Thursday, May 8, 2014

"Net Neutrality in the US: Now What?


Comprehensive info. Time is of the essence, so forgive my inevitable errors.

Much links and fun times below:

We've stopped things like this before! You have power if you bother to take it.

Video script and better formatted version of the links below can be found on my blog: http://vihart.com/net-neutrality-in-t...

Politicians love when you personally contact them! It is a fact. If you're not in the US, make sure your local government considers this state of affairs an embarrassment for the US, not something to model your own rules on.

List of FCC commissioners and their twitters, emails, blogs, instagrams, etc: http://www.fcc.gov/leadership

Don't know how to contact your representative? Find out who they are and let them know you're watching them!http://whoismyrepresentative.com/

Comment form for proceeding 14-28 "Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet"
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/displ...

Comment form for proceeding 14-57 "Applications of Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Cable Inc. for Consent to Assign or Transfer Control of Licenses and Applications"
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/displ...

The above proceeding has

List of all proceedings available for comment:http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/hotdocket/list

General "open internet" FCC inbox: openinternet@fcc.gov

whitehouse.gov petition for net neutrality in general:https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/peti...

whitehouse.gov petition for reclassifying broadband as common carrier, specifically: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/peti...

Once you have a whitehouse.gov account, you can sign petitions about all sorts of things you care about!

There's a rally in Washington DC on May 15 2014 if you're around:http://act.freepress.net/survey/DC_Ma...

Learn more about all this stuffs:

Court case ruling cable internet as an "information service" rather than "telecommunications service":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National...
Communications act of 1934, describing common carriers under title II: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communic...
Telecommunications act of 1996, including Title V, the CDA:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecomm...
Communications Decency Act, part of the Telecommunications act of 1996, which protected ISPs from liability:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communic...

The FCC's Open Internet Order 2010:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_Open...
Verizon had the above overturned in 2014 as not applying to non-common carriers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_...)

A couple other attempts at net neutrality things:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communic...

Data on internet speed from study "The Cost of Connectivity":http://oti.newamerica.net/publication...

Terms to know
Antitrust law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_S...
Cartel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartel
Common carrier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_c...
DMCA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA
FCC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_...
Game theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory
ISP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISP
Monopoly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly
Net neutrality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neut...
Oligopoly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligopoly
Telecommunication: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecomm...

Also see these other videos on the topic:
BlinkPopShift: http://youtu.be/bzUuOscaDbI
CGPGrey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtt2a...
Extra Credits: http://youtu.be/wQtiIazfoQM
Hank Green: http://youtu.be/mc2aso6W7jQ


Thankyou Emily Eifler and Christopher Hart for their advice!
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Friday, May 2, 2014

"The Internet's Own Boy - Official Trailer



A dynamic and tragic portrait of the life of Reddit developer and computer prodigy Aaron Swartz, a champion of open access who grew up to lead the internet community into a new age of data sharing and free speech.

www.takepart.com/iob
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Friday, April 11, 2014

"Will Varley- Weddings & Wars (An 8-Bit History Of The World)


Official Video for Will Varley's song 'Weddings & Wars'. Taken from his second album 'As The Crow Flies' available at: 
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/as-...

CD Album available at: 
http://www.smugglersrecords.com

For mailing list & tour dates etc. go to: 
http://www.willvarley.com

"Copy-me: A Webseries About Copying



A webseries debunking the myths of copying.
http://igg.me/at/copyme

A change in perspective in our way of dealing with copyright, internet, creativity, and you as an artist!
This is our crowdfunding campaign.

You can also find us here:
https://www.facebook.com/copymeorg
https://twitter.com/copymeorg
http://copy-me.org/
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

How Does Gmail Work?


Today, on Gmail's 10th anniversary, we wanted to know: Where does an email go when you hit Send? What route does it take to get to your friend or coworker? Follow the path of a single Gmail message in this animated whiteboard video.

Illustration: Bob Al-Greene

Art Direction: Nina Frazier-Hansen

Post-Production: Armand Valdes
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