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January 29 2012
“ There is a world of difference between a democracy banning speech on “security” grounds when the citizens know what the decision is, who made it, and how to change it, and a dictatorship banning its own “security”-infringing speech by autocratic fiat. ”— Twitter, Democracy, and Internet Freedom | TechCrunch
January 27 2012
“ “We sell over 100,000 of these masks a year, and it’s by far the best-selling mask that we sell,” said Howard Beige, executive vice president of Rubie’s Costume, a New York costume company that produces the mask. “In comparison, we usually only sell 5,000 or so of our other masks.” The Vendetta mask, which sells for about $6 at many retailers, is made in Mexico or China, Mr. Beige said. ”— Masked Anonymous Protesters Aid Time Warner’s Profits - NYTimes.com
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January 26 2012
“— Twitter caves to global censorship, will block content on country-specific basis as required - Boing BoingA new Twitter policy which goes into effect today allows the social network "to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country," so that Twitter can further expand globally and "enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression."
The Twitter blog post announcing this news was titled "Tweets still must flow." And yes they must, but apparently in some countries, only if they're censored?
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“— EU countries – including Ireland and Poland – sign ACTA treaty - New Media - New Media | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News ServiceEither way, the treaty was signed today by European nations, including Belgium, the UK, Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
The signing took place at a ceremony at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The treaty has already been signed by Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore and the US
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“ Critics, mistrust and suspicion is one thing, but panic, mumbling and spreading disinformation is another thing. Looking at some finds on the biggest Polish social news platforms, looking at the comments of some readers, I get the impression that the lion's share of the protesters have no idea what ACTA is about. They've made up fantastic stories and are passing them on. The mass is getting crazy “Impale PM”, “Let's burn the Minister on the stake!”, “They will all lock us down in prisons!”. And then also Anonymous, who just make the whole protest look ridiculous in the eyes of mature older voters. ”— Poland: Government Will Sign ACTA Despite Massive Protest - Global Voices Advocacy
“ Now, it’s obvious where Google is going with this: It wants to be more like Facebook and Apple, both of which have a completely-unified, walled-garden approach — and both of which are enjoying huge leaps in revenue and profits, while Google falls short of quarterly expectations. Nothing happens on an Apple device without Cupertino’s knowledge, and as a result Apple can perfectly tailor its devices for its users (and ratchet up record-breaking quarterly earnings in the process). Facebook — because everything is centralized under the facebook.com domain — enjoys unprecedented access to the surfing habits, likes, shares, and messages of its users. On the other side of the fence, with a slew of discordant, disconnected properties, Google seems to be flailing. SPYW and the March 1 privacy changes are simply the next step in Google’s (rather messy) attempt to weave everything together, before it loses any more ground. ”— Google is FUBAR | ExtremeTech
“ Avec la loi Hadopi, le projet de loi SOPA/PIPA et la fermeture de Megaupload, les tentatives de censure par des lobbys qui voient leurs cadenas sauter continueront sans aucun doute. Voulons-nous la culture que l’on nous impose depuis si longtemps ou la vraie, celle que l’on découvre et qui nous parle vraiment ? Si l’on veut défendre cette culture non officielle qui se bat pour survivre, il faut se battre contre cette dictature des majors qui cherche à imposer sa vision éculée d’un monde sans Internet par des actions liberticides. ”— [LePlus.Nouvelobs] Megaupload : Quand les majors tentent d'imposer leur propre vision de la culture | La Quadrature du Net
“— 2011: November - February Political Notes - Richard StallmanGoogle plans to combine its various user-surveillance data bases so as to know more about each user.
It may be possible to overcome this by having several user names, one for each Google service. However, it is much better if you prevent Google from knowing who you are. For instance, if you make sure that your Google searches are not even known to be from one person.
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January 25 2012
“copyright means that you can stop people from saying something if you said it before. copyright is a case of censorship by it's very definition, and censorship is a crime. many crimes have beneficiaries, and some of the beneficiaries may even be artists or scientists.and yes, we should value art and science much more than we do currently. but we may do this by giving them inspiraton, supporting them financially and mentally and by sharing their works. it does not give anyone the right to beat, rob and jail people to silence.end copyright.”
January 23 2012
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