Anonops #10: Stop SOPA

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Op zaterdag 14 januari 2012 18:30 schreef Selestha het volgende:
Supertopic dit, bedankt voor alle nuttige links!

twitter:

Anonymousjock twitterde op zaterdag 14-01-2012 om 19:01:08 #LuLz Apparently #Anonymous now has operatives inside Congress itself. Expect Us! http://t.co/trEbcMNX http://t.co/K1hS5VT5 reageer retweet

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White House Jumps Into SOPA, PIPA Debate

One day after DNS blocking was removed from the conroversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the White House on Saturday urged Congress to craft online piracy legislation that does not undermine freedom of expression on the Web.

The administration said it is aware of the three copyright protection bills currently before Congress—SOPA, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), and the Online Protection and Digital ENforcement Act (OPEN). Without formally endorsing any of those bills, however, the White House outlined what it will and will not support.

"While we believe that online piracy by foreign Web sites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet," IP enforcement coordinator Victoria Espinel, U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra, and U.S. cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt wrote in a blog post.

Specifically, the trio said any new legislation must "be narrowly targeted only at sites beyond the reach of current U.S. law, cover activity clearly prohibited under existing U.S. laws, and be effectively tailored, with strong due process and focused on criminal activity."

If third parties like payment processors or search engines are involved, the bill must guard against overly broad language that might discourage innovation, the White House said.

The administration also urged Congress to avoid Web site blocking via the Domain Name System (DNS).

"Our analysis of the DNS filtering provisions in some proposed legislation suggests that they pose a real risk to cybersecurity and yet leave contraband goods and services accessible online," the White House said. "We must avoid legislation that drives users to dangerous, unreliable DNS servers and puts next-generation security policies, such as the deployment of DNSSEC, at risk."

SOPA and PIPA initially included provisions that would allow the Justice Department to obtain a court order against overseas "rogue" Web sites that were trafficking in fake goods and block them. Backlash, however, prompted SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith to remove DNS blocking from the bill on Friday. Sen. Patrick Leahy, sponsor of PIPA, proposed studying the effects of DNS blocking before implementation.

In a Saturday morning statement, Rep. Smith said that without DNS blocking, his bill is now in line with the White House's requirements.

"The White House has urged Congress to act this year. I am committed to working with my colleagues in the House and Senate to send a bipartisan bill to the White House that protects free speech, the Internet and America's intellectual property," Smith said. "The Stop Online Piracy Act does just that and I look forward to working with the White House and the Senate towards its enactment this year."

Not everyone was ready to jump on the SOPA bandwagon after Smith's changes, however.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation said the steps taken by Smith and Leahy are "heartening," but "we still have a long fight ahead and we face formidable foes."

"Both bills still contain fundamental flaws that threaten freedom of speech and the future of the Internet. We've written before, for example, about the threats to the human rights community, to students, to software development, and to the economy," the EFF said. "These threats remain. What is worse (and we can't say this enough), is that this legislation, if made law, will do little to stop online infringement. These bills cannot be fixed—they must be killed."

The OPEN ACT
The OPEN Act, meanwhile, would have the International Trade Commission (ITC) handle this issue rather than the Justice Department. Bill sponsor Rep. Darrell Issa was supposed to hold a Jan. 18 hearing to examine the security effects of DNS blocking, but said today that he would postpone that hearing after receiving assurances that anti-piracy legislation will not move to the House floor without a consensus.

"Although SOPA, despite the removal of this provision, is still a fundamentally flawed bill, Ihave decided that postponing the scheduled hearing on DNS blocking with technical experts is the best course of action at this time," Issa said. "Right now, the focus of protecting the Internet needs to be on the Senate where Majority Leader Reid has announced his intention to try to move similar legislation in less than two weeks."

The Senate is scheduled to take up PIPA on Jan. 24.

One of the panelists at Issa's Jan. 18 hearing was supposed to be Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit.com. Reddit actually plans to go dark on Jan. 18 in protest of SOPA. Despite the changes from Smith, that blackout appears to still be on. Earlier today, Reddit tweeted a Fast Company editorial that said PIPA and SOPA must be squashed, not changed.

