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Gun plans the State Department demanded be taken down. (seed freely)

johnson — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:04:52 +0000

This is a link to a torrent of the plans for the World's First 3D Printable Firearm. The state department has demanded that the original creator remove them from the internet. Apparently they have never heard of The Streisand Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

Anarchist anthropologist in academic exile

Ricardo Obsolete — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:36:07 +0000

David Graeber can't get a job in academia even though he is one of the world's most influential anthropologists. Why? Because he is an anarchist.

Berkley Police intimidate journalist to change article.

zhaliberty — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:09:18 +0000

A Carlos Miller article about a Berkely Police Chief abusing his power by sending an officer to journalist's home at 12:45 am. First Amendment violation?

FOX Business Cancels Freedom Watch

LibertarianMan — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:07:06 +0000

Fox Business cancels Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano, including its entire prime time line-up.

Ironically, MarketWatch, which originally reported on the deep sixing of Napolitano and his show, removed the piece from their server.

Obama Signs Treaty Far Worse Than SOPA

lonelyhope — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:49:27 +0000

White House bypasses Senate to ink agreement that could allow Chinese companies to demand ISPs remove web content in US with no legal oversight

ACTA poses same dangers as SOPA

kindkayne — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:20:24 +0000

New international version of SOPA seeks to create a transnational enforcement agency to make arrests and shut down sites that link to copyrighted material.

Web Sites Will Shut Down to Protest Antipiracy Bills

Deslock Darkstar — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:12:46 +0000

With a Web-wide protest on Wednesday that includes a 24-hour shutdown of the English-language Wikipedia, the legislative battle over two Internet piracy bills has reached an extraordinary moment — a political coming of age for a relatively young and disorganized industry that has largely steered clear of lobbying and other political games in Washington.

Obama to Veto SOPA?

southernpatriot — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:55:37 +0000

Huffington Post reports a small victory against SOPA (H.R. 3261 “Stop Online Piracy Act”) and it's counterpart in the Senate, PIPA (“Protect IP Act”), claiming that President Obama will not support the current legislation. A statement released on behalf of the Obama Administration states, “... we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.

In Belarus, it's now illegal to access any foreign website

Cyphase — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:15:30 +0000

According to the US Library of Congress, the Republic of Belarus has just recently published a law making it illegal for Belarusian citizens and residents access and/or use foreign websites (particularly for commercial purposes). Violations of the law are recognized as a misdemeanor and result in a charge of up to $125. The law requires companies and individuals that are registered as entrepreneurs to only use domestic domains for providing online services, conducting sales, or exchanging email messages.