Declan McCullagh has an interview with David Touretzky, the guy with the amazing gallery of CSS Descramblers, for Wired News. It’s pretty interesting, and the fact that Declan feels compelled to point out that Touretzky is a libertarian offers added amusement. I had figured that Touretzky was a computer scientist, but it turns out he studies rodent brains. That’s probably why he understands so well how to tweak the MPAA.
Salon is soon to launch Salon Premium. You pay them $30 a year, and in return you don’t have to look at ads and you get to see some yet to be announced premium content. I hope they don’t carve off existing content and put it behind the wall, because it will make my linking difficult. I’ll be kicking in the $30, not because I care about the ads but rather because I care about the future survival of Salon. It’s a bit disconcerting that all the ads I view at Salon every year don’t add up to $30 in revenue for them. No wonder all the content sites are dying.