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April 20th, 2012

SIGNALBOOST

newsweek:

CISPA, a bill many are calling the return of SOPA and PIPA, heads to a vote Monday in Congress. Opponents say if it passes, you should kiss your privacy on the web goodbye.

February 14th, 2012
http://www.facebook.com/events/170835693019760/ ACTA protest, it’s in a few days, be nice if you came. if you like your internet not absolutely controlled by corporate interest and allowing generic drugs to be delivered to developing countries, ACTA is kinda a dick move towards you. {via claudetc}

http://www.facebook.com/events/170835693019760/

ACTA protest, it’s in a few days, be nice if you came. if you like your internet not absolutely controlled by corporate interest and allowing generic drugs to be delivered to developing countries, ACTA is kinda a dick move towards you.

{via claudetc}

(via lilprince)

February 3rd, 2012
SMBC

SMBC

January 27th, 2012
3liza: ACTA passed one of the several voting gates it needs to get through before becoming law. It was ratified in Poland last night.  This was the scene at Polish parliament afterwards, as (presumably) a bloc of anti-ACTA politicians expressed their displeasure and, perhaps without knowing it, foretell of the Anonymous repercussions to this bill. Some things you should know: Online petitions are meaningless.  While they are well-intentioned and organized, the signing of a digital petition takes about twenty seconds, and does not require that you leave your beanbag chair in the coal cellar.  Politicians know this, and pay just as much attention to online petitions as is warranted by a “political action” that is literally less strenuous than leaving a YouTube comment. Nothing except direct action is going to do a goddamn thing.  This means getting out in the street, it means DDoSing, it means vicious and widespread boycotts, site blackouts, and other strongarm tactics that actually impact the flow of money from corporations to lobbyists to politicians.  How do you, as a tiny flailing consumer, do this?  You can’t, really.  You can join up with groups that are intent on doing actions that actually mean something, adding your voice to a chorus of hundreds or thousands, instead of screaming alone.  You can contact celebrities, the spokespeople of our time, as ask them to leverage their followers on the issue.  You can write to Tumblr and ask for more blackouts.  None of these things will be very effective, so don’t be too disappointed when they don’t work, but they sure as fuck are more effective than online petitions, and the intense response to SOPA by corporations and consumers was responsible for getting it “tabled” (not dead, but dreaming lies). ACTA was already signed by Obama in September of 2011.  He had been praising the bill for over a year prior, and signed it without reservation.  Most of us didn’t hear about it, and he likely used the 9/11 coverage to make sure of that. Eventually, one of these bills will pass, and the pro-corporate laws will go into effect.  Expect it.  Be prepared.  Learn to circumvent this garbage and you’ll have a leg up when the feds shut down the internet as we know it. The best thing you can do now is install Tor and learn how to use it.  Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.  In order to circumvent the coming corporate takeover of the web, we’re going to have to go underground, creating a sub-internet of encrypted nodes known as a “darknet”.  It’s probably going to be like the internet was in the beginning, with most people only seeing what AOL wanted them to see, and only a small group of super-nerds existing outside of that bubble in the “real” internet.  It’ll take another twenty years for them to catch up to us again. Welcome to the grim cyberpunk future.

3liza:

ACTA passed one of the several voting gates it needs to get through before becoming law.

It was ratified in Poland last night.  This was the scene at Polish parliament afterwards, as (presumably) a bloc of anti-ACTA politicians expressed their displeasure and, perhaps without knowing it, foretell of the Anonymous repercussions to this bill.

Some things you should know:

