Posts tagged with privacy

Kill ACTA

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)

Global Chokepoints | Global Censorship Chokepoints

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

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!