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*NEWS. Cannabis, drugs, drug reform, drug war.

*Why European drug reform is ahead of USA. Media?
*Fair Use versus Public Domain.
*Fair Use notices. Various sources.
*Parody and free speech.

*Drug war charts, and more.


NEWS. Cannabis, drugs, drug reform, and drug war. [TopLink]

Many of these sites have search engines, too.

Audio and video sites in this first section.

*CRRH. Streaming audio and video online.
http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/video_news.html
 *Cultural Baggage on Pacifica Radio KPFT.
http://www.cultural-baggage.com/kpft.htm
*DrugSense Net Radio. Online streaming radio news.
http://www.drugsense.org/radio
*Flashpoints Radio. KPFA FM 94.1, Berkeley USA.
Streaming audio. Daily news, links, photos, archives.
http://www.flashpoints.net
*HempEvolution.org multimedia news.
http://thehempevolution.org
*High Times Radio.
http://www.hightimes.com/htsite/lounge/index.php?page=radio
*POT-TV Internetwork. Online streaming video and audio.
http://www.pot-tv.net

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*420Times.com News. http://www.420times.com
*AlterNet: DrugReporter.
http://www.alternet.org/issues/index.html?IssueAreaID=17
*BBSNews Drug War News. More than forty categories.
http://bbsnews.net/dailys
 *B.C.Marijuana Party. http://www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca
*CannabisCulture.com News http://www.cannabisculture.com
*Cannabis Culture Archives http://www.cannabisculture.com/library
*Cannabis Culture magazine. Back issues online. Exceptional stuff.
http://www.cannabisculture.com/backissues
 *CannabisHealth.com - Canada's premiere Medical Marijuana publication.
http://www.cannabishealth.com 
*CannabisLegalNews (CLN): Drogenpolitische Neuigkeiten von Cannabislegal.de
 http://www.cannabislegal.de/cln/index.htm --in German. Weekly news.
*CannabisMD News & Views. http://cannabismd.org/news
*CannabisNews.com (large archives) http://www.cannabisnews.com
*cc:news - news, information, comment on the cannabis issue.
http://www.ccnews.org.uk/
*CORAFax archive. International drug war news.
http://www.radicalparty.org/elist/archivio/corafax/al_corafax_en.htm
To subscribe to CORAFax email newsletter:
http://lb.bcentral.com/ex/manage/subscriberprefs?customerid=5596
 *DrBongs.com News. http://www.drbongs.com/news
 *DRCNet. Drug War Chronicle. http://stopthedrugwar.org 
*DRCNet. Drug War Chronicle search. http://stopthedrugwar.org/search
*Drug Policy Alliance. News. http://www.drugpolicy.org/news
*Drugscope - News. http://www.drugscope.org.uk/news_home.asp
 *DrugPolicyDigest.com http://www.drugpolicydigest.com
*DrugSense Weekly http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm
*DrugWar.com http://www.drugwar.com
 *DrugWarRant.com http://drugwarrant.com
*Erowid : What's New? http://www.erowid.org/new.shtml
*Green Party Drugs Group. UK news.
 http://www.greenparty.org.uk/drugs/news/news.htm
 *Hemp Evolution: Cannabis Activist Information & Marijuana Resources:
http://www.hempevolution.org
*High Times. News, events, etc.. http://www.hightimes.com
*HeroinTimes.com http://www.herointimes.com
*IACM-Bulletin archives http://www.cannabis-med.org
*Indymedia. Portland, Oregon. Drug War News page:
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/topic/drugwar
*Indymedia. San Francisco. Drug War News page:
http://sf.indymedia.org/features/drugwar
 *Indymedia. San Francisco Bay Area. Drug War News page:
 http://www.indybay.org/drugwar
*JoinTogether.org http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news
*MAP. DrugNews (huge archives) http://www.mapinc.org
*MAP. DrugSenseBot. Unfiltered news. http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot
*Marijuana.com News. http://www.marijuana.com/420/forumdisplay.php?f=122
*MarijuanaNews.com http://marijuananews.com
*MPP. Marijuana Policy Project. http://www.mpp.org
*NarcoNews.com http://www.narconews.com
 *NarcoSphere. http://narcosphere.narconews.com
*NORML News. http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?wtm_view=daily_news
*NORML weekly. Archive. http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3442
*UK Cannabis Internet Activists http://www.ukcia.org
 *US Marijuana Party blog. http://usmjparty.blogspot.com
*Yahoo! News Full Coverage - Health - Medical Marijuana:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=Health&cat=Medical_Marijuana


