In these cases, a cartel of multinational corporations collude to abuse our judicial system, distort copyright law, and frighten ordinary working people and their children.

October 4, 2007 in 09 F9, Corporate Fascism, RIAA, Wikipedia, p2p, predictive frameworks

Other titles that I considered for this post were: The RIAA loses, but doesn’t realize it or Boycotting the RIAA has never made more sense, or been easier… because this post touches on all these issues. But in the end, I decided on a snippet from the excellent blog Recording Industry vs The People.
The [...]

Microsoft copies an old playbook from Pravda

May 6, 2007 in 09 F9, Corporate Fascism, First Amendment, Free Culture, Future, Gang of Eight, IP Central

It’s interesting to see the parallels between the corporate power advocates, found at such sites as The Progress and Freedom Foundation, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, or the Association for Competitive Technology and old style authoritarians, such as Fascists and Communists. Of course, they both have a common goal, which is to oppress, [...]

DMCA–use it and you will lose it, Gang of Eight

May 5, 2007 in 09 F9, Corporate Fascism, First Amendment, Free Culture, Free Software, Gang of Eight, Media, Thoughtcrime

Let’s not forget just who the Gang of Eight, comprising the AACS LA, are, as shown on the AACS LA website:
(note: this is a screen capture from a website, so the links don’t work)

The AACS LA is desperately trying to spin their clamp down on the publication of the licensing key in terms other than [...]