  • Online petitions are meaningless.  While they are well-intentioned and organized, the signing of a digital petition takes about twenty seconds, and does not require that you leave your beanbag chair in the coal cellar.  Politicians know this, and pay just as much attention to online petitions as is warranted by a “political action” that is literally less strenuous than leaving a YouTube comment.
  • Nothing except direct action is going to do a goddamn thing.  This means getting out in the street, it means DDoSing, it means vicious and widespread boycotts, site blackouts, and other strongarm tactics that actually impact the flow of money from corporations to lobbyists to politicians.  How do you, as a tiny flailing consumer, do this?  You can’t, really.  You can join up with groups that are intent on doing actions that actually mean something, adding your voice to a chorus of hundreds or thousands, instead of screaming alone.  You can contact celebrities, the spokespeople of our time, as ask them to leverage their followers on the issue.  You can write to Tumblr and ask for more blackouts.  None of these things will be very effective, so don’t be too disappointed when they don’t work, but they sure as fuck are more effective than online petitions, and the intense response to SOPA by corporations and consumers was responsible for getting it “tabled” (not dead, but dreaming lies).
  • ACTA was already signed by Obama in September of 2011.  He had been praising the bill for over a year prior, and signed it without reservation.  Most of us didn’t hear about it, and he likely used the 9/11 coverage to make sure of that.

  • Eventually, one of these bills will pass, and the pro-corporate laws will go into effect.  Expect it.  Be prepared.  Learn to circumvent this garbage and you’ll have a leg up when the feds shut down the internet as we know it.

  • The best thing you can do now is install Tor and learn how to use it.  Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.  In order to circumvent the coming corporate takeover of the web, we’re going to have to go underground, creating a sub-internet of encrypted nodes known as a “darknet”.  It’s probably going to be like the internet was in the beginning, with most people only seeing what AOL wanted them to see, and only a small group of super-nerds existing outside of that bubble in the “real” internet.  It’ll take another twenty years for them to catch up to us again.

  • Welcome to the grim cyberpunk future.

(via lannistersroar)

wilwheaton:

murphysbride:

Wil Wheaton on The Young Turks, talking about SOPA and such things.

I’m making the mistake of looking at the comments on this video and trying not to say “JESUS FUCKING CHRIST QUIT MAKING STAR TREK REFERENCES THAT IS NOT WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT DON’T TELL WESLEY TO SHUT UP YOU SHUT UP.”  I mean I’m really sorry if you have problems with him as an actor but can you just take a fucking minute to appreciate how intelligent and articulate he is I MEAN JUST A FUCKING MINUTE?

I got ranty.  Anyway.  This video rules.  Wheaton rules.

I want to elect him President.  President of Everything.

WHEATON FOR PRESIDENT OF EVERYTHING

You never read the comments, and you especially don’t read the comments at YouTube, which is home to the most idiotic comments in the history of the Internet. (Ob. XKCD)

Anyway, I’m proud of what I said on Young Turks, and that’s all that matters to me.

MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought

wilwheaton:

Reinforcing the fact that Chris Dodd really does not get what’s happening, and showing just how disgustingly corrupt the MPAA relationship is with politicians, Chris Dodd went on Fox News to explicitly threaten politicians who accept MPAA campaign donations that they’d better pass Hollywood’s favorite legislation… or else:

“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who’s going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don’t ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don’t pay any attention to me when my job is at stake,”

This certainly follows what many people assumed was happening, and fits with the anonymous comments from studio execs that they will stop contributing to Obama, but to be so blatant about this kind of corruption and money-for-laws politics in the face of an extremely angry public is a really, really, really tone deaf response from Dodd. 

Wow. Chris Dodd is not only an asshole, he’s a stupid, tone deaf asshole.

It shows, yet again, that he just doesn’t get it. People were protesting not just because of the content of these bills, but because of the corrupt process of big industries like Dodd’s “buying” politicians and “buying” laws. To then come out and make that threat explicit isn’t a way to fix things or win back the public. It’s just going to get them more upset, and to recognize just how corrupt this process is. If Dodd, as he said in yesterday’s NY Times, really wanted to turn things around and come to a more reasonable result, this is exactly how not to do it

Not that it matters, and not that I’m some kind of rich mogul, but I’ll say this again: I have lost more money to creative accounting, and American workers have lost more jobs to runaway production, than anything associated with what the MPAA calls piracy. Chris Dodd is lying about piracy costing us jobs. Hollywood’s refusal to adapt to changing times is what’s costing the studios money. That’s it.

(via oxboxer)

January 23rd, 2012

If SOPA passes here are ways to access sites. REBLOG THIS

Here is how to access sites in the event of a DNS takedown.

