Without Comment: Lawrence Lessig on Aaron Swartz
This from Mr. Lessig's blog. Surprising how much he speaks for me and I suspect so many of us around here:A time for silence A week ago today, Aaron gave up. And since I received the call late Friday...
View ArticleOrtiz costs US another Million today
About half to pay for legal fees and another half in additional Ortiz minions time. Judge decides MA motel won't be confiscated by Ortiz. Not a good day for the Federal Attorney General office here in...
View Article(Updated) Anonymous Takes Over Government Website, Advises It Will Release Files
http://www.cbsnews.com/...The U.S. Sentencing Commission's website was hacked late last night by Anonymous.They left a statement:Citizens of the world, Anonymous has observed for some time now the...
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Aaron Swartz Was Going Home With a Slap On The Wrist. Then The Feds Got...
Aaron Swartz, the 26yo internet activist who recently committed suicide because he was facing the prospect of 50 years in prison on federal charges, would have received a stern warning from the state...
View Article"unlocking" your smartphone can now land you in jail!
After the tragic and untimely death of Aaron Swartz, we are all going to have to do a little bit more to make up for his loss. If he was still alive, I suspect I'd be receiving a letter from him about...
View ArticleMass AG Uses Newtown To Justify Massive Expansion of Electronic Wiretapping
Some folks might be ashamed to use the bodies of dead kids as cover for a power grab. That clearly doesn’t include Massachusetts Attorney-General Martha Coakley, last seen managing to lose a Senate...
View ArticleCA-49: Darrell Issa Praises Aaron Swartz and Internet Freedom at Memorial
This may be one of those rare moments which I agree with Rep. Darrell Issa on something: The access to information is a human right.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...WASHINGTON -- One of the staunchest...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren Gets to Work
What a blessing Elizabeth Warren's election to the Senate has been. She is wasting no time.At her first hearing in the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee - which took place on Valentine's...
View ArticleAaron Swartz, R.I.P.
Aaron Swartz was an internet leader and free-speech advocate. He helped organize the worldwide movement to keep the internet free from censorship and corporate control. After Aaron downloaded a large...
View ArticleUPDATED: The Democrats Have No Clothes
UPDATE: Diary edited to delete reference to the Black Agenda Report as I have been apprised of some unfortunate associations there which I cannot support. The message of the diary remains the same.As a...
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CISPA Resurrected: The "Patriot Act of the Internet"
Cross posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette and DocudharmaYou know that dress or shirt that's been hanging in your closet for years, you know that hideous shade of fuscia that was a fashion must have...
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MN-Sen: Al Franken (D) Presses Eric Holder On Aaron Swartz Prosecution
Senator Al Franken (D. MN) joins the fight to find out more about prosecution of Reddit founder, Aaron Swartz, that lead to his suicide: http://www.forbes.com/... Al Franken, the Junior Senator of the...
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Internet activists have first victory in stopping bad anti-hacking law
This week is "Cyber Week" in the House of Representatives, with the body slated to vote on CISPA and on a handful of other cyber security and reesarch bills. Among them was supposed to be an update of...
View ArticleWhat Do A Russian Blogger, American Hacktivists, and CISPA Have in Common?
What do a Russian blogger, American hacktivists, and CISPA have in common? They all demonstrate government crackdown on dissent and information.Vladimir Putin's regime is criminally prosecuting lawyer,...
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MN-Sen: Al Franken (D) Pushes Bill To Protect LGBT Students From Bullying
Senator Al Franken (D. MN) is pushing to get his anti-bullying bill passed: http://hometownsource.com/... U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) reintroduced the Student Non-Discrimination Act, which protects...
View ArticleTIME Magazine's Joins War on Whistleblowers & Hacktivists
TIME Magazine's cover story is a journalistic, moral and logical disaster. It pictures hacktivist Aaron Swartz, NSA whistleblowers Edward Snowden & WikiLeaks defendant Bradley Manning under the...
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This is unbelievable cr*p from the MSM
This is not the most substantial diary in the world, for which I tender apologies, but what I just saw makes me so angry I could scream. I think this community should discuss the implications of this...
View ArticleAaron Swartz, Carmen Ortiz and M.I.T.
Wired Magazine's lawsuit for secret service documents pertaining to Aaron Swartz's indictment just resulted in the release of 104 heavily redacted pages. Over 10,000 pages left to go. Here a quote from...
View ArticleAre We a Nation of Sheep?
It's time to appoint an independent special prosecutor to investigate the Department of Justice (DoJ) and U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz about the death of Aaron Swartz.
View ArticleOne year ago today...
we lost him. Yet his fight, our fight, lives on.Aaron Swartz was an avid champion of internet freedom and open access with a brilliant mind. At the time of his death he was under indictment for his...
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