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Opinion: Unlocking your phone is no crime
Editor’s note: Derek Khanna is a Yale Law Fellow with the Information Society Project, a columnist and policy expert. As a staff member for the House Republican Study Committee, he authored the report “Three Myths About Copyright Law.” Follow him on Twitter @derekkhanna.
(CNN) — On January 26, a ruling by the Librarian of Congress made unlocking a cell phone for use on other carriers illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
Unbelievably, such a policy means that those unlocking their phones could face up to five years in jail and a $500,000 fine. This ruling affects average people, international travelers and hundreds of thousands of our service members.
Unlocking your phone not only allows
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Reddit founder: I’m not Web’s mayor
AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) — Alexis Ohanian is not the mayor of the Internet.
He was proclaimed as such by Forbes magazine and, obviously, there’s no such thing. But the man who’s become one of the most visible advocates for a free and open Web over the past year says that the very idea goes against the spirit of what he’s fighting for.
“The Internet has my axe, insofar as I can be helpful as a voice or a person on camera or someone at a protest,” the 29-year-old Ohanian, best known as a co-founder of social-sharing site Reddit, said via a deft “Lord of the Rings” reference.
“I will use it. But the reality
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Reddit co-founder: I’m not mayor of the Internet
AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) — Alexis Ohanian is not the mayor of the Internet.
He was proclaimed as such by Forbes magazine and, obviously, there’s no such thing. But the man who’s become one of the most visible advocates for a free and open Web over the past year says that the very idea goes against the spirit of what he’s fighting for.
“The Internet has my axe, insofar as I can be helpful as a voice or a person on camera or someone at a protest,” the 29-year-old Ohanian, best known as a co-founder of social-sharing site Reddit, said via a deft “Lord of the Rings” reference.
“I will use it. But the reality
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Paul Ryan: tech’s friend or foe?
(Mashable) — Technology issues might not be the most pressing topic facing Paul Ryan — Mitt Romney’s running mate — as he campaigns for the White House.
In fact, given the state of the economy and the other high-level issues facing the country, it’s unlikely that Ryan or any of the other national candidates will be asked substantial questions about technology policy in the coming months.
However, even if Ryan doesn’t get asked a single question about technology or the Internet, it’s still possible to glean some of his positions from his voting record and prior interviews. Here, we have done just that.
Stop Online Piracy Act Internet piracy
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A ‘bat signal’ for the open Internet
(CNN) — Remember earlier this year when Wikipedia went black in protest of anti-piracy legislation moving through the U.S. Congress?
Yeah, well, that may be nothing compared to this.
A group called the Internet Defense League, borrowing a page from Batman, is trying to create a “bat signal” for mobilizing open-Internet activists against similar legislation.
The group’s tagline: “Make sure the Internet never loses. Ever.”
Technically, it’s more of a “cat signal,” since the group’s website, which launched a couple weeks ago, features a picture of a cat’s face being broadcast into the sky.
“It’s a cat signal because we see the cat as the symbol of the Internet,” said Tiffiniy Cheng, co-director of the nonprofit Fight for the Future,
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