News You Can Bruise for 2002 June 7

Craig Newmark of Craig's List, plaintiff in the EFF's newly-filed lawsuit:

"I want to give my nephews and nieces a break from the rampant consumerism on TV by using ReplayTV's commercial skipping feature."

Hey, I've got an idea: how about not having them watch the damn TV? If you dislike rampant consumerism, the answer is not to purchase a specialized device for editing it out.