Tag: Copyright enforcement
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Calling out RIAA and MPAA lies over SOPA & PIPA
Or to use their term ‘misinformation’. Really the RIAA and MPAA don’t seem to know when to lick their wounds and give it a rest, judging by their petty and frankly wrong response to the successful Internet Blackout and actions by Wikipedia and Google – so it’s nice to see Techdirt calling them out line…
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Star Wars Uncut: The Director’s Cut
Crowdsourcing at it’s best, it’s usually most successful when it’s something to do with sci-fi or Star Wars – in this case the latter, a project where people were asked to remake Star Wars in 15 second chunks, it’s brilliant, and now the Director’s Cut is online (wonder if key scenes and characters have been…
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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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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…