Over at Boing Boing Cory Doctorow has issued a call to arms: Today is the day to Kill Acta. “Today is the day of global protest against ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a copyright treaty negotiated in secret (even parliaments and other legislatures weren’t allowed to see the the working drafts), and which many governments (include the American government) …
Did you know that one of the original purpose for copyright was to safeguard the users right to use material in order to encourage creativity and scholarship? I think a lot of people are forgetting this now a days. So we have and need organizations like this: Global Chokepoints | Global Censorship Chokepoints.
PIPA, SOPA and OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide | District Dispatch. Here is a handy guide to the above acts made librarian style. I wish I had more time to keep track of rights and privacy movements, but I think it might just stress me out. I encourage knowledge though! Knowledge encouraged!