Techdirt. Stories filed under "drunk" Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us Techdirt. Stories filed under "drunk"http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:33:35 PDT Easy Come, Easy Go: EMI Pulls Video Of Drunk Guy Singing Bohemian Rhapsody, Reinstates It After Backlash Mike Masnick http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120403/04453818349/easy-come-easy-go-emi-pulls-video-drunk-guy-singing-bohemian-rhapsody-reinstates-it-after-backlash.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120403/04453818349/easy-come-easy-go-emi-pulls-video-drunk-guy-singing-bohemian-rhapsody-reinstates-it-after-backlash.shtml really drunk guy, Robert Wilkinson, who was arrested and put in a police car up in Canada, and responded by breaking into song with a complete rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody. If you haven't seen it yet, you're one of just a few people:

So what happened? You guessed it. EMI, in its ultimate ridiculousness, issued a takedown for violating its publishing copyright. The immediate outcry actually made EMI back down, with the company saying:
"It seems like a mistake has been made."
That's a fun way of indirectly saying "hey, we made a mistake." Suggesting "a mistake has been made" leaves open the possibility that someone else made that mistake. But, in this day and age where the major labels are so quick to shut down anything that doesn't involve them first getting a huge check, perhaps the "mistake" is with the way the law works.

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]]> can't-do-this-to-me-baby http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20120403/04453818349 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:00:00 PST DailyDirt: Just Add Alcohol... Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110812/17592815507/dailydirt-just-add-alcohol.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110812/17592815507/dailydirt-just-add-alcohol.shtml
  • Making alcoholic ice cream isn't as simple as it might sound because the freezing point of alcohol is much lower than water. Add some gelatin to your concoction, and you can get a full cup of 80-proof alcohol into a quart of ice cream. [url]
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  • Add vodka to gummi bears, refrigerate and wait. Eat. Repeat. That's a pretty simple recipe for getting some people drunk. [url]
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