer’s money buy big stakes in our big banks: "RBS and Lloyds TSB/HBOS have promised to the government that they’ll maintain mortgage lending and small-business lending at 2007 levels – which is massively more than they are currently lending (this is hugely [...]

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You know, we might just be OK

October 13, 2008

From the exemplary Robert Peston, on the deal which sees £37 billion of taxpayer’s money buy big stakes in our big banks: "RBS and Lloyds TSB/HBOS have promised to the government that they’ll maintain mortgage lending and small-business lending at 2007 levels – which is massively more than they are currently lending (this is hugely [...]

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Lessig is wrong (mostly)

October 13, 2008

Via Doc Searles comes this quote from Lawrence Lessig: …our attention is not focused on these creators. It is focused instead upon "the pirates." We wage war against these "pirates"; we deploy extraordinary social and legal resources in the absolutely failed effort to get them to stop "sharing." This war must end. It is time [...]

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Lessig is wrong (mostly)

October 13, 2008

Via Doc Searles comes this quote from Lawrence Lessig: …our attention is not focused on these creators. It is focused instead upon "the pirates." We wage war against these "pirates"; we deploy extraordinary social and legal resources in the absolutely failed effort to get them to stop "sharing." This war must end. It is time [...]

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