There's a petition to investigate that Friend of Angelo, Chris Dodd, at whitehouse.gov, that exceeded 30,000 signatures as I was writing this. The petition is a reaction to Chris Dodd having said this on Fox News: Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake." You can't be more ...
Archive for January 26th, 2012
Investigate Chris Dodd!
Thursday, January 26th, 2012I Feel Safe, Don’t You?
Thursday, January 26th, 2012From Wired: A government memo saying a railway was hacked in a targeted attack was incorrect, according to a spokeswoman for the Association of American Railroads. “There was no targeted computer-based attack on a railroad,” according to spokesman Holly Arthur. “The memo on which the story was based has numerous inaccuracies.” Asked if there was an “untargeted” incident that disrupted train service nonetheless, Arthur declined to comment, leaving the public in the dark about what exactly was right and wrong in the memo. I don't think it's just the public who is in the dark - and I'm not talking about the railways!
Enslavement by Culture
Thursday, January 26th, 2012This quote opens an op-ed titled "I Don't Want To Own Music, I Want To Listen To Music." (which is well worth a read): "Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse of centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved” —Andre Malraux I'm not sure how true this is - think of the many ways different religions have been used to influence and control cultures (including music, art, and the written word) throughout history. Regardless, the future that the music industry envisions, as well as the one pictured by software patent trolls, ...
Justice For Who?
Thursday, January 26th, 2012From "Joint complaint of those affected by the closure of Megaupload service" The FBI has caused incalculable damage, far in excess of the losses claimed by the content lobbies, in a fruitless attempt to prevent access to the media content hosted on Megaupload, some of which they claim to have been infringing copyright under US law. ... The widespread damage caused by the sudden closure of Megaupload is unjustified and completely disproportionate to the aim intended. For this reason Pirates of Catalonia, in collaboration with Pirate Parties International and other Pirate Parties [including the Pirate Party of the United Kingdom], have begun investigating ...