Internet and New Media

Slashdot has an interesting thread up nominating sites for a "Most Likely To Be Shut Down By the Government" award. A bunch of interesting projects get mentioned in the comments, making the whole thing a good way find out about snoop-free internet, encryption with no government-mandated backdoors, and other goodness the nerds are up to that gives the police state a rash.

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This article from Radar magazine discusses (all in good histrionic-free reporterese) "Main Core", the database that may identify contain up to 6 million names the Fascist's in power would want to round up if they ever got their martial law,.  read more »

Media Island needs to work on being a better neighbor to their immediate neighbors. Setting off fireworks and having drunken rants and parties and loud music does not foster a positive neighborhood atmosphere. Rather, it results in a new type of tyranny - the tyranny of disrespect. People can agree with your politics and aims, but if the totality of your actions do not create a better world then you have made the world a worse place.

Stop loud noise at all hours. Stop drunken disrespect. Stop being a detriment when you could be good....

On NEWSREAL, people -- not corporations -- make the news! NEWSREAL is a monthly compilation of coverage from citizen journalists (like you!) across the nation.  read more »

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I want to share this information and links for the music & films 6 books by Montecrossa:  read more »

Wow. Boingboing pointed out this website, http://www.copswritingcops.com , where cops post the names and badge numbers of officers who dare to cross "the brotherhood" and give other officers tickets. This isn't just speeding, this is reckless driving, DUI, going 50 or 60 mph above.

The site is truly amazing in the insight it gives into the level of corruption and entitlement these grammar-and-spelling challenged cops have. Cops are expected to not just let their "brothers" pass, but they state again and again that "professional courtesty" extends even to family members of cops!

As an aside, apparently cops use this sticker:

to identify themselves to other cops. Just a way to identify off-duty uniforms, or make yourself a sticker and see if you start getting out of tickets!

yes, boingboing.

Peter Brown, executive director of the Free Software Foundation, sez, "An international coalition of environmental and social justice groups have signed a statement condemning DRM and specifically the DRM in Microsoft's Windows Vista, looking to promote awareness of computer user freedom. Groups and individuals who support the statement are being asked to add their own signatures at http://freesoftwarefreesociety.org. The coalition hope that this statement will help raise awareness to these important issues amongst social activists and NGOs outside of the technology field."

In January and February of this year, the Green Party and Greenpeace issued warnings about the tremendous threat posed to the environment by the disposable computer mentality promoted in Microsoft's $500-million Windows Vista marketing campaign. Vista's steep hardware requirements mean that to use it, most people will have to throw their current computer into a landfill and buy a new one.  read more »

A 26-year-old blogger in Kuala Lumpur named Nathaniel Tan (jelas.info, suarakeadilan.com, bangkit.net) has been arrested for posting political parody content on the internet.

Link 1, Link 2, Link 3.

Supporters are posting the image shown at left on their blogs: Link. Tan is considered a prominent online voice in Malaysia. He was reportedly first detained under an "Official Secrets Act," then later under an "Internal Securities Act" for charges including "publishing lies on the Internet" and alleged possession of classified official documents (thanks boingboing, Bash, Sean Bonner).

here's a couple listserve posts about the indymedia newsreal. Tells how to get involved in a good project that needs some energy, and will even pay a little.

Hi all,

In June we received ZERO submissions for the July Newsreal, and were
only able to put together a show from a couple previous submissions we
had left, a piece I did in Germany at the G8, and another piece from
the internet.

So, we really need stuff for August. If I don't get anything by July
16 there won't be an August show. Please spread the word in your local
collectives and fellow videoactivists...  read more »

July 4, 2007 Infoshop News

From Modesto Anarcho #4

MA: How is insurrectionary anarchism as a practical tendency of action different from approaches to social change that involve formal organizations? What’s the difference between formal and informal organization?  read more »

from the EFF via boingboing

It's been four or five years since Electronic Frontier Foundation joined the fight against the United Nations' "broadcast treaty," and this week, just as things were looking darkest, we scored our most definitive victory,  read more »

The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has taken down a webpage that listed environmental, anti-war, and gay rights groups as possible terrorists, according to a report from the Associated Press.

"The director of the department, Jim Walker, said his agency received a number of calls and e-mails from people who said they felt the site unfairly targeted certain people just because of their beliefs," the AP reported. "He said he plans to put the Web site back on the Internet, but will no longer identify specific types of groups."  read more »

Check out this fantastically good mashup of old Disney crap explaining copyright and fair use!

First find the picture you want on the internet. Right click on the picture and select “copy picture location.”

Alternately, before starting the story or in new window or tab use the menus on the left of this webpage to "Create Content" > "Image", upload the image to Media Island, then follow the above instructions on the image you create.  read more »