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Donald Ainsworth

#CabinCr3w - #DoxCak3 - #Anonymous

We are Anonymous, We are Legion
We do not forgive, We do not forget
Expect us, Donald Ainsworth

Credit: sxycutiek, doxxy, Anon1781, Jack, X**********, vizzle, projecticarus, DiabloAnon, XveCt0r, 1984

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Donald Ainsworth "I want a fat dick in my mouth plox"-actual quote

Age: 55-65
Occupation: Driver for GREYHOUND

BUS NUMBER:6252 en route to Memphis, TN

Incident:

Incident happened at (time) on 1/14/2012 when Bus Driver Donald Ainsworth found it appropriate to kick 13 Occupiers off a his bus headed to Occupy Congress. He kicked them off in Amarillo,TX No other reason than they were Occupiers.806 374 5371 (station number)

article in daily kos with live broad cast:
http://www.dailykos.com/s(...)f-Greyhound-in-Texas

Pix:
http://yfrog.com/mmheug
http://prntscr.com/5c1h1
http://prntscr.com/5c1f2
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=34t69dz&s=5
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnnyn/6699350797/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnnyn/6699342419/in/photostream/
http://pic.twitter.com/dtNHIXCh

Contact Greyhound CEO David Leach @ home to let him know how you feel

Greyhound CEO: David S. Leach

(972) 899-3053.
2820 Merlins Rock Ln,
Lewisville, TX 75056

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Greyhound
Main corporate wiki
:http://www.corporationwik(...)es-inc/29893818.aspx

Executive Bios:
http://www.greyhound.com/en/about/executivebios.aspx

Departments & Titles:

Exe/Ted Burk
Title:SVP Corporate Development

Tec/Chris Boult
Title:VP IT

HR/ Rhonda MacAndrew
Title:VP HR

Ops/Bill Blankenship
Title:COO

David Leach
Title:CEO/President

Myron Watkins
Title:VP Operations

Fin/Jeff Altizer
Title:CFO

Leg/Mark Southerst
Title:Chief Legal Officer

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/GreyhoundBus?sk=app_6009GREYHOUND BUS DRIVER WHO KICKED THE OCCUPIERS OFF THE BUS- d0x party! Welcoming all bakers >> http://piratepad.net/gWJb4DsoSZ #Anonymous294086

Routes:
130
regular routes:1 NeOn routeDestinations3,700+Stations2,400+FleetMCI MC-12, 102D(L)3, G4500, D4505
Prevost X3-45
Van Hool C2045L

Officers:

President and CEO: David (Dave) Leach
COO: Bill Blankenship

CIO: Chris R.Boult

NYSE: AMR

Greyhound Lines, Inc.
600 Vine St., Ste. 1400
Cincinnati, OH 45202
OH Tel. 513-241-2200
Fax 513-419-3394

Politica contribution for 2009/2010
Mr. David S. Leach
(GLI Distributors/Administrator),
(Zip code: 75056)
$1000 to RICHARD E NEAL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
on 05/21/10

work contact
15110 Dallas Pkwy, Suite 600
Dallas, TX 75248-4635

Corporate wiki:
http://www.corporationwik(...)-leach/30293503.aspx

employees
Operator with Executive Office: 214-849-8219
Bryan: 214-849-8217
Ursala: 214-849-8215
Safety Dept: 214-849-8214
Claudette: 214-849-8213
Jennell: 214-849-8211

CIO: Chris R.Boult

Possible wife: Michelle?
both late 40's?
Dallas Tx75052?

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Facebook page for greyhound:
https://www.facebook.com/GreyhoundBus?sk=wall

Associated websites with greyhound:
http://www.Greyhound.com
http://www.Greyhound.ca
http://www.luckystreakbus.com/
http://twitter.com/GreyhoundBus
http://www.youtube.com/gogreyhound
http://www.flickr.com/greyhound_bus
http://www.shipgreyhound.com/
http://shipgreyhound.ca

Greyhound customer server number:214-849-8966.
Corporate office: 214-849-8000
biGreyhound Lines, Inc.
PO Box 660691, MS 470
Dallas, TX 75266-0691

Greyhound Bus Lines Corporate Office / Headquarters
PO Box 660362 Dallas,
TX 75266
(214)849-8000

To mail complaints:
Customer Service
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
P.O. Box 660689, MS 490
Dallas, TX 75266-0689
513- 462 -1349

Location: Ohio (Cincinnati, Hamilton)

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Greyhound site/server info:
TARGET:GREYHOUND
REASON:REFUSING SERVICE/DESCRIMINATION
METHOD:DATA ANALYSIS
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Registrant:
dnsmgr@greyhound.com
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
P.O. Box 660362
Dallas, TX 75266
US

