Jan 19
The Daily Show has been silent about SOPA and PIPA but after a Redditor brought it up in person, Jon Stewart agreed to look into it. When the Internet blackout occurred yesterday, he had to chime in. Here’s the video of that:
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Jan 12
In what Boing Boing reports as a “window to the MPAA’s soul,” the MPAA has published a blog post where they accuse Ars Technica of having a history of challenging efforts to curb content theft. For anyone who regularly reads Ars Technica, this might seem a little heavy-handed. If anything, Ars Technica is only guilty of investigative journalism. They don’t ONLY challenge efforts to curb content theft, they simply fact-check and report on relevant stories. Yes, they oppose unfettered censorship of the internet on behalf of the MPAA. Of course they do. Anyone with any stake in the tech industry does. So now instead of focusing on attacking grandparents and children for file-sharing, the MPAA is going after the media for calling them out.
Dec 9
An unattractive blogger from Montana has been successfully sued in Montana for defamation by Obsidian Finance Group for $2.5 million dollars. Normally an investigative journalist would be protected from being sued in this manner, but the judge ruled that since she was not affiliated with a newspaper, tv network, or newswire, that she’s not allowed the same protections as a journalist. So now she has to pay some finance firm $2.5 million dollars. Is it just me, or do you have a feeling this is going to get appealed?