Internet Freedom Day, the anniversary of the largest internet protest (against SOPA) is being celebrated around the world wide web with an act of civil disobedience to simultaneously honour Aaron Swartz. If SOPA had been passed I could go to jail for posting this video. It is copyrighted – even though it is a record […]
You should stop what you are doing right now and go read and then sign the Internet Declaration Of Freedom. DECLARATION We stand for a free and open Internet. We support transparent and participatory processes for making Internet policy and the establishment of five basic principles: Expression: Don’t censor the Internet. Access: Promote universal access […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]