Today is a good day, and it’s only getting started! First, the greatest news that’s happened in a while- the RIAA has publicly stated that they are ending individual lawsuits against file sharers! Of course, there’s the 35,000 individuals that unfortunately got sued and lost money needlessly, so it’s hard to forgive still. The greater victory is that we’re not making criminals out of our citizens needlessly. There are way too many people to thank for helping to get to this point, but I’ll be the first to say I’m grateful.

The second good piece of news is that Al Franken has taken his first lead in the Minnesota senate race (I saw it live at The Uptake (donate to them!)), and most news outlets seem to be favoring him as the eventual victor. If rejected absentee ballots are counted, I don’t think there’s going to be any question – those are projected to heavily favor Franken.

Update 12/22:

Franken’s still projected to be up by about 50 votes after the primary recount and before the absentee ballots are counted. We’ll know more tomorrow, live coverage at The Uptake.