Alex Kozinski, Fighting the Good Fight

"Blawgs" are all over the LA Times story that Judge Kozinski had a private porn site that was actually a public porn site. Well, not porn porn, but more like the pictures in the inappropriate emails that one friend of yours sends to you. A picture of a man fellating himself, naked women painted like cows, and visible hairy vaginas next to a sign saying "Bush for President" ("That is a funny joke," Kozinski still contends.)

This doesn't surprise me a whole lot. Kozinski doesn't seem to care a whole lot for propriety. After all, he's the only federal judge I know of who has used his office to get his video game reviews published. And after he addressed a class I was taking a few years ago, our professor kind of apologized for his verbosity and lack of self-awareness by explaining that he had had a lifetime appointment to the 9th Circuit for twenty years, and he had started it at the age of 35.

What's buried under the porn is the news that he had some mp3's on the site as well. Kozinski hasn't always been a friend to copyrightholders and is sensitive to fair use concerns, so some wonder if the RIAA will try to take him down. Think you've lost faith in government now? Just wait until we have impeachment proceedings against a federal judge for a file sharing conviction.

p.s. This site has the pictures that were on Kozinski's site.