Encephalosponge » Soaking Up Life

According to Cory Doctorow’s latest article in the Guardian, copyright holders (like the RIAA, MPAA, etc.) are lobbying in governments here and abroad to force ISPs to pull the plug on customers who are “caught” transmitting or receiving illegal copyrighted material. That much isn’t necessarily a bad idea. After all, frequent violators may [...]

Cory Doctorow, co-author at BoingBoing, took a stand on net neutrality by declaring his Internet service contract void [via /.]. Bravo! Let’s hope that with many others following suit this sends a strong message to ISPs that we refuse to only view the part of the Internet capable of buying you off.

Cory Doctorow says “Intellectual Property” is a silly euphemism. (good read)