Sunday, August 26, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Controlling the Web
In the wake of the death of Demonoid.com, yet another popular online-content-facilitator, by the coordinated efforts of agencies with powerful interests in the movie & music industries. Demonoid's demise was also mitigated by help from foreign governments (her Mexico & Ukraine) in partnership with U.S. authorities
This 2012 documentary by Al Jazeera’s weekly show, Fault Lines, discusses increasing attempts by US authorities, in the name of so-called national security, to regulate on-line user freedoms with legislation like the recently squashed SOPA and PIPA acts.
This 2012 documentary by Al Jazeera’s weekly show, Fault Lines, discusses increasing attempts by US authorities, in the name of so-called national security, to regulate on-line user freedoms with legislation like the recently squashed SOPA and PIPA acts.
It is a well presented piece outlining in a matter-of-fact fashion, the dilemma online users face in an age when the US government presses a relentless campaign, in seeming conjunction with agencies like the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), to control the web.
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