ITGumbo: spicing IT up

Bloggers yesterday had a schadenfreude-ic chuckle at the expense of the "advocacy" group Prism. Prism claims to be a grassroots organization in favor of increased copyright protections for scientific research. They favor making research pay-per-view even when that work is legally in the public domain and for public benefit. It turns out, however, that they only claim the moral high-ground when it will add to their own profits. Bloggers discovered yesterday that 100% of the images on Prism's home page were infringed from Getty Images, with the watermarks still on the images to prove lack of compensation.

All in all this has been a pretty scandalous blogging week, what with Republican Senator Larry Craig exposed for lewd sexual behavior (or attempting it with an undercover cop) in an airport restroom. All this, and the bloggers still have to find time to do their regular paid work, right? Today's comic confronts this dilemma.