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U.S. Congress Member swho support SOPA/PIPA

November 30, 2019 Communication rights

The Electronic Frontier Foundation expressed concern that free and open source software (FOSS) projects found to be aiding online piracy could experience serious problems under SOPA.Of special concern was the web browser Firefox, which has an ...

Australian authoritarianism

August 19, 2019 Authoritarianism

Australia has been seduced by creeping authoritarianism – and its citizens need to wake up. In the struggle for democratic freedoms, we need to ensure that rights apply to everyone – for, if they don’t, they’ll soon apply to none. ...

Stupid Laws: Craziest Copyright Claims Ever Made

June 19, 2019 Copyright Challenges

Lately, people have been getting sued for some absolutely ridiculous reasons. The things we do every day—from putting pictures on Facebook to uploading home videos on YouTube—have led to some major lawsuits. Copyright law has gotten awfully ...

Digital assistants can be co-opted for nefarious purposes.

June 8, 2019 Digital Product

Mobile phones, computer webcams and now, digital assistants can be co-opted for nefarious purposes. Digital assistants like the Echo and Google Home are backed by sophisticated cloud-based artificial intelligence systems, connected to your home ...

Is it safe to use tor browser?

March 25, 2019 Tor browser

The German spy agency BND developed a system to monitor the anonymity network Tor and warned federal agencies that its anonymity is “ineffective”. This is what emerges from a series of secret documents published by the German Netzpolitik blog. The ...

The Serial Copy Management System (SCMS)

March 14, 2019 Serial Copy Management System

How would the world look if the RIAA won? SCMS was created as a compromise between electronics manufacturers, mainly Sony and Philips, who wanted to make DAT machines available in the United States, and the RIAA, which had previously hampered the ...

What Is A Digital Product?

February 26, 2019 Digital Product

A Digital Product is a software enabled product or service that offers some form of utility to a human being. In today’s digital world, consumers have unlimited choice. When they decide to buy a product or service, they have a chance to conduct ...