Reddit’s new ‘no copyrighted material’ rule could technically kill /r/pics and others The Next Web by Mic Wright Most of the fevered talk about Reddit’s new content rules has focused on its half-hearted burying of offensive material. Fair Use App: a guide to fair use for online video creators Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Art from New Media Rights … Read more
Hacking Team Shows the World How Not to Stockpile Exploits Wired Top Stories by Kim Zetter Zero-day exploits are like gold to hackers. Keep them all in one place and you’re asking to get robbed. Caspar Bowden: NSA Hearing LIBE European Parliament, 24 September 2013 open Democracy News Analysis – by Caspar Bowden As a tribute to … Read more
US shutdown: a radical Republican triumph Repeated gerrymandering means most Republicans represent safe seats and their main political rivals come from within their own party Is the government shut down? Quartz will tell you (and drive a little traffic in the process) The shutdown of the federal government will be unfortunate for a lot of … Read more