Posts Tagged ‘net neutrality’
Democracy & Digital Media
Democracy & Digital Media

This is a thing I wrote last year and since I’m feeling both lazy and yet compelled to post fresh content on my blog – here it is: DEMOCRACY & DIGITAL MEDIA Digital media is more than just a source of news and opinion, it is an extension of the human nervous system and as […]

Eben Moglen – Innovation Under Austerity
Eben Moglen – Innovation Under Austerity

Eben Moglen gave the keynote address at the Freedom To Connect (F2C2012) conference and it was followed up with a detailed Q&A – all of which you can watch right here. In total it runs just under an hour and a half but it is time well spent and you must, at the very least, […]

Breaking The Internet
Breaking The Internet

There has been a lot of noise recently about various legal and quasi-legal attempts to hand control of the internet over to corporate interests all in the loudly proclaimed causes of protecting intellectual property and saving the children. This is, of course, pure horseshit. I’ve embedded here two different documents for you to peruse at […]

CISPA Infographic
CISPA Infographic

Nicely done infographic that neatly summarizes all that is wrong with the U.S. “Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act” or CISPA. President Obama has promised to veto this bill when it crosses his desk – if he doesn’t then he’s just as big of a schmuck as the knobheads who already support it. Infographic designed […]

Too Much Copyright – Reason.TV
Too Much Copyright – Reason.TV

Zach Weissmueller presents this Reason.TV piece addressing the fucked up nature of US copyright law. It’s a very interesting discussion with law professor Tom Bell and Ben Sheffner who is the head counsel for the MPAA and Ben Huh, the founder of Cheezeburger. After you hear what they have to say be sure to check […]

My New Blog
My New Blog

I’ve had a blog going since 2006 on my old web site millsworks.net and it has endured a number of changes in style, structure and content over the years – usually when I fucked up something and didn’t have anything archived. A big chunk of what I used to do can be found, in bits […]