It appears that SOPA and PIPA were completely unnecessary to the federal government taking down websites without due process or a warrant. MegaUpload, the largest file-sharing site on the internet, was taken down last week, much to the chagrin of Anonymous. Similar sites, Filesonic and Uploaded.to, have limited their own sites as to prevent their…
DetailsThe Constitution, as you well know, is being whittled away with justifications ringing from causes abroad. The NDAA is one way. At home, though, are ways in which the criminal law is being formed not to a semblance of justice and deserving a fair trial, but to the government for the sake of “safety.” The…
DetailsIt was almost a week ago, but public domain day, where works whose intellectual property rights wear off move from monopoly status to open source, came and went. With no results. Yes, you read right, not a single piece of copyrighted material passed into the private domain. I found the conclusion of that article amusing:…
Detailsunless it was in secret (the most transparent administration in history, right?). There is no reason NOT to panic, and there is no level of hyperbole that could be outlandish, given the potential of this bill: We are one big bomb in a U.S. city away from a dystopian country: We need to be asking…
DetailsLet’s get controversial… Here’s an article by the same name as this post that people all over the political spectrum are infuriated about. But most only read the article name. The text of the thought experiment is much more interesting, especially in light of the reaction by the media, as it was a predictor of…
DetailsYour lecture of the week this week is an on-the-ground Constitutional approach to real property and rights, both currently and in the future. Enjoy:Ignore the question and answer session. There are a few times there when I think he slips up on some of the theory… Copyrighted under Creative Commons for Kevin Johnston 2011 at…
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