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State Of Georgia Sues Carl Malamud For Copyright Infringement For Publishing The State’s Own Laws
Two years ago, we wrote about the state of Georgia ridiculously threatening to sue Carl Malamud and his site Public.Resource.org for copyright infringement... for publishing an official annotated copy of the state's laws...
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Georgia claims that publishing its state laws for free online is ‘terrorism’
Government officials have threatened "rogue archivist" Carl Malamud with legal action many times for his efforts to make public government documents widely available for free, but the state of Georgia has set a new standard for fighting this ridiculous battle: It's suing Malamud for infringing its copyright of state laws by — horrors — publishing them online.
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This man sat in jail for 110 days—after he already did his time
The case of Eric Wyatt, Georgia's Cordele circuit, and why America's public defense system is disintegrating. By Marc Bookman.
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Greyson Lambert named Georgia's starting quarterback
ATHENS — Georgia’s starting quarterback competition has a winner, and it’s an unexpected one: Greyson Lambert, the transfer from Virginia. Lambert will start in Saturday’s season opener against Louisiana-Monroe, coach Mark Richt announced after Monday’s practice. Brice Ramsey, who had been the presumed favorite since he finished last year as the No. 2 quarterback, will …
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One of the US' greatest mysteries
Atop a desolate hill in a small US town are the Georgia Guidestones: an eerie 19ft tall granite monument with a post-apocalyptic message for the world.
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R.E.M. - Talk About The Passion (1983)
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Nick Chubb's mom: Georgia star has 3 torn ligaments, will need surgery
Georgia running back Nick Chubb will reportedly need surgery to repair torn ligaments in his knee, according to a post from his mother.
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Georgia sheriff installs 'politically incorrect' welcome sign
A sheriff in western Georgia said he is getting a big reaction from a "politically incorrect" sign. According to WLTZ-TV, Sheriff Mike Jolley of Harris County, Ga., put up the new welcome sign outside the sheriff's office in Hamilton, Ga. The sign reads: "Welcome to Harris County, Georgia! WARNING: Harris County is politically incorrect. We say: Merry Christmas, God Bless America and In God We Trust; We salute our troops and our flag. If this offends you… LEAVE!"
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Prayers for Richard
Little Richard, now eighty-two years old, has reportedly been living the last several years in a penthouse suite at the Hilton hotel in downtown Nashville (the Hilton will neither confirm nor deny that they have a guest named Mr. Penniman). I knew someone who knew someone who had his cell phone number, and in June, I cold-called him. By David Ramsey.
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Georgia strips former-president Saakashvili of citizenship in wake of Ukrainian role | News | DW.COM | 04.12.2015
Georgia has stripped former president Mikheil Saakashvili of his citizenship, more than six months after Kiev appointed him governor of Odessa in Ukraine. He has become one of Moscow's arch enemies.
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How the ‘Weeping Time’ became a lost piece of Georgia history
In Savannah, the largest single sale of human beings in U.S. history. By Rosalind Bentley.
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Poor people in the Deep South are on their own
In the Deep South’s cities, simply applying for a job exposes a particularly pervasive and isolating form of poverty. By Chico Harlan.
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The Road Goes on Forever
“I had this idea that I could arrive in Macon, Georgia, via rental sedan, nose around for a day or two, and figure something out about the South, and rock music in the South, and men in the South, and men, and death, and guitars, and the Allman Brothers Band, who, in the late 1960s, engineered a new style of rock music that was deeply and earnestly influenced by rhythm & blues but also by something else—some wildness I couldn’t isolate or define or deny.” By Amanda Petrusich.
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Mountain lion had teeth, whiskers growing out its neck
The cougar reportedly attacked a dog near the Idaho-Utah border.
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Craigory Burch Jr., Georgia lottery winner, murdered during home invasion
A recent winner of the Georgia Lottery was killed during a home invasion overnight on Thursday, reports CBS affiliate WRBL. 20-year-old Craigory Burch, Jr. won more than $400,000 in November 2015. Authorities from Ben Hill County say Burch died from gunshot wounds. Burch's girlfriend told local TV station WALB that Burch pleaded with three masked men before they shot and killed him.
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Dozens of Georgia prison guards arrested on federal charges
Arrests were being made across the state Thursday morning as about four dozen current and former state prison guards were told they face drug and bribery charges. The charges are outlined in eight federal indictments, which have recently been unsealed. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta plans an afternoon press conference to announce the charges. The indictments are part of a continuing crackdown to rid the state prison system of...
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Online legal publishers squabble over the right to copyright the law
Two big-name legal research companies are battling in federal court over the right to exclusively publish the law—in this case, the Georgia Administrative Rules and Regulations. The lawsuit (PDF) comes as states across the nation partner with legal research companies to offer exclusive publishing and licensing deals for digitizing and making available online the states' reams of laws and regulations. The only problem is that the law is not copyrightable...
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The last honky-tonk
A look at Southern Comfort’s history and the regulars who have made it a divey draw for decades. By Miranda Hawkins and Johnathon Kelso.
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Little Graves in Georgia
“Fiddlin’ John” Carson’s darkest murder ballad. By Christopher C. King.
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That Old Black Magic
Johnny Mercer preferred to write lyrics while supine, eyes closed, “as if he could dream songs into existence.” By John Lingan.
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