  • Tumblr: 174.121.194.34/dashboard
  • Facebook: 69.171.224.11
  • Twitter: 174.121.194.34
  • LiveJournal: 209.200.154.225
  • Wikipedia: 208.80.152.201
  • Reddit: 72.247.244.88
  • Google: 74.125.157.99
  • Youtube: 74.125.65.91
  • Hotmail: 65.55.72.135

(via sm0lderingchildren)

by oxboxer: Aaaaand we’ve got a shitlist! Bonus material: RIAA members, ESA members, and MPAA members. Black March(/year, if you got the GUMPTION for it) isn’t about NO JOY AT ALL, it’s about consciously avoiding these specific assholes. If that means not getting that pair of Nikes(nooo?), not getting getting ME3 at midnight (NOOOO), not seeing Hunger Games in theaters (I KNOW IT HURTS ME TOO HANG IN THERE), well… that’s what it’s gonna take. DON’T TRADE YOUR INTEGRITY FOR A FEW HOURS OF DIVERSION. Especially when you live in a world where there’s musicians not beholden to a label, quality free games by independent developers, and independent filmmakers who would love your donations. Partake of the fruits the internet has borne for you! Spend your dollar on someone who doesn’t want to crush your freedom!

by oxboxer: Aaaaand we’ve got a shitlist! Bonus material: RIAA members, ESA members, and MPAA members.

Black March(/year, if you got the GUMPTION for it) isn’t about NO JOY AT ALL, it’s about consciously avoiding these specific assholes. If that means not getting that pair of Nikes(nooo?), not getting getting ME3 at midnight (NOOOO), not seeing Hunger Games in theaters (I KNOW IT HURTS ME TOO HANG IN THERE), well… that’s what it’s gonna take.

DON’T TRADE YOUR INTEGRITY FOR A FEW HOURS OF DIVERSION. Especially when you live in a world where there’s musicians not beholden to a label, quality free games by independent developers, and independent filmmakers who would love your donations. Partake of the fruits the internet has borne for you! Spend your dollar on someone who doesn’t want to crush your freedom!

(Source: beauty-in-the-attic)

January 18th, 2012

(Source: geekvariety)

January 6th, 2012

Twitter, Facebook, and Google endorse alternate online piracy bill

newsweek:

reuters:

Gautham Nagesh for The Hill - Eight of the largest Web companies have endorsed an online piracy bill offered by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) as an alternative to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate counterpart PROTECT IP.

The OPEN Act would direct online patent infringement claims against foreign websites to the International Trade Commission, which would be authorized to order online ad networks and payment processors to sever ties with the rogue foreign sites.

“The OPEN Act has attracted strong support from Silicon Valley, but criticism from the entertainment industry, which claims it wouldn’t effectively prevent piracy.” 

December 23rd, 2011

WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR: Here’s the official list of 142 organizations that support SOPA

From BitShare | by Dan Bull; Dec 21, 2011

I was reading a thread earlier on Reddit where some users had a great idea. Why not boycott the supporters of SOPA? Right now, whether SOPA gets passed or not is out of our hands and in the hands of lawmakers in Congress.

You can make a difference, if you have not yet — you can Help Save the Internet. After doing that, there isn’t much else to do, or is there?

I think this idea of boycotting supporters of SOPA is worthwhile. It can be done as convenient for you. When you have an alternative or choice when NOT to use a service provided by one of the organizations on this list below, please do so if you do not support SOPA.

Check out the list below, there are quiet a few names you will recognize and you won’t be surprised by a lot that are in support of the bill. This is the official list, provided by the House Judiciary Committee. I went ahead and bolded ones that I feel in my opinion, may be easier to boycott in our every days lives with little to no effort as long as you make conscious decisions.

