France is cracking down on illegal downloaders by cutting off their internet access after 3 strikes.

The law will be policed by a new agency, the High Authority for Copyright Protection and Dissemination of Works on the Internet . Those who have been found illegally downloading files will receive a warning by email and then by registered letter. If the offender persists, their connection will be cut off by their provider for up to a year.

How long till this becomes policy here in the USA as well. Too many governments want to do the RIAA and MPAA's work for them.

Canada's 'human rights situation' is getting insane. First, you've got Ezra Levant's situation.

Then there is the Mark Steyn show trial: Day 1, Part 1, Day 1, Part 2, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5.

And now, a Muslim has gotten the government to issue him a trademark on images of Muhammad so that he can sue when people re-publish the oh-so-controversial Danish cartoons.

Dennis Kucinich has introduced Articles of Impeachment against President Bush. This'll go just as far as his Presidential campaign did.

Metallica still haven't figured out this whole internet thing. They invited some people to listen to their unfinished album, didn't have them sign non-disclosure agreements, and then threw a fit when people posted their opinions of what they heard.

They've got enough clout that they managed to get everyone to take down their postings, but for a band trying to prove they are still relevant over a decade after their last good metal album, this isn't helping.

The inventor of the Pringles can was buried in a Pringles can shaped coffin.

Sammy Hagar has announced the formation of a new 'supergroup' that he says will rival Led Zeppelin. Here's the line-up:

Sammy Hagar
Joe Satriani
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Michael Anthony (Van Halen)

The sheer idiocy of comparing yourself to Led Zeppelin aside, there's no way any band that includes Sammy Hagar can be called a 'supergroup'.

Get ready for major movie weirdness - Phillip K Dick's UBIK is coming to the big screen.

This was one of the more confusing books to try and figure out along the way that I've ever read. By the end, everything makes perfect sense - but its a strange ride.

Order Ubik from Amazon

Beck has a new album ready to be released titled Modern Guilt

Stereogum has a stream of the single Chemtrails - I don't like it. Sounds like it belongs on the old Steve Miller Band album Sailor.

The promo site for Metallica's new album is up and running: Mission Metallica.

The live clips you can hear of them recording is promising - it at least sounds like Metallica again instead of whatever that noise on St. Anger was.

When are people going to finally stand up to schools that enforce bad rules like the too skimpy prom dress that shows as much skin as you'd see at a girls volleyball practice.

Its not like the school can fall back on the whole "its distracting attire" claim - this is for the prom. Girls are trying to get attention with their dresses.

Congrats to Richard Morgan for winning the 2008 Clarke Award for best Sci-Fi in Britain for his novel Thirteen (released as 'Black Man' in the UK).

I haven't had a chance to read Thirteen yet, but his Takeshi Kovacs novels are great.

Related:

• Altered Carbon
• Broken Angels
• Woken Furies

I have way too many distractions and hobbies at the moment to deal with a book about Slayer's Reign in Blood. But I'm going to have to find the time to read it.

Bret Easton Ellis is writing the screenplay to Downers Grove.

Amazon: Downers Grove

A custom Quentin Tarantino action figure along with turorials to help you do it yourself.

I'd like to see these fishing cats work in some more open water.

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