Tag Archives: usa

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

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.

January 19, 2012 – 5:38 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Art, Copyright, Culture, Politics, Quick Posts, Social Media, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Electronic Frontier Foundation – The Internet at its Best

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

January 19, 2012 – 5:32 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Copyright, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

American Civil Liberties Union – It Was Close, But We Won: Viva Net Neutrality!

Yeah for Net Neu­tral­ity, boo for my State Sen­a­tor being the one who intro­duced this resolution.

November 10, 2011 – 9:12 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Communication, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

The White House – Direct the Patent Office to Cease Issuing Software Patents

Why haven’t you signed this petition?

September 24, 2011 – 2:23 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Patent, 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 – Its Gene Patents Upheld, Myriad Genetics Moves to Protect Its Secrets

Regard­less of whether or not you agree with the idea of patents on genes, the fact that these patents are forc­ing patients to undergo a more expen­sive and less effec­tive pro­ce­dure should give any­one concern.

August 24, 2011 – 9:51 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Quick Posts, Science, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Ars Technica – Does not compute: court says only hard math is patentable

The court seems to be try­ing to not rule against all soft­ware patents while acknowl­edg­ing they are bro­ken and need to be reformed.

August 19, 2011 – 1:37 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Patent, Programming, Quick Posts, Software Code | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off