“If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.” – Cardinal Richelieu
2013 mass surveillance disclosures
Costs of War Project
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Mailpile – taking e-mail back
What once was a conspiracy theory has now become common and universal.
Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’
Spies, Lies and Whistleblowers
Layers of Deception:
Double Reverse Quadruple Agent
Limited hangout op?
Corbett/Russ Tice (ignored?)
Crime Math could be an interesting video. Money and politics have been on display in the High Court of Impeachment. Dressed in an Armani(?) suit, supported by powerful political interests, lawyered up to the hilt, admired and defended by the obliging media. Nevertheless the cost to the society as a whole is incomprehensible.
Bikers have gained much prominence at the same time, dressed in an well recognizable manner, sparsely lawyered, hated by the police and the media. However, we can all understand the cost of their individual crimes, which by the way are only a tiny fraction caused by the Suits.
Daly we are told of the dangers to the rule of law if we prosecute Suits of prominence and if we show any leniency in prosecuting the leather and jeans. One solution suggested has been to ask Armani to mark their suits, similar to racing driver suits, with all the appropriate corporate logos – for our convenience, and Lady Justice, who’s blindness has been questioned.
Some go as far as talk about Class wars.
how to emasculate, capture, discredit …
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Too Crooked to Fail
Regulatory capture
“Cartesian common sense”
(Watch What You Say)
Lessig tells the story of a mouse, Mickey Mouse, how the concept was first “creatively adapted” and then repeatedly used to extend copyright laws which by the way were never intended to be indefinite.
Falkwinge reminded us of one of the biggest companies in Stockholm and how it one day was no more after the invention of the fridge. ~ Loom breaking was an earlier example.
Dodgy digits, on job-losses, CD sales and the ‘illegality’ of download are just common tactics of the copyright industry.
Stallman has suggested direct “micro payments” to your favorite artist thus bypassing the corporate middlemen
In this country the media and the entertainment industry is owned by the same people, so the disinformation coming from the public relations people (who have replaced journalists) is just contemptuous.
Lets end corporate control of our public space.
Boldrin & Levine: Against Intellectual Monopoly
Anti-Copyright Resources
Megaupload sues Universal and joins fight against SOPA
Megaupload Ltd v. Universal Music Group Inc
Universal Says It Can’t Be Sued for Bogus Megaupload
List of Those Expressing Concern With #SOPA and #PIPA
DNS Evasion to Stop Oppressive Policy in America
Hadopi : liste blanche des sites et hot spots WiFi, les détails
European Parliament smacks down France on three strikes law
Special 301 Report
Spain’s SOPA Law: How It Works And Why It Won’t
some of the above refs. came from: Verður ennþá netfrelsi á Íslandi 2012?
(Will Iceland still have Internet Freedom 2012?)
Socially responsible corporations, privatized and back in the taxpayers care are retracting a service to the public for the benefit of the few.
The TV signal we got through cable is to be ‘cut’ for a new version of the same.
This means that we either have to go back to the antenna jungle or ADSL winch is good for one TV. This for an unspecified time period before the ‘new’ service is ready, which of course will come at a cost. By the way we already paid for the old perfectly good one.
This downgrade from Broadband to ADSL (one decoder for every appliance) is “sold” as an Optical fiber connection (my ass). – No wonder this company is under the watchful eye of the Consumers’ Association, and has repeatedly been fined by the Competition Authority.
Our corporations are renowned for their total inability in planning anything which benefits the people, but excellent at controlling forced consumerism.
Politicians as usual serve the corporations on a daily basis, the people only the day before elections.
Maybe we should just be happy to be rid of the mass media, and it’s distorted signal.
The question these geniuses forgot to ask them selfs was. – How to implement “New” Technology affecting the Whole Population and Live to Tell About It?
The Century Of The Self
Kill Your Television
The Betrayal by Technology
The Story of Stuff
They Treat Us Like Cattle (in so many ways)
