Shahram Sharif of ITIran.com blogd, "Last week one of wide street TV in central of karaj shows porn pics for 10 min mistakenly , police banned TV and arrested people who link." More importantly, here's a YouTube video shot on the scene by someone who sounds young and profoundly amused. (thanks, Cyrus)...

Gee. If only I could figure out what seems so familiar about the cover art (larger size jpeg) on Rick Smolan's new book, Blue Planet Run: The Race to Provide Safe Drinking Water to the World. All hijinx aside, it looks like a very interesting read, and I'm ordering a copy....

Bob says: I just saw the BBtv post about Mark's guitar amp, and thought I'd share my similar project. It's also based on the LM386 although the circuit is a little different (and sounds way better). To save time and cost for anyone wanting to make this amp I offer either a bare PCB, or a simple parts kit (including PCB). This is available at my online store. There are also some video examples of the Minty Amp in action. Link...

Boing Boing reader Sibyl alerted us to this 75-page article on "copyfraud," by Jason Mazzone. Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School. From the abstract: Copyfraud is everywhere. False copyright notices appear on modern reprints of Shakespeare's plays, Beethoven's piano scores, greeting card versions of Monet's Water Lilies, and even the U.S. Constitution. Archives claim blanket copyright in everything in their collections. Vendors of microfilmed versions of historical newspapers assert copyright ownership. These false copyright claims, which are often accompanied by threatened litigation for reproducing a work without the owner's permission, result in users seeking licenses and paying fees to reproduce works that are free for everyone to use. Copyright law itself creates strong incentives for copyfraud. The Copyright Act provides for no civil penalty for falsely claiming ownership of public domain materials. There is also no remedy under the Act for individuals who wrongly refrain from legal copying or who make payment for permission to copy something they are in fact entitled to use for free. While falsely claiming copyright is technically a criminal offense under the Act, prosecutions are extremely rare. These circumstances have produced fraud on an untold scale, with millions of works in the public domain deemed copyrighted, and countless dollars paid out every year in licensing fees to make copies that could be made for free. Copyfraud stifles valid forms of reproduction and undermines free speech. Link...

Popular Science is running a Christmas special with a bunch of internet folks talking about the gadgets they lust for. I would like to drink eggnog with all of these people in one room, that would be fun: Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia), Amanda Congdon, Kevin Rose (Digg), Wil Wheaton (arch-nerd), Ray Kurzweil (futurist), Chris Burke (musician), Daniel Lyon (Fake Steve Jobs), Nolan Bushnell (Atari), Matt Harding (Internet Filmmaker), Timothy Ferris (4-Hour Work Week), Jonathan Coulton (Musician), Phil Torrone (MAKE), Dave Prochnow (How 2.0 Blogger/Builder), and me and Mark from Boing Boing and Boing Boing tv. Link. Photo credits, above: Coop (me) and Bart Nagel (Mark)....