The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz documentary review: threat to the system
An essential — and enraging — documentary about activist Aaron Swartz, a danger to corporate hegemony whose work could not be allowed to continue.
SOPA
question of the day: Will capitalism itself take down the copyright lobby?
Movies and TV aren’t dead, entertainment startup funder Y Combinator takes pains to note, only the Hollywood paradigm of making and distributing them. Is it inevitable that someone will come up with new ways of making money off entertainment that Hollywood either can’t see or is afraid to use?
how much coverage of SOPA have you seen in the mainstream American media?
The corporations whose lobbyists are responsible for SOPA and PROTECT IP are the same corporations who run the mainstream news media. It is not in their best interest to tell you about all the things happening that will affect you.
the MPAA doesn’t like SOPA strikers, wah wah
They’re afraid…
what Google looks like from a U.S. IP address today
For the benefit of my non-U.S. readers on this day of Web strikes by American sites to protest SOPA/PROTECT IP…
watch it: “Conspiracy Theory Rock By Robert Smigel”
Aired on Saturday Night Live once, in 1998, and has been edited out of reruns ever since…
FlickFilosopher.com will join the SOPA protest on Wednesday, January 18
The Stop Online Piracy Act will kill the Internet as we know it…
question of the day: What is the scariest thing about SOPA, and how scared are you?
I might choose the proud ignorance of America’s elected officials. All the other horrors — the attack on civil liberties, the kowtowing to big corporations, the overarching arrogance of the whole thing — stem from this.
