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- Start typing and reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
The Surveillance State Expands, Will You Help Stop It?
As AP and other news sources have written, the Democratic and Republican party leadership worked to extend the expiring provisions of the PATRIOT Act with as little debate as possible. They did this at a time when the Federal government … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, Copyright, Freedom of Speech, Privacy, Transparency
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Posted Play-jurisms Talk Slides
I am really looking forward to presenting my talk at the Play-jurisms conference this Saturday. I stayed up late to finish the slides for the talk, and perhaps it shows for good or ill. I did end up changing the … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Organizing, Out And About
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Patriot Act renewal up for a vote
… and this time it’s worse! The House Judiciary Committee approved renewing three awful provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act: Extend through Dec 31st, 2017 Section 215 powers which let the government secretly grab information about you without a court … Continue reading
Posted in Organizing, Out And About, Privacy, Transparency
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COICA is dead, PROTECT IP Act rises in its place
The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) bill is dead it seems. However, the entertainment industry and their lackeys supporters in Congress have introduced the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, Copyright, Freedom of Speech, Organizing
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