Free our Cell Phones! July 14, 2007
These devices are manufactured with great features, most of which are disabled or deleted by Cellphone companies. Please help take action to stop this violation of our Fair Use of the hardware we purchase.
Apple touts the iPhone as the “Internet in your pocket” — but it’s not. You can’t use it without AT&T, which cripples applications and limits what you can do and where you can go on the wireless Web.
We need the freedom to use all wireless devices on any network in a market that offers true high-speed Internet and real consumer choice. Sign this petition and help create a better mobile Internet for everyone.
nomasteryoda - tied up with my cellphone but my hands are still free!
It’s Fairuseday! July 10, 2007
Well it’s that time of the year again so get out and celebrate your rights. We have had a big fairuse year to date. With EMI dropping DRM from their music catalog and Apple agreeing to sell it, the take down of AACS protection and its continuing battle against ‘the bad guys’, to the still ongoing debate over net neutrality. It has been a turbulent year with many small victories along the way. There is still a long way to go to ensure that our rights remain with us as the recent stories about ATT with their claims that a non-neutral net needs less bandwidth have shown. So keep copying, keep making parodies, and keep expressing your rights.
Some links on todays event:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/10/happy_fair_use_day_j.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070710-did-ya-know-its-fair-use-day-july-11-2007.html
http://torrentfreak.com/3rd-annual-fair-use-day-arrives/
http://www.pirate-party.us/node/366
We couldn’t very well call ourselves fairuseday without a post on this May 1, 2007
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More on the story…
BoingBoing Digg users revolt over AACS key
BBC DVD DRM row sparks user rebellion
Slashdot Censoring a Number
C|Net Unhappy Digg users bury site in protest
YouTube Oh Nine, Eff Nine (nice musical version!)
… and many many many more
Forbes Digg’s DRM Revolt
Wikipedia HD DVD encryption key controversy
Flickr set Censorship … meh
xkcd Code Talkers
EFF 09 f9: A Legal Primer
Ars AACS LA: Internet “revolt” be damned, this fight is not over (hahaha, you’re damn right it’s not!)
TLF Digg, Network Neutrality, and the Long Tail
Freedom To Tinker Why the 09ers Are So Upset
BoingBoing Juggling monkey makes ape out of AACS
Userfriendly.org HD-DVD Sudoku
ThinkGeek Meeting notes from a recent hypothetical meeting in the AACS-LA* office.
Support the FAIR USE Act! February 28, 2007
Snipped from EFF.org Deep Links, “Reps. Rick Boucher and John Doolittle’s FAIR USE Act [PDF] would remove some of the entertainment industry’s most draconian anti-innovation weapons and chip away at the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) broad restrictions on fair use. Take action now and tell Congress to help restore balance in copyright now.”Bill Moyers National Conference for Media Reform January 13, 2007
Bill Moyers opened the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis Friday. During his powerful speech he praised SavetheInternet.com for their grassroots campaign to keep the Internet neutral. You can see a short clip of his speech on line;
“Free Press and SavetheInternet.com orchestrated 800 organizations, a million and a half petitions, countless local events, legions of home-made videos, smart collaboration with allies in industry and a top-shelf communications campaign“
The clip is great but the whole speech is really worth watching; it is as entertaining as educational. Watch part 1, part 2 (you tube), or download the whole thing (167Mb QT). For more info check out the conference Web site and Freepress.net for the latest information on all the weekend events. If you missed Bill Moyers program “The Net@Risk” on PBS last year you can still watch on line at PBS.org.
(edit) Download SavetheInternet.com’s “Internet Freedom Declaration of 2007” (pdf)
