SDS

If you can’t stop piracy with the hundreds of laws already on the books, i guess it cannot be done.

I stand in solidarity with Google, Wikipedia, Reddit, and all the others who are blacking out their websites to raise awareness of these terrible terrible bills.

Riot police is here now, but don’t yet appear to be doing anything. be safe.

I will be attending! will you join me? Stand up and be counted! (you almost certainly will NOT be arrested)

Greatest analysis and explanation of the cablegate i’ve seen on any media source.  you go guys!

also, another good one. . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob7vcepdeOA

i caught a screening of The director’s new film with Q&A after the show. I’m excited (pretty good seats even).

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Remember when this meant something?  Does no one else see our liberties disappearing?  Once journalists are no longer protected, then what?  who is next.  Land of the free?  not anymore.  R.I.P.

When amazon dropped wikileaks from it’s servers under government pressure without any actual criminal or copyright wrongdoing they showed where they stood in regards to the first amendment.  Anyone who disregards their principals at the approach of a powerful adversary is spineless.  Without proof, or at least due process, we are innocent in this country.    At least that is how it is supposed to be.  I encourage all holiday shoppers to avoid amazon.com.  These are scary times and we don’t need our interent providers abusing their authority and helping censor our internet.  Now dyndns.com joins the ranks of the enemies of freedom.  I did business with them for years, but no longer.  If you stand against freedom, i will vote in the most powerful way i have:  with my wallet.

When COICA came up it looked dangerous, however it turns out that it’s power was already granted inside the DMCA.  The government can already seize any website that they even suspect of copyright infringement.   however, the US government does not copyright its documents, and thus wikileaks was a terrible target.  These laws should not apply at all.  Using these methods to silence dissenters is NEVER effective.  especially in this: the information age.

did you?

The new face of privacy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP1C_h92H30

Jailbreaking, DeCSS, and more LEGAL!  read all about it.

http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/07/26

“When one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to make the operating system on that phone interoperable with an independently created application that has not been approved by the maker of the smartphone or the maker of its operating system, the modifications that are made purely for the purpose of such interoperability are fair uses.”

“The Copyright Office recognizes that the primary purpose of the locks on cell phones is to bind customers to their existing networks, rather than to protect copyrights.”