Category: Copyleft
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First SOPA/PIPA – then ACTA. Round 2!
OK fresh from the wins of the Great Internet Blackout, it’s time to remember that ACTA, The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (remember that?) has NOT gone away, it’s coming up for the final vote in the European Union, despite major problems with the lack of transparency, a massive vote against it in 2010, private and public…
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Japanese Star Wars commercial made of nutritious quality WTF
First view: Speechless…completely and utterly speechless. Second view: o.O – why does Chewie have a monkey sound effect? Third view: I’m guessing George Lucas didn’t approve this. Also love the Cantina-band-meets-Buck-Rogers-space-disco soundtrack. CHEESE CHICKEN! < or similar (?) P.S. Of course cos of SOPA video like this would be pulled off YouTube in a second…
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Stop SOPA and such stealth censorship dressed up as a protection racket
I will be supporting Stop SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) & PROTECT IP Act joining the internet blackout and anti-SOPA/PIPA online protests along with many other people from Boing Boing to WordPress (yay!) to Mozilla to Google to the Raging Grannies (yeah!) on the 18th AND the 23rd. And this video (although the guy is…
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SOPA act protest causes GoDaddy to back down
Those who follow me on Twitter/Facebook or very tech-eagle-eyed might have noticed that my domain host changed for Radio CLash a few days ago to host in the Bahamas. Reason for this was growing upset with GoDaddy, my previous host whose CEO not only makes RyanAir’s CEO look warm and fuzzy (elephant hunting!??) but they…
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Mutant Pop Two – Bastard Pop Class of 2002 stand tall!
Here’s the second part of the Mutant Pop compilations, a lot of the same suspects except some Kylie tastic bastard pop / mashups (and mashup history via the BRITS), DJ Spec’s classic Nelly vs Grange Hill pops up as does Philly Da Kid’s Eminem vs Smiths mash which still does the business. Includes the first…