NetHappenings 2012

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800 million idiots: Get Off Facebook While You Still Can – Systems of Comprehensive Surveillance
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/surveillance.html
Best evidence showing we need SOPA based on ‘govt studies’ that never existed
Content pirates not nearly the profit-gutting force of nature lobbyists describe
http://www.itworld.com/security/242587/best-evidence-showing-we-need-sopa-based-govt-studies-never-existed
STOP SOPA: http://fightcensorship.info/
If SOPA’s Main Target Is The Pirate Bay, It’s Worth Pointing Out That ThePirateBay.org Is Immune From SOPA — from the just-saying… dept
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120109/04205617341/if-sopas-main-target-is-pirate-bay-its-worth-pointing-out-that-thepiratebayorg-is-immune-sopa.shtml
Insane Entitlement: EMI Sues Irish Gov’t For Not Passing SOPA-Like Censorship Law
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120112/09203917388/insane-entitlement-emi-sues-irish-govt-not-passing-sopa-like-censorship-law.shtml
NBC Universal’s Own Preferred Researcher For ‘Anti-Piracy’ Stats Comes Out Against SOPA/PIPA – from the well,-look-at-that dept
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120110/03502617362/nbc-universals-own-preferred-researcher-anti-piracy-stats-comes-out-against-sopapipa.shtml
SOPA Is a Symbol of the Movie Industry’s Failure to Innovate
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/01/sopa-is-a-symbol-of-the-movie-industrys-failure-to-innovate/250967/
Issa Announces Oversight Hearing on DNS & Search Engine Blocking
http://oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1553&Itemid=29
REPORT: News Networks Ignore Controversial SOPA Legislation
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201201050008
Denial: MPAA Pretends That No Big Sites Have Joined SOPA/PIPA Protests
from the living-in-denial dept
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/11484617455/denial-mpaa-pretends-that-no-big-sites-have-joined-sopapipa-protests.shtml
Supreme Court Chooses SOPA/PIPA Protest Day To Give A Giant Middle Finger To The Public Domain
from the ridiculous dept
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/09090217454/supreme-court-chooses-sopapipa-protest-day-to-give-giant-middle-finger-to-public-domain.shtml
SOPA protests shut down Web sites
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sopa-protests-to-shut-down-web-sites/2012/01/17/gIQA4WYl6P_print.html
Web Protests Piracy Bills, and Senators Change Course
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/technology/web-protests-piracy-bill-and-2-key-senators-change-course.html
Feds Want Judge to Force Suspect to Give Up Laptop Password
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/laptop-password-5th-amendment/
Internet Access Is Not a Human Right
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/opinion/internet-access-is-not-a-human-right.html
US Threatened To Blacklist Spain For Not Implementing Site Blocking Law
http://torrentfreak.com/us-threatened-to-blacklist-spain-for-not-implementing-site-blocking-law-120105/
Filesharing is a religion in Sweden
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2135462/filesharing-religion-sweden
A CHURCH DEVOTED to filesharing has won official recognition in Sweden.
RIAA: Kodak/Apple/RIM patent tangle proves we need Web censorship fast
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/big-content-applerim-vs-kodak-infrin
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says that a proposed alternative to the draconian Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) won’t work, and that it has found the patent case to prove it: Kodak’s patent claims against Apple and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM). Two days before the new year, the US International Trade Commission announced that the Commission will place the “target date” for review of the case at September 21, 2012.
The future of travel, I’m reliably told, lies in “black-hole resorts,” which charge high prices precisely because you can’t get online in their rooms. The Joy of Quiet
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/opinion/sunday/the-joy-of-quiet.html
The Sad Death Of The Knob, Switch And Button
http://digg.com/newsbar/Technology/the_sad_death_of_the_knob_switch_and_button

Hacked memo leaked: Apple, Nokia, RIM supply backdoors for gov’t intercept?
http://blogs.computerworld.com/19531/hacked_memo_leaked_apple_nokia_rim_supply_backdoors_for_govt_intercept
Secret subpoena aimed at Twitter user not so secret anymore
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57349732-83/secret-subpoena-aimed-at-twitter-user-not-so-secret-anymore/
The Un-Internet
http://scripting.com/stories/2011/12/31/theUninternet.html
Verizon Cancels $2 ‘Convenience Fee’ After Backlash
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2011-12-30/verizon-defends-2-convenience-fee-.html
Vatican uses Wikipedia to compile cardinals’ biographies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/08/vatican-wikipedia-cardinals-biographies
The TSA Proves its Own Irrelevance
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/01/the_tsa_proves.html

Quick study: Alastair Smith on political tyranny
How to be a dictator
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2012/01/quick-study-alastair-smith-political-tyranny
Homeland Security monitors journalists
http://rt.com/usa/news/homeland-security-journalists-monitoring-321/
It is open season again for NASA summer internships. Link to all details
(deadline, basic eligibility, duration, contacts, etc..) are available via
this link: https://intern.nasa.gov/solar/web/public/main/
Please feel free to pass on to your network of college and high school
students who might be interested.

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