In Istanbul’s traffic, I listened to long YouTube videos a lot recently, and I came across a series of videos claiming that online piracy is back (such as this one: Piracy 2.0: How the Internet Outsmarted the System). I believe these arguments have validity. Here I outline novel forms of piracy, but I think the … Read more
Here’s a summary of the video “The Streaming War Is Over. Piracy Won.”: Streaming once seemed perfect, offering affordable, convenient, and comprehensive access to media. Netflix, for example, was $8.99/month, and all content was in one place. But between 2020 and 2024, streaming services began raising prices dramatically (Netflix and Disney+ doubled, HBO Max exceeded … Read more
?Occupy Valentine?s Day? Tumblr Protests the Romantic Industrial Complex from Mashable! by Christine Erickson VeriSign, pillar of Internet security, hacked from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder VeriSign Inc., the company responsible for assuring that more than half the world?s websites are authentic, was hacked multiple times in 2010, and the thieves succeeded in stealing … Read more
Tumblr users give Congress an earful about SOPA by Cory Doctorow Tumblr has rounded up the effects of its participation in American Censorship Day, a global day of protest of the prosed Stop Online Piracy Act, the worst proposed Internet law in American legislative history. Tumblr users did themselves very proud indeed: Joe Biden: SOPA … Read more
SOPA: Hollywood Finally Gets A Chance to Break the Internet from EFF.org Updates by corynne As promised, here?s the first installment of our closer review of the massive piece of job-killing Internet regulation that is the Stop Online Piracy Act. We?ll start with how it could impact Twitter, Tumblr, and the next innovative social network, … Read more