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Short diary. Just wanted to note that Darrell Issa did an "ask me anything" on reddit this morning specifically about his call for a 2 year moratorium on internet legislation.
http://www.reddit.com/...
by papa monzano
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on Wed Nov 28, 2012 at 12:07 PM PST
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With this hilarious Onion video about Cloud computing it makes an important point: everyone is talking about "Cloud computing" but it seems like few know what it is.
It's important to know what ...
by CartoonDiablo
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on Sun Jul 29, 2012 at 11:43 PM PDT
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Prompted by this bit of news, I have decided to examine the track record of the anti-internet, anti-speech, anti-file sharing, pro-corporate, Orwellian-named "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" (...
by Australian2
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on Thu Jul 05, 2012 at 02:02 AM PDT
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Not a lot to say about this (I know, I should have at least 3 decent paragraphs...), but the photo of the European Parliament just after the vote is worth thousands of words (the ones that ACTA ...
by watercarrier4diogenes
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on Wed Jul 04, 2012 at 03:56 PM PDT
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In a stunning reversal brought about by massive European protests, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been overwhelmingly rejected by the European Union's Parliament in a vote of 478-...
by David Harris Gershon
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on Wed Jul 04, 2012 at 11:06 AM PDT
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The Words That Get You A Big Brother You May Not Want!
Government monitoring of emails, Tweets, Facebook posts, Instant Messages or for that matter, just about any social media outlets that ...
by Jillian Barclay
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on Wed May 30, 2012 at 09:23 AM PDT
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Under a president deemed worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, the will of the authoritarian tyrant caste is being written permanently into American law.
H.R. 347/S1794, otherwise known as the “...
by ZakkFlash
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on Thu Apr 19, 2012 at 07:20 AM PDT
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Or so the MPAA, RIAA, Facebook, and the government would have you believe.
The defeat of SOPA has not proved to be a deterrent, it has been seen as a bump in the road. The foes of privacy are ...
by LostBuckeye
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on Wed Apr 18, 2012 at 07:00 AM PDT
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I know that the JOBS ( Justifying U nscrupulous B ucket S hops) Act has passed the Senate, or at least past its last major procedural hurdle. (It’s hard to tell from the stories.)
I also know ...
by LunkHead
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on Thu Mar 22, 2012 at 11:17 AM PDT
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Yes, I know, that's not exactly something you expect to see posted on DKos -- at least, not posted in a non-ironic fashion -- but, as Kos has noted, the Republicans stepped up to the plate to oppose ...
by The Baptist Death Ray
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on Thu Mar 08, 2012 at 07:08 AM PST
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Obviously, I didn't sign ACTA, but Slovenian Ambassador Helena Drnovšek Zorko wrote why she signed ACTA. For those of you who do not already ...
by nerve
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on Thu Feb 02, 2012 at 06:42 AM PST
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Giants and Patsies bring their show to Indy to tee it up for Super 46. In other news #OWS Oakland bringing some, #OWS helps shut down SOPA, so the Corporatists come back with ACTA, bound and ...
by winkk
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on Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 09:51 PM PST
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Do you want Mr. Obama to win the elections this fall? Then please help him by contacting him to tell him to stop doing one of the most boneheaded things a politician can do these days - alienate ...
by joe shikspack
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on Fri Feb 03, 2012 at 05:32 AM PST
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Apparently the Poles received a phone call from the U.S. embassy that was asking about the vote about internet privacy and censorship.
by Horace Boothroyd III
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on Mon Jan 30, 2012 at 06:00 AM PST
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Giants and Patsies bring their show to Indy to tee it up for Super 46. In other news #OWS Oakland kicking ass, #OWS helps shut down SOPA, so the Corporatists come back with ACTA, bound and ...
by winkk
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on Sun Jan 29, 2012 at 09:02 PM PST
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If you thought the battle over Internet censorship with SOPA and PIPA was over, think again. Anon has issued an ultimatum... jump the squiggle!
by Clive all hat no horse Rodeo
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on Sun Jan 29, 2012 at 04:20 AM PST
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Legacy media companies are pushing hard for legislation to shield them from competition. They might be better off if they worked at improving their offerings.
Cross posted ...
by danps
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on Sat Jan 28, 2012 at 03:06 AM PST
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Was killing SOPA and PIPA (and what we learned in the process) a demonstration of Democracy in Action or exhibit A proving that our democracy has been hijacked?
by Dennis Trainor Jr
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on Thu Jan 26, 2012 at 10:21 AM PST
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First, a bit of background:
*ACTA*, the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement", has been called the international version of SOPA/PIPA/PCIPA. In fact, ACTA is the _reason_ & _inspiration_ for the ...
by Brown Thrasher
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on Wed Jan 25, 2012 at 09:10 PM PST
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A petition seeking 25,000 signatures by Feb 20 is up at the Whitehouse.gov petition site.
by Friendlystranger
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on Mon Jan 23, 2012 at 11:41 AM PST
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