Soldiers Electrocuted in Iraq and Cory Doctorow on the Creative Commons
07/17/2008 at 12:00 p.m.
Should anyone be allowed to copy what you create online? We talk with Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing blogger, science fiction writer, and technology opinionater. Should the government protect your copyright? What do you think?
Also today, an American soldier in Iraq was electrocuted in the shower. He's not the only one. Eleven electrocution deaths have been attributed to poor work by Haliburton KBR, one of the nation's biggest defense contractors. We'll hear from a former KBR electrician about the under–cover story of non–combat deaths in Iraq.
Guest(s)
Cory Doctorow blogs and edits Boing Boing and Craphound. He's an activist, a science fiction writer, and a "technology person." His new book for young adults is Little Brother.
Debbie Crawford is a journeyman electrician with thirty years of experience. She worked for the defense contractor KBR in Iraq from 2004–2006 and testified about work standards before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on July 11. She lives in Battle Ground, Washington.
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- Boing Boing
- Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures, Debbie Crawford's blog
- 'Media Continues to Give Little Play to 'Noncombat' Deaths in Iraq--and Contractor Abuses,' Editor and Publisher
- 'Iraq Not Up To Code,' The Columbian
- Contractor Under Fire for Iraq Electrocutions Army Times
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