Category Archives: Politics

Ars Technica – Newzbin2 builds block-averting measures into its software

Every time some­one tries to pre­vent infor­ma­tion from being reached on the Inter­net some­one else finds a way around it.

September 16, 2011 – 2:39 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Universal Hub – Court says state law used to ban recording of police officers in public is unconstitutional

I could not be hap­pier with this ruling.

August 28, 2011 – 1:56 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Man Accused of Stalking via Twitter Claims Free Speech

It’s an inter­est­ing case because while Twit­ter itself is a pub­lic medium, the per­son is direct­ing their mes­sages to a par­tic­u­lar person.

August 28, 2011 – 1:55 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Communication, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

This American Life – When Patents Attack!

Not upset enough about patents, spend an hour and you’ll get even more upset.

August 2, 2011 – 2:09 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Economics, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

The Economist – Intellectual property: Patents against prosperity

Yet another in a long line of arti­cles decry­ing the patent system.

August 1, 2011 – 11:48 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Economics, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Techdirt – How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example

Seri­ously good job.

July 26, 2011 – 7:35 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Culture, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , | Comments Off

guardian.co.uk – Networks are not always revolutionary

Fair point I think, hav­ing the net­work or hav­ing fame isn’t enough to guar­an­tee suc­cess but it does help.

July 17, 2011 – 4:36 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Art, Communication, Culture, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off