http://www.CannabisNews.com

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Why is European drug reform so far ahead of USA? Better media? [TopLink]

I've often wondered why Europe seems to be so far ahead of the USA in humane drug reform. After compiling link lists of news sources for drug war and drug reform info; and after compiling link lists of forums, email lists, and newsgroups that are favorable to drug reform; I think I know a few reasons why.

One big reason, in my opinion, is that there are more truly nonprofit and independent media in Europe compared to the USA. In the USA, I can only think offhand of National Public Radio, but they now have lots of advertising from corporate underwriters. Their coverage of issues does not seem nearly as good, or as independent, as the European nonprofits like the BBC, Guardian, Observer, etc..

I consider forums, email lists, and newsgroups to be basically nonprofit because the posters are not paid. The bandwidth and web hosting of forums, email lists, and newsgroups may be paid for by advertising banners, but posters are fairly free to post their honest opinions, and without spin. This is in great contrast to the writings and scripts of authors for the corporate media.

Also, I find the European forums and newsgroups to be far more informed than those in the USA. Especially concerning drug reform. And politics and economics in general. That makes sense if what I am saying about the quality of the news from the European nonprofits is true.

Also, there seems to be a larger variety of political, economic, and drug reform viewpoints in Europe's media. Since all, or nearly all, of Europe has proportional representation and many political parties with seats in legislatures, this makes sense.

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FAIR USE versus PUBLIC DOMAIN. [TopLink]

"Fair Use" laws do not apply to "Public Domain" articles. See the section farther down about fair use.

"Public Domain" means the expression is NOT copyrighted. It means that no rights are reserved, and that the materials can't be copyrighted in the future. So the materials can be posted anywhere in any form, whether revised or not. Once an expression is declared to be in the public domain, it loses all copyright protections, and anybody can use the expression in any way. So, fair use laws that limit how copyrighted materials can be republished do not apply to public domain materials.

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"Fair use" notices from various locations. [TopLink]

Common Dreams NewsCenter - News & Views for the Progressive Community
http://www.commondreams.org/

Quotes from website begin:

"Common Dreams NewsCenter is a non-profit news service
providing breaking news and views for the Progressive Community."

"FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner."

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*** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section
107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and
educational purposes. Feel free to distribute widely but PLEASE
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http://www.cannabisnews.com

In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 and The Berne Convention on Literary and Artistic Works, Article 10, news clippings on this site are made available without profit for research and educational purposes. Any trademarks, trade names, service marks, or service names used on this site are the property of their respective owners.

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Parody and free speech. [TopLink]

"There ought to be limits to freedom. We're aware of this site, and this guy is just a garbage man, that's all he is." -- George W. Bush, discussing a web site that parodies him.
http://www.gwbush.com ___
Many fun facts and banners can be found at gwbush.com

gwbush.com ___
*Names of inmates in Texas being held for offenses which are no longer punishable by prison time.
http://www.egroups.com/message/drugwarnews/288 ___
*Bush Campaign Loses Bid To Censor Web Site. Parody site wins at Federal Election Commission. April 20, 2000 in Washington Post:
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00.n531.a07.html ___
*Parody as a Protected Form of Speech. "I'm your host Jamin B. Raskin, a professor of Constitutional Law at American University, in Washington, D.C., and co-director of its Program on Law and Government. I'll be writing a weekly column and participating in the USLaw.com Community."
http://www.uslaw.com/library/article/TNPCrimeandCourts082800.html

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Drug war charts, and more. [TopLink]