‘Game of Thrones’ author George R.R. Martin on piracy, video games, and new shows with HBO

George R.R. Martin is the man behind A Song of Ice and Fire — the series of epic novels upon which HBO’s Game of Thrones is based. A novelist and screenwriter, Martin’s career has spanned a…   Original post on theverge.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Cable Industry Finally Admits That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion

For years, the key rationale given by broadband providers for implementing data caps was that it was the only way they could deal with   Original post on techdirt.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Mega Passes 1M Users Within One Day of Launch

Mega, the new file sharing service from Kim Dotcom, has passed 1 million users, according to Kim Dotcom who spoke at the launch of the service at his mansion in New Zealand today. We’re…   Original post on thenextweb.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Starbucks paid no tax on UK earnings in the past three years. Is this OK? – Comment is free

The coffee chain company has used legal tax-avoidance tactics to pay as little as possible, paying £8.6m in taxes on a reported £3bn in UK sales since 1998, and nothing in the past three years. Is this…   Original post on guardian.co.uk    Comments on reddit.com   

Nothing, however vile, justifies censorship – Nick Cohen – Comment is free – The Observer

Nick Cohen: Even in the hardest of cases such as this anti-Islamic film, the old arguments against censorship remain the best   Original post on guardian.co.uk    Comments on reddit.com   

Lawmakers get back to doing nothing – Scott Wong

With the convention pomp and pageantry over, another production now begins on Capitol Hill — this one featuring meaningless show votes and theatrical hearings. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) will hold an oversight hearing this week titled: The Obama Administration’s Abuse of Power. House GOP leaders will try to…   Original post on politico.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Corporation That Paid Nothing In Taxes For Four Years Tells Congress It Pays Too Much In Taxes – ThinkProgress

Over a four years period from 2008 to 2011, Corning Inc. was one of 26 companies that managed to avoid paying any American income taxes, even though it earned nearly $3 billion during that time. In fact, according to Citizens For Tax Justice, the company received a $4 million refund from 2008 to 2010. That [...]   Original post on thinkprogress.org    Comments on reddit.com   

Citizens United: California Becomes Sixth State To Call For Amendment Against Ruling

One of the largest states in the nation took an official stand Thursday against the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which ruled that government restriction of corporation or union spending on political campaigns violated the First Amendment right to free speech.   Original post on huffingtonpost.com    Comments on digg.com