Domain Name: GREYHOUND.COM
Administrative Contact :
Hull, Joyce
dnsmgr@greyhound.com
P.O. Box 660362
Dallas, TX 75266
US
Phone: 214.849.8355
Fax: 214.849.6198

Technical Contact :
Manager, Domain
dnsmgr@GREYHOUND.COM
P.O. Box 660362
Dallas, TX 75266
US
Phone: 214.849.8875
Fax: 214.849.6198

Record expires on 24-Apr-2021
Record created on 23-Apr-1994
Database last updated on 24-Apr-2011
Domain servers
K9.GREYHOUND.COM 38.114.106.10
K11.GREYHOUND.COM 216.195.89.154
K10.GREYHOUND.COM 38.114.106.11
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
P.O. Box 660362
Dallas, TX 75266
US
..............................................................................
Domain Name: GREYHOUND.COM
Administrative Contact:
Hull, Joyce
Greyhound Lines, Inc
P.O. Box 660362
Dallas, TX 75266
US
214.849.8355 fax: 214.849.6198

Technical Contact:
Manager, Domain
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
P.O. Box 660362
Dallas, TX 75266
US
214.849.8875
fax: 214.849.6198
Customer Assistance
214-849-8966
7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Central time zone,
Monday through Friday

Record expires on 24-Apr-2021.
Record created on 23-Apr-1994.

Domain servers in listed order:

K9.GREYHOUND.COM 38.114.106.10
K11.GREYHOUND.COM 216.195.89.154
K10.GREYHOUND.COM 38.114.106.11

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ICANN Registrar:
NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Created:
1994-04-23
Expires:
2021-04-24
Updated:
2011-04-24

Server Type:
Microsoft-IIS/6.0

IP Address:205.216.16.228

ASN:
AS26584
IP Location:
United States - United States - Savvis
Response Code:
200
3600
300

Web site support
webmaster@greyhound.com
1-800-268-9000
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greyhound documents:

prohibited items:
http://www.greyhound.com/(...)bited_items_list.pdf

buisness doc:(canada) still digging
http://www.justice.gov/atr/cases/f204100/204112.htm

Safety doc:
http://www.saferoads.org/(...)yhound%20Support.pdf

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Dirt
Boycott

:http://www.boycottowl.com/Greyhound/385


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Greyhound Employees:
_webmaster@greyhound.com
GPX_Support@greyhound.com
@greyhound.com
ifsr@greyhound.com
dnsmgr@greyhound.com
roxby@greyhound.com

(PGP)Emails found :
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darwin.johnson@greyhound.com
glenn.ford@greyhound.com

[+] Hosts found in search engines for www.greyhound.com:
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205.216.16.228:www.greyhound.com
205.216.16.250:max.greyhound.com
205.216.16.228:ebcheck.greyhound.com
205.216.16.228:www4.greyhound.com
205.216.16.228:Www.greyhound.com
216.195.89.154:k11.greyhound.com
38.114.106.10:k9.greyhound.com
38.114.106.11:k10.greyhound.com
205.216.16.228:Ebcheck.greyhound.com
38.114.106.40:mailgate.greyhound.com
208.94.147.151:is-www.greyhound.com
208.94.147.151:wwww.greyhound.com
208.94.147.151:agents.greyhound.com
208.94.147.151:ww.greyhound.com
208.94.147.151:2Fwww.greyhound.com
208.94.147.151:252Fwww.greyhound.com
208.94.147.151:bhp.greyhound.com

GreyHound Employees from Linkedin:
====================
Catherine Woodruff
Michael Widmer
Cathy Woodruff
Charles Sweet
David Leneveu
Tony Richens
Brent Hogan
Bryan Rees
Tom Huntley
Ren Carroll
Andrew Byars
Henry Burger
Sherry Benjamin
Alice Bryan
Randy Mcallister
Beverly Dye
Steve Priebe
Gabriel Kelly
Haley Robinson
Jacque Parker
David Welbourne
Liz Hood
Christine Mulvey
Jonathan Rossall
Sherry Gross
Patrick Div

ADDRESS & CONTACT INFO:

Address Confirmed:

802 Catclaw
San Antonio, TX 78260
Cindy S Ainsworth
Don R Ainsworth
Lacey Ainsworth
802 Catclaw
San Antonio, TX
one level home
grey shingles/brown brick
large trees
catclaw meets into the corner of: Rock Bend Ln

http://g.co/maps/7g6nn

Neighbors:

Joseph W Penrose
(210) 497-3673
806 Catclaw
San Antonio,
TX 78260-6800
Age: 35-39
Associated: Jennifer K Penrose

Anna Delacruz
(210) 481-2901
810 Catclaw
San Antonio, TX 78260-6800

(713) 353-3348
Geo-local/lat/long lookup:
Type of Phone: LandLine
Carrier: (multiple carriers)
City: Houston
State: TX
County: Harris
County Population: 3,886,207
Local Timezone: CST
Latitude: 29.75
Longitude: -95.36

Lat/long conversion:
Address:1301-1381
Chenevert St, Houston, TX 77010, USA
Latitude:29.7500868°
Longitude:-95.3601537°
Accuracy:8: Address level.
Status:200: Successful geocode

map local of surounding area:
http://www.spokeo.com/rev(...)0?addr_num=1114#1114
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Ainsworth Don R
Ainsworth Cindy

Assessed Value: $201,110
Sq. ft.: 2,194
Bedrooms: 3
Taxes: $4,388 (2010)

(210) 757-0960
sly has now confirmed this is a fax.
GEO-lat/long lookup:
Type of Phone: LandLine
Carrier: (multiple carriers)
City: San Antonio
State: TX
County: Bexar
County Population: 1,555,592
Local Timezone: CST
Latitude: 29.43
Longitude: -98.48
Lat/long conversion:
Address:100-198 Hays St,
now San Antonio, TX 78215, USA
Latitude:29.430109°
Longitude:-98.4800025°
Accuracy:8: Address level.
Status:200: Successful geocode.

Map local of surriounding area:
hmmm this one doesn't pull up that way, but i have other ways xD

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(972)-889-3053
GEO Lat/Long Lookup:
Type of Phone: landline
Carrier: AT&T ARKANSAS
City: Dallas
State: TX
County: Dallas
County Population: 2,345,815
Local Timezone: CST
Latitude: 32.78
Longitude: -96.79
Address:2124-2196
Canton St, Dallas, TX 75201, USA
Latitude:32.7799913°
Longitude:-96.7899932°
Accuracy:8: Address level.
Status:200: Successful geocode.
map local of surounding area
:http://www.spokeo.com/rev(...)1?addr_num=1626#1626

heads up, we have yet to talk to the people on the phone numbers, tons of calls, but only get pick ups, breathing, things slamming around in the background, and hang ups. We put our bets on that it's accurate. Have fun

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Credit: sxycutiek, doxxy, Anon1781, Jack, X**********, vizzle, projecticarus, DiabloAnon, XveCt0r, 1984

We are Anonymous, We are Legion
We do not forgive, We do not forget
Expect us, Donald Ainsworth

#CabinCr3w - #DoxCak3 - #Anonymous

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13 Occupiers were removed from a Greyhound bus by the driver in Amarillo, Texas. The driver removed ALL Occupiers from the bus not the ones with the ability to livestream. The driver was specific about removing Occupiers.

CNN Inside Anonymous

SPOILER

Om spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.

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Rupert Murdoch squares off with Obama over online piracy legislation

News Corp chief accuses White House of siding with 'Silicon Valley paymasters' as two bills go through US Congress

The gathering storm over online piracy legislation being debated in the US Congress has sucked two more heavy hitters into the fray, with the Obama administration and Rupert Murdoch lining up on opposite sides of the argument.

The controversy over the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) going through the House of Representatives and its Senate equivalent, the Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa), has intensified. Websites including Reddit and possibly Wikipedia are planning to 'go dark' on Wednesday in protest at the proposals, which they say will lead to government censorship of the internet and be disastrous for innovation.

On Saturday, the Obama administration made clear that it would not tolerate several of the more controversial aspects of the two bills, particularly the power to interfere with the architecture of the web by tampering with its Domain Name System (DNS).

"We will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global internet," said three of Obama's top technology advisers in a statement. The authors said manipulating the DNS by forcing service providers to block access to pirating sites could damage cybersecurity by driving users to much more unscrupulous servers.

Just before the White House statement was issued, a sponsor of Sopa – the Texan congressman Lamar Smith – said the DNS blocking provision in the bill would be dropped.

Under the two bills, the US department of justice would have the power to censor foreign websites engaging in piracy by requiring search engines, payment portals and online advertising networks to desist from carrying them.