  1. 60 Plus Association 
  2. ABC 
  3. Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP) 
  4. American Federation of Musicians (AFM) 
  5. American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) 
  6. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) 
  7. Americans for Tax Reform 
  8. Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States 
  9. Association of American Publishers (AAP) 
  10. Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies 
  11. Association of Talent Agents (ATA) 
  12. Baker & Hostetler LLP 
  13. Beachbody, LLC 
  14. BMI 
  15. BMG Chrysalis 
  16. Building and Construction Trades Department 
  17. Capitol Records Nashville 
  18. CBS 
  19. Cengage Learning 
  20. Christian Music Trade Association 
  21. Church Music Publishers’ Association 
  22. Coalition Against Online Video Piracy (CAOVP) 
  23. Comcast/NBCUniversal 
  24. Concerned Women for America (CWA) 
  25. Congressional Fire Services Institute 
  26. Copyhype 
  27. Copyright Alliance 
  28. Coty, Inc. 
  29. Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) 
  30. Council of State Governments 
  31. Country Music Association 
  32. Country Music Television 
  33. Covington & Burling LLP 
  34. Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP 
  35. Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C. 
  36. Creative America 
  37. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 
  38. Deluxe2 
  39. Directors Guild of America (DGA) 
  40. Disney Publishing Worldwide, Inc. 
  41. Elsevier 
  42. EMI Christian Music Group 
  43. EMI Music Publishing 
  44. ESPN 
  45. Estée Lauder Companies 
  46. Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) 
  47. Go Daddy 
  48. Gospel Music Association 
  49. Graphic Artists Guild 
  50. Hachette Book Group 
  51. HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, Inc. 
  52. Hyperion 
  53. Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) 
  54. International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE) 
  55. International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC) 
  56. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 
  57. International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) 
  58. International Trademark Association (INTA) 
  59. International Union of Police Associations 
  60. Irell & Manella LLP 
  61. Jenner & Block LLP 
  62. Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 
  63. Kendall Brill & Klieger LLP 
  64. Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP 
  65. L’Oreal 
  66. Lathrop & Gage LLP 
  67. Loeb & Loeb LLP 
  68. Lost Highway Records 
  69. Macmillan 
  70. Major County Sheriffs 
  71. Major League Baseball 
  72. Majority City Chiefs 
  73. Marvel Entertainment, LLC 
  74. MasterCard Worldwide 
  75. MCA Records 
  76. McGraw-Hill Education 
  77. Mercury Nashville 
  78. Minor League Baseball (MiLB) 
  79. Minority Media & Telecom Council (MMTC) 
  80. Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP 
  81. Morrison & Foerster LLP 
  82. Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) 
  83. Moving Picture Technicians3 
  84. MPA – The Association of Magazine Media 
  85. National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) 
  86. National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators 
  87. National Association of State Chief Information Officers 
  88. National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) 
  89. National Center for Victims of Crime 
  90. National Crime Justice Association 
  91. National District Attorneys Association 
  92. National Domestic Preparedness Coalition 
  93. National Football League 
  94. National Governors Association, Economic Development and Commerce Committee 
  95. National League of Cities 
  96. National Narcotics Offers’ Associations’ Coalition 
  97. National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) 
  98. National Songwriters Association 
  99. National Troopers Coalition 
  100. News Corporation 
  101. Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 
  102. Pearson Education 
  103. Penguin Group (USA), Inc. 
  104. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) 
  105. Phillips Nizer, LLP 
  106. Pfizer, Inc. 
  107. Proskauer Rose LLP 
  108. Provident Music Group 
  109. Random House 
  110. Raulet Property Partners 
  111. Republic Nashville 
  112. Revlon 
  113. Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP 
  114. Scholastic, Inc. 
  115. Screen Actors Guild (SAG) 
  116. Shearman & Sterling LLP 
  117. Showdog Universal Music 
  118. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 
  119. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 
  120. Sony/ATV Music Publishing 
  121. Sony Music Entertainment 
  122. Sony Music Nashville 
  123. State International Development Organization (SIDO) 
  124. The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) 
  125. The Perseus Books Groups 
  126. The United States Conference of Mayors 
  127. Tiffany & Co. 
  128. Time Warner4 
  129. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 
  130. UMG Publishing Group Nashville 
  131. United States Chamber of Commerce 
  132. United States Tennis Association 
  133. Universal Music 
  134. Universal Music Publishing Group 
  135. Viacom 
  136. Visa, Inc. 
  137. W.W. Norton & Company 
  138. Warner Music Group 
  139. Warner Music Nashville 
  140. White & Case LLP 
  141. Wolters Kluewer Health 
  142. Word Entertainment 

{via wilwheaton | allshare}