The future of the internet: Can downloading really be illegal?
January 19, 2011 A casual, quick video podcast on the piracy versus censorship debate.
FBI homepage taken down by hackers
January 19, 2012 5:30 PST The FBI homepage has been taken down by hacker groups using a D-DOS attack. Hacker groups have been shutting down home pages all day in response to the take-down of Megaupload.com, which is claimed to be back up and running at megavideo.bz, though this URL is currently a dead link….
Megaupload.com shutdown & Internet futurism
January 19, 2012 One of the world’s most popular download sites, Megaupload.com, was shut down by US government today. The co-founders of Megaupload, and two employees, have been arrested and are being extradited to the US for trial, after which they could face significant prison sentences.
My debate with Senator Dianne Feinstein on PIPA & SOPA
After writing letters urging my elected officials to oppose PIPA & SOPA, I got a response from California’s Demopublicratican politician Dianne Feinstein. Below is my response to her response. Looks like we’ve got a debate brewing. Fun!
Congress wants to strip your citizenship (H.R. 3166: EEA)
January 13, 2012 “Supporting ‘terrorism’ would be an expatriating act… Decades ago, the greatest threat to our national security was posed by foreign states. Today, however, international terror networks, like Al Quaeda, have equaled, and in some cases exceeded the threat posed by foreign states.” [Direct link to video if embed fails] This is what…
Why congress is missing the point on SOPA & PIPA (the internet censorship bill)
January 13, 2012 Regardless of whether your elected politicians are in favor of or opposed to SOPA & PIPA (aka the internet censorship bill), odds are that they’ve arrived at their position because they think it’s best for the economy. The internet censorship bill protect the livelihoods of middlemen, who depend on the ability…
Top 2 reasons why SOPA & PIPA are dangerous
January 13, 2012 There are many reasons why SOPA & PIPA, (aka internet censorship) would hurt our world. You could become a felon for streaming the wrong video! Here are the two biggest and most dangerous reasons: 1.) An unelected government official will have absolute power in censoring the internet. The USA will be China,…