Murdoch – whose News Corporation includes the Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox, which is among the companies calling for a legislative clampdown against piracy of films, music and other copyrighted material – launched a tirade against the Obama administration for its criticism of Sopa.

"So Obama has thrown in his lot with Silicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators with piracy, plain thievery," he wrote in a series of five tweets, accusing Google of hosting pirated material and selling advertising against it.

The White House statement was not a simple denunciation of Sopa and Pipa. It also makes clear that the administration is in favour of new legislation to combat online piracy, though the authors say it must be narrowly targeted. "Online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response," they say.

The two bills have led to an outpouring of criticism from proponents of a free internet, Silicon Valley giants such as Google and Facebook, and start-up entrepreneurs.

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US killer spy drone controls switch to Linux

Flying assassins upgraded after Windows virus outbreak

_{By John Leyden • Get more from this author
Posted in CIO, 12th January 2012 11:42 GMT}

The control of US military spy drones appears to have shifted from Windows to Linux following an embarrassing malware infection.

Ground control systems at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, which commands the killer unmanned aircraft, became infected with a virus last September. In a statement at the time the Air Force dismissed the electronic nasty as a nuisance and said it posed no threat to the operation of Reaper drones, but the intrusion was nonetheless treated seriously.

"The ground system is separate from the flight control system Air Force pilots use to fly the aircraft remotely; the ability of the pilots to safely fly these aircraft remained secure throughout the incident," it said.

The discovery of the virus was nonetheless hugely embarrassing for the Air Force. The credential-stealing malware, first reported by Wired, made its way from a portable hard drive onto ground systems, which control the drones' weapons and surveillance functions. Portable disks are used to load map updates and transfer mission videos from one computer to another, Defense News added.

"The malware was detected on a standalone mission support network using a Windows-based operating system," a US Air Force statement at the time explained. "The malware in question is a credential stealer, not a keylogger, found routinely on computer networks and is considered more of a nuisance than an operational threat. It is not designed to transmit data or video, nor is it designed to corrupt data, files or programs on the infected computer. Our tools and processes detect this type of malware as soon as it appears on the system, preventing further reach."

Drone units were advised to stop using the removable drives to prevent another outbreak. Behind the scenes other changes appear to have been made: screenshots of drone control computers uploaded by security researcher Mikko Hypponen suggest that at least some of the consoles have been migrated from Microsoft Windows to open source Linux.

Photos of US drone control systems taken in 2009 (here) and 2011 (here) provide evidence of the change - in the earlier picture the Windows desktop GUI can be easily discerned whereas the latter slide indicates the new systems are Linux-based and have "improved displays".

The 2009 photo originally came from the air force base's website but the image has since been removed. A cropped copy can be found here. The 2010 slide came from an unclassified presentation on the US's unmanned drone operations.

Hypponen told The Reg: "If I would need to select between Windows XP and a Linux based system while building a military system, I wouldn't doubt a second which one I would take." ®

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House Kills SOPA

In a surprise move today, Representative Eric Cantor(R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA, effectively killing the bill. This move was most likely due to several things. One of those things is that SOPA and PIPA met huge online protest against the bills. Another reason would be that the White House threatened to veto the bill if it had passed. However, it isn't quite time yet to celebrate, as PIPA(the Senate's version of SOPA) is still up for consideration.

The online protests about the bill were surprising and large. They ranged anywhere from callng Representatives, companies, and senators to get them to change their mind, to actively moving domain's away from and targeting the business model of the companies that supported/lobbied for the bill. GoDaddy lost well over 100,000 domains in the space of about 10 days due to their involvement with these bills, along with other various targets. Reddit in particular has been influential in turning the tide against SOPA and PIPA, and is a good demonstration of how the Internet enables Democracy.

PIPA is less well known than SOPA, but the provisions are basicly the same. It still includes the same DNS blocking and censoring system that the original SOPA did, just without the SOPA name. There are around 40 co-sponsors of the bill in the Senate so far, with no word on how many senators support the bill in addition to that. There will most likely need to be 60 votes in the Senate in order to invoke cloture and end an almost guaranteed filibuster.

So, what are your thoughts? Relieved? Happy? Let me know down below in the comments.

Continue reading on Examiner.com House Kills SOPA - Denver Computers | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/c(...)s-sopa#ixzz1jeBG9waS

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We have talked about the fact that inappropriate emails will not be
tolerated. I am copying your dad because we're friends and I want to
be completely transparent about my communications regarding this
email. This is an example of an email that I will not tolerate. Do
not send another one like it, I'm sorry if this truly represents the
way you feel.

