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Uh Oh, Internet: Basic Mobile Video Will be YouTube-Only With MetroPCS Plans
Remember those Net Neutrality rules the FCC voted on a few weeks ago, this is exactly the loophole that everyone feared.
NPR – Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman
Political disagreements should never be resolved through violence.
ConceivablyTech – The Ultimate Patent Troll Patent: Get Sued When You File A Patent
Just when you thought patents couldn’t get any more stupid, IBM comes through.
The New Yorker – Sorting out the Senate
In Congress it isn’t majority rule, it’s super-majority rule.
Toppling the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq : The New Yorker
This is a classic New Yorker story, take a single idea or story go really in depth, pull interesting nuggets and raise questions.
Electronic Frontier Foundation – 2010 Trend Watch Update: Global Internet Censorship
Censorship and the internet, what’s up with that.
Center for the Study of the Public Domain – What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2011?
Wouldn’t it be nice if copyright actually made some sense, but that’s crazy talk.
The Washington Post – One tip enough to put name on watch list
Another in a long list of stupid over-reactions that does really nothing but close the door after the horse is out.
A Guide to the Open Internet
Just in case you need a good solid pointer to over the holiday breaks as to why Net Neutrality is important and what it really means.