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TED.com – Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Justin Yost

Clay Shirky delivers a clear and cogent history and explanation of PIPA/SOPA, walking through through both the intent and what the ramifications of the bill and how it changes the entire legal system under which websites operate.

Tagged with: censorship, Communication, congress, copyright, dns, government, internet, legal, mpaa, PIPA, poltics, regulation, riaa, social media, social network, SOPA, usa
Posted in Art, Copyright, Culture, Politics, Quick Posts, Social Media, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/zGaYTn

Electronic Frontier Foundation – The Internet at its Best

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Justin Yost

EFF highlights some of the largest sites that participated in the SOPA/PIPA blackout.

Tagged with: censorship, congress, copyright, dns, eff, internet, PIPA, Politics, protest, SOPA, usa
Posted in Copyright, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/ylX65d

ArsTechnica – Wikipedia to join reddit in SOPA blackout Wednesday

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Justin Yost

I’ll also be posting a message to protest and inform people about PIPA and SOPA, though I imagine Wikipedia will have a much larger influence.

Tagged with: censorship, congress, dns, legal, PIPA, piracy, Politics, SOPA, wikipedia
Posted in Politics, Quick Posts, Security
Short Link: http://jty.me/wrjZA0

Mike’s Lookout – SPDY of the Future Might Blow Your Mind Today

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Justin Yost

The pictures provide a really good sense of what is going on.

Tagged with: dns, internet, software, SPDY, ssl, TCIP, Technology
Posted in Quick Posts, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/yVvfGu

RScott.org – GoDaddy’s New “Selective DNS Blackouts” Policy

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Justin Yost

As if you needed another reason to not use GoDaddy.

Tagged with: dns, GoDaddy, internet, Security
Posted in Quick Posts, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/qFLgCy

Quora – What will happen to http://bit.ly links when Gaddafi shuts down the Internet in Libya due to protests?

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Justin Yost

I use their bit.ly pro service to for my short links through http://jty.me/.

Tagged with: bit.ly, dns, internet, librya, short links, Technology, url
Posted in Politics, Quick Posts, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/gBdkOa

ITworld – Gov’t crackdown spurs initiatives to route around DNS

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Justin Yost

DNS unfortunately is too easily interfered with on the basis of political decisions.

Tagged with: censorship, dns, icann, internet, usa
Posted in Quick Posts, Security, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/gt6xHN