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In 2011, Anonymous showed that the Internet had the power to force greater online transparency, Occupy Wall Street showed that it was possible to mobilize supporters online, and the tech sector continued to churn out super-easy, off-the-shelf tools that make it possible to build apps and Web sites in hours—not weeks or months. Add to that mix the super nastiness of a Super PAC and a bunch of idealistic young political activists who can code, and you might just be able to change the complexion of the 2012 election campaign. As the election trail winds through New Hampshire, the lesson is becoming increasingly clear: If you don’t speak code, you don’t speak the language of the election’s new activists capable of changing the political zeitgeist.

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yeah - its always there, but there are two trends in western soceities
that have traditionally kept it weak for the past few decades: rising home
ownership and the presence of an enemy

if ur afraid you want a strong state, and if you have a mortgage you don't
riot

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http://www.channel4.com/n(...)-man-behind-the-mask

From comic strip to symbol of world rebellion, the V for Vendetta mask is an iconic image of our times. Channel 4 News takes author Alan Moore to meet some of the protesters he inspired.

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Were SOPA/PIPA Protests a Success? The Results Are In

Wednesday's online protests against two online antipiracy bills currently before Congress are being hailed as a success after sites such as BoingBoing, Reddit and Wikipedia temporarily shut down to oppose the Stop Online Piracy (SOPA) and Protect IP (PIPA) Acts. As a result, more than 162 million people saw the protest message on Wikipedia, 18 senators have backed away from the proposed legislation, and 4.5 million people signed a petition against the acts.

The New York Times called Wednesday's online activism, that also included messages of protest from Craigslist, Google and Mozilla, "a political coming of age for the tech industry." While the Motion Picture Association of America's Chairman and CEO (and former U.S. Senator) Chris Dodd said on Tuesday the protests were an "abuse of power" that turned users into the tech industry's "corporate pawns" (PDF).

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Internet Blackout Causes 18 Senators to Flee from PIPA

It may have been a sight to behold as the internet helped topple governments in the Middle East last year, but yesterday it did something even more impressive. It caused Senators to change their minds on policy.

Though the entertainment lobby has poured millions upon millions into Senators and Representatives in order to get anti-piracy, internet censorship bills SOPA and PIPA passed, yesterday’s massive online protest against the two bills by major sites like Google, Reddit and Wikipedia, actually produced real results. As calls flooded into congress, lawmakers were forced to change their position on the bills.

I’m sure it wasn’t a road to Damascus moment where they finally saw the error of their ways, rather I imagine it was somewhat terrifying to consider that they may have significant trouble getting re-elected should they choose to pass bills like SOPA and PIPA that ignited this much passion among constituents.

With SOPA on the shelf for now, it was PIPA that lost the greatest amount of supporters. The tally is currently 18 Senators and counting, many of whom were former co-sponsors of the bill. It’s mostly Republicans who have changed their minds, though I’m not sure what that says. That Democrats are still tighter with Hollywood perhaps?

Here’s a list

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http://static.thepiratebay.org/legal/sopa.txt

INTERNETS, 18th of January 2012.
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

Over a century ago Thomas Edison got the patent for a device which would "do for the eye what the phonograph does for
the ear". He called it the Kinetoscope. He was not only amongst the first to record video, he was also the first person
to own the copyright to a motion picture.

Because of Edisons patents for the motion pictures it was close to financially impossible to create motion pictures
in the North american east coast. The movie studios therefor relocated to California, and founded what we today call
Hollywood. The reason was mostly because there was no patent.
There was also no copyright to speak of, so the studios could copy old stories and make movies out of them - like
Fantasia, one of Disneys biggest hits ever.

So, the whole basis of this industry, that today is screaming about losing control over immaterial rights, is that they
circumvented immaterial rights. They copied (or put in their terminology: "stole") other peoples creative works,
without paying for it. They did it in order to make a huge profit. Today, they're all successful and most of the
studios are on the Fortune 500 list of the richest companies in the world. Congratulations - it's all based on being
able to re-use other peoples creative works. And today they hold the rights to what other people create.
If you want to get something released, you have to abide to their rules. The ones they created after circumventing
other peoples rules.

The reason they are always complainting about "pirates" today is simple. We've done what they did. We circumvented the
rules they created and created our own. We crushed their monopoly by giving people something more efficient. We allow
people to have direct communication between eachother, circumventing the profitable middle man, that in some cases take
over 107% of the profits (yes, you pay to work for them).
It's all based on the fact that we're competition.
We've proven that their existance in their current form is no longer needed. We're just better than they are.

And the funny part is that our rules are very similar to the founding ideas of the USA. We fight for freedom of speech.
We see all people as equal. We believe that the public, not the elite, should rule the nation. We believe that laws
should be created to serve the public, not the rich corporations.

The Pirate Bay is truly an international community. The team is spread all over the globe - but we've stayed out of the
USA. We have Swedish roots and a swedish friend said this:
The word SOPA means "trash" in Swedish. The word PIPA means "a pipe" in Swedish. This is of course not a coincidence.
They want to make the internet inte a one way pipe, with them at the top, shoving trash through the pipe down to the
rest of us obedient consumers.
The public opinion on this matter is clear. Ask anyone on the street and you'll learn that noone wants to be fed with
trash. Why the US government want the american people to be fed with trash is beyond our imagination but we hope that
you will stop them, before we all drown.

SOPA can't do anything to stop TPB. Worst case we'll change top level domain from our current .org to one of the
hundreds of other names that we already also use. In countries where TPB is blocked, China and Saudi Arabia springs to
mind, they block hundreds of our domain names. And did it work? Not really.
To fix the "problem of piracy" one should go to the source of the problem. The entertainment industry say they're
creating "culture" but what they really do is stuff like selling overpriced plushy dolls and making 11 year old girls
become anorexic. Either from working in the factories that creates the dolls for basically no salary or by watching
movies and tv shows that make them think that they're fat.

In the great Sid Meiers computer game Civilization you can build Wonders of the world. One of the most powerful ones
is Hollywood. With that you control all culture and media in the world. Rupert Murdoch was happy with MySpace and had
no problems with their own piracy until it failed. Now he's complainting that Google is the biggest source of piracy
in the world - because he's jealous. He wants to retain his mind control over people and clearly you'd get a more
honest view of things on Wikipedia and Google than on Fox News.

Some facts (years, dates) are probably wrong in this press release. The reason is that we can't access this information
when Wikipedia is blacked out. Because of pressure from our failing competitors. We're sorry for that.

THE PIRATE BAY, (K)2012

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Stemming over omstreden auteursrechtenwet PIPA uitgesteld

De leider van de Democratische fractie in de Amerikaanse senaat Harry Reid heeft een stemming over de Protect IP Act (PIPA), een omstreden anti-piraterijwet, uitgesteld. Aanvankelijk zou de Amerikaanse Senaat er aanstaande dinsdag over stemmen, maar de wet stuitte wereldwijd op veel weerstand.

'In het licht van de recente ontwikkelingen' besloot Reid om de stemming, waarin moest gaan blijken of PIPA daadwerkelijk als wetsvoorstel zou worden ingediend, op te schorten.

In een officiële verklaring stelt Reid dat hij ervan overtuigd is dat er de komende weken een compromis kan worden bereikt tussen voor- en tegenstanders van deze wet. Hij heeft er vertrouwen in 'dat er een balans kan worden gevonden tussen de bescherming van intellectueel eigendom van Amerikanen en het behouden van het open en innovatieve karakter van het internet.'

SOPA
Samen met een soortgelijke wet, de Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), leidde het wetsvoorstel de laatste dagen tot veel onrust. De twee wetten zijn bedoeld om de toegang tot buitenlandse sites te blokkeren, zodra die content aanbieden die op een illegale manier is verkregen.

Tegenstanders menen dat de wetten de internetvrijheid beknotten en kunnen leiden tot censuur. Eerder al werd de behandeling van SOPA uitgesteld, zodat er meer deskundigen over gehoord kunnen worden. De afgelopen dagen bleek de steun onder Amerikaanse politici voor de wetten al steeds verder af te kalven.

Afstel
Of van uitstel in dit geval ook afstel komt, is echter nog de vraag. Ondanks de verminderde steun is er in de senaat momenteel nog geen meerderheid tégen de wetten. En uit de verklaring van Reid blijkt dat hij vastbesloten is om tenminste enig resultaat te boeken. 'De Amerikaanse economie is jaarlijks miljarden dollars en duizenden banen kwijt aan piraterij', memoreert hij. 'Dat moeten we stoppen.'

Het belangrijkste verschil tussen SOPA en PIPