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How Firefly Fans and Neil Gaiman Used Social Media to Save Free Speech

December 27, 2011Erik Kain

Firefly fans and the Foundation for Individual Rights in helped protect free speech, and a university professor’s job, with a little help from author Neil Gaiman and Twitter. (Note: beat me to the punch on this one. Read his post here.) Social media is changing the world and certainly University of Wisconsin professor James Miller […]

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Censoring the Internet Won’t Protect Intellectual Property

December 27, 2011Erik Kain

Freddie deBoer wants a better class of IP reform advocates. In a long response to Julian Sanchez, Freddie dismisses the current batch as “pro-piracy” and lays down a critique of the technofuturist crowd that basically writes them off as calloused advocates of artistic ruin and the decline of the artistic middle class. I think piracy […]

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The OPEN Act is Flawed but Still Better than SOPA

December 27, 2011Erik Kain

Opponents of online censorship have introduced a bipartisan alternative to legislation that threatens to break the internet. The OPEN Act is far from perfect, but it’s a step in the right direction. Eric Goldman has a really smart, detailed breakdown of the OPEN Act – an alternative to the purely noxious SOPA/PIPA legislation currently crawling […]

Read more at Forbes.

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Reddit Makes Headlines Boycotting GoDaddy Over Online Censorship Bills

December 26, 2011Erik Kain

Two bills are snaking their way through congress at the moment in an attempt by the entertainment industry to clamp down on online file-sharing and piracy. The Stop Online Piracy Act (or SOPA) in the House is the more famous of the two. Its counterpart in the Senate is PIPA (or the Protect IP Act.) […]

Read more at Forbes.

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Is the Red Cross Trying to Prosecute 600 Million Gamers for War Crimes?

December 26, 2011Erik Kain

Video games can be violent, and thanks to all the shooting, maiming, and killing going on in many titles moralists of all stripes have deemed them a Very Serious Problem for young people. Many of the most popular titles immerse players into wartorn landscapes of the past, present, or future. In recent months, some of […]

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Is Amazon the Next Apple?

December 26, 2011Erik Kain

With the passing of , business leaders, entrepreneurs, and the people who write about them are all looking to lay the tech-visionary mantle at someone else’s feet. Amazon’s recent series of home-runs has led many to speculate that the online retailer’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, may be just the man for the job. Amazon, of course, […]

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Vacation Is Good for Business

December 22, 2011Erik Kain

[Updated] In 1926, Henry Ford, one of the most powerful capitalists of his day, announced that workers in Company factories would begin a 40-hour-per-week, Monday through Friday work week. Better yet, they would work these decreased hours with no pay cut. “We have,” he said, “decided upon and at once put into effect through all […]

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Peter Jackson’s ‘Hobbit’ Won’t Save 3D Movies and That’s a Good Thing

December 21, 2011Erik Kain

The prequel to Peter ‘s ‘Lord of the Rings’ film adaptation, ‘The Hobbit,’ hits screens next December. Will it be in time to save 3D? The long-awaited trailer to Peter ‘s second shot at adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s work to the silver screen hit the internet today and it made waves. This is no surprise. Anticipation […]

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UNICEF Santa Says ‘I Don’t Do Poor Countries’ in New Ad Spot

December 21, 2011Erik Kain

These days, Santa can be used for just about anything. This Christmas, it’s a good old fashioned dose of guilt thanks to a new ad from UNICEF. “This ain’t no Christmas gift. So, you buy this products for your friend, and all this stuff goes to poor kids? Like in Africa?” asks an apparently slightly […]

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The Wait is Over – ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ Launches Tuesday

December 19, 2011Erik Kain

BioWare’s epic massively multi-player online RPG Star Wars: The Old Republic debuts tomorrow, December 20th, and is sure to sell more than a few copies. Despite some bugs and issues with wait-time on the game’s servers, the game is set to launch as planned. Over two million people joined in the beta testing. I was […]

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