Hang your pitchforks on a nearby peg?
Big media tech journalist David Pogue posted about the enormous SOPA/PIPA protests that potentially killed the bills for now, but probably not forever — these bills themselves are the successors to the failed COICA legislation from 2010, and it may not be long before language like this shows up again… so keep those pitchforks handy [...]
For #SOPA Blackout day: a challenge to make things better
Today, many important websites are “going dark” to protest the anti-piracy bills working their way through the US Congress. I’m joining in this protest, because I think the bills would “break” the Internet as we know it, as the only medium known to humanity that could enable virtually anyone to access speech published by virtually [...]
The Copyright Problem: a broken record?
I just got my ArtsJournal email summary of arts-related news in my inbox. And inside, they called a piece in the Valentines Day New York Times “The Copyright Problem.” They often link to articles with a phrase of their choosing rather than the author’s, so I quickly clicked over to see what the problem with [...]
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