They way to get around the "first click" problem if you arrive at a paywall page is to copy the URL and paste it into another browser, and the entire story should load. For example, if you use Firefox and land on a paywall page, open Chrome and paste in the URL. You could delete your cookies instead to but you might not want to do this since it will effect other sites.
Laser stickers for the car window, the ability to see the IP addresses of ACs, t-shits with dictionary-style descriptions of on the back: CwF+RtB, Streisand Effect, Free: part of a business model, DRM: software that assumes you are a crook, Copyright: a government granted monopoly, Copying: not theft, etc.
We, the undersigned, have played various parts in building a network called the Internet. We wrote and debugged the software; we defined the standards and protocols that talk over that network. Many of us invented parts of it. We're just a little proud of the social and economic benefits that our project, the Internet, has brought with it.
We are writing to oppose the Committee's proposed new Internet censorship and copyright bill. If enacted, this legislation will risk fragmenting the Internet's global domain name system (DNS), create an environment of tremendous fear and uncertainty for technological innovation, and seriously harm the credibility of the United States in its role as a steward of key Internet infrastructure. In exchange for this, the bill will introduce censorship that will simultaneously be circumvented by deliberate infringers while hampering innocent parties' ability to communicate.
All censorship schemes impact speech beyond the category they were intended to restrict, but this bill will be particularly egregious in that regard because it causes entire domains to vanish from the Web, not just infringing pages or files. Worse, an incredible range of useful, law-abiding sites can be blacklisted under this bill. These problems will be enough to ensure that alternative name-lookup infrastructures will come into widespread use, outside the control of US service providers but easily used by American citizens. Errors and divergences will appear between these new services and the current global DNS, and contradictory addresses will confuse browsers and frustrate the people using them. These problems will be widespread and will affect sites other than those blacklisted by the American government.
The US government has regularly claimed that it supports a free and open Internet, both domestically and abroad. We can't have a free and open Internet without a global domain name system that sits above the political concerns and objectives of any one government or industry. To date, the leading role the US has played in this infrastructure has been fairly uncontroversial because America is seen as a trustworthy arbiter and a neutral bastion of free expression. If the US suddenly begins to use its central position in the DNS for censorship that advances its political and economic agenda, the consequences will be far-reaching and destructive.
Senators, we believe the Internet is too important and too valuable to be endangered in this way, and implore you to put this bill aside.
If left unresolved, these issues could harm consumers, educational institutions, innovative technologies, economic growth and global Internet freedom.
Just to be clear, this quote comes from the public interest groups the American Library Association, Center for Democracy and Technology, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the Consumer Electronics Association, the NetCoalition, and Public Knowledge regarding the possible passage of COICA. Not from the RIAA, just to be clear.
Damn Gutenberg and his printing press! He has destroyed the literary tradition that scribes had carries on for some many centuries! The sky is falling!
Monopoly: The exclusive right, granted by the government to a creator or "rights holder" in the example of copyright, to exploit their specific work such as music, movies, photographs, etc.
Copyright Clause: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right (aka a monopoly) to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
The business model prescribed by Techdirt: Connect with fans and give them a reason to buy. It's all over the place. If you can't figure out any examples from this solution you are not creative enough to be in the creative business.
That song Flesh for Lulu track is on iTunes now, with a release date of November 11 2009. But I know that is not necessarily the date it was put up on iTunes.
It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
The universe exploded 'cause of one man's lie
Look, I gotta go, yeah I'm running outta change
There's a lot of things if I could I'd rearrange
The one calling the shots at the USTR is Ron Kirk who has a trail of scandals in his past as the mayor of Dallas and Secretary of State of Texas. Check it out on Wikipedia.
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Links or it never happened.
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On the post: RIAA Claims That If COICA Isn't Passed, Americans Are 'Put At Risk'
Re: Uh, what?
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Just to be clear, this quote comes from the public interest groups the American Library Association, Center for Democracy and Technology, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the Consumer Electronics Association, the NetCoalition, and Public Knowledge regarding the possible passage of COICA. Not from the RIAA, just to be clear.
On the post: Literary Critic Blames Google For 'Undermining The Literary Tradition'
On the post: Filmmaker Insists That Only People Whose Livelihood Depends On Copyright Really Understand It
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Copyright Clause: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right (aka a monopoly) to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
The business model prescribed by Techdirt: Connect with fans and give them a reason to buy. It's all over the place. If you can't figure out any examples from this solution you are not creative enough to be in the creative business.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepsignal/4996782555/sizes/l/in/photostream/
On the post: Why It's Important Not To Call Copyright Infringement Theft
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM
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Re: War of words....
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It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
The universe exploded 'cause of one man's lie
Look, I gotta go, yeah I'm running outta change
There's a lot of things if I could I'd rearrange
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