Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

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Inside Anti-SOPA Darrell Issa's Laboratory For Digital Democracy

Adam Clark Estes | Atlantic Wire | December 19, 2011

Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican from California, is quickly becoming known as the most outspoken proponent of a free and open Internet, and according to a new Fast Company profile, his tech-savvy could reshape how Congress writes laws. Read More »

Issa Launches The Open Gov Foundation

Sarah Lai Stirland | TechPresident | June 11, 2012

California Congressman Darrell Issa, a prominent advocate for Internet users, open government, and transparency issues unveiled a new initiative Monday called the Open Gov Foundation. Read More »

Mozilla Tells The FCC To Grow A Spine, Reclassify ISPs As Common Carriers

Brad Reed | BGR | May 5, 2014

Mozilla might not be as big as Google or Netflix in most consumers’ minds but as the maker of the popular Firefox browser, it does have some clout. That’s why it’s noteworthy that Mozilla on Monday recommended that the Federal Communications Commission use the “nuclear option” against Internet service providers by reclassifying them as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act...

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Net Neutrality's Death Could Spark Populist Revolt

Ron Fournier | National Journal | May 6, 2014

With echoes of the Gilded Age, Washington coddles moneyed, monopolistic internet barons...If history is a guide, our generation's Standard Oil, the populists' boogeyman, may be Comcast, Verizon and/or AT&T – the sprawling internet providers who, like Rockefeller and his railroad co-conspirators, could monopolize the price and quality of indispensable goods.

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Of Aaron Swartz, Open Access And #PDF Tributes

Deepa Kurup | The Hindu | January 15, 2013

So in a fitting tribute on Monday, academics across the world paid tribute to this legendary hacker and advocate of a free and equal Internet by putting up PDFs of their copyrighted works online. On the micro-blogging site Twitter, the hashtag #PDFTribute trended all day, triggering a progressive and open debate on copyright, academic work and access.

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Open Access Meeting Reflections—SPARC 2012

Abby Clobridge | Information Today, Inc | March 26, 2012

Ten years after the movement was launched through the Budapest Open Access Initiative, open access (OA) is thriving, flourishing, and becoming a core element in the broader “Open Knowledge” movement that includes Open Educational Resources (OER), Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), Open Data, and Open Science among others, all of which share the common goals of providing free, unrestricted access to different types of information and knowledge. Read More »

Open Source: The Stealth Stimulus Package

Simon Phipps | InfoWorld | August 3, 2012

If I asked you to account for your energy consumption, you might list your laundry equipment on the spreadsheet. We'd see how much you spend using your dryer each month -- quite a large amount. Worried by the cost, you might then opt for a clothesline in your yard. Naturally, your costs have gone down. But has your energy usage? Read More »

Opinion: In Wake Of Aaron Swartz’s Death, Professors Should Consider Open Access

David Scheuermann | The Daily Reveille | January 22, 2013

I would like to focus on what I think was most important to Swartz: his determination to provide free and open access to scholarly research. As college students, it’s easy to take our access to the latest scholarly journals and research for granted. Paid for by our institution, most articles we need can be easily found and read in the library. Unfortunately for the general public, most scholarly research is sealed away behind paywalls.

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Pols To Ad Networks: Pretend We Passed SOPA, And Never Mind About Violating Antitrust Law

Mitch Stoltz | Electronic Frontier Foundation | May 8, 2014

A group of United States Senators and Representatives is asking Internet advertising networks to create a blacklist of alleged "piracy sites" and refuse to serve ads to those sites. If this idea sounds familiar, that's probably because it was an integral part of the infamous Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, legislation that was stopped in its tracks two years ago after a massive protest by Internet users...

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Real Copyright Reform Starts With Listening To Users, Not Just The Usual Suspects

Corynne McSherry | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | July 24, 2013

In the next baby step on the long march toward reforming the Copyright Act, the House Judiciary Committee is holding hearings on the importance of the “copyright and technology sectors” to the U.S. economy. The first will be held tomorrow. Read More »

RIP, Aaron Swartz, And Why Open-Access Matters

Karla Starr | Psychology Today | January 15, 2013

Last week, 26-year-old Aaron Swartz hanged himself. Swartz was a champion of open everything: open access code, open access journals, and fought for a utopian version of the internet. In that utopian version of the internet, people have access to information, and freedom of speech trumps SOPA and other draconian copyright laws... Read More »

SOPA: The Bill That Could Kill the Internet

Suw Charman-Anderson | First Post | November 16, 2011

The key problem with SOPA is that it seeks to allow any copyright holder to sever any website’s relationship with online advertising networks or credit card processing services, simply by pointing the finger.

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The Internet's Anti-NSA Revolt Starts Tuesday

Dustin Volz | Nextgov | February 6, 2014

Thousands of civil-liberty and online-freedom groups and websites will take to the digital streets next week to wage a coordinated war against the National Security Agency's spying powers, a battle strike reminiscent of a virtual protest that two years ago killed an online piracy bill. Read More »

The Internet’s Own Boy Review: Remembering—And Honoring—Aaron Swartz

Sam Machkovech | Ars Technica | July 19, 2014

Documentary overcomes bias to tell reddit co-founder's tragic, remarkable story...

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Web Inventor Berners-Lee Warns Forces Are 'Trying To Take Control'

James Hurley | The Telegraph | June 8, 2013

Companies and governments “trying to take control of the internet” are undermining the founding principles of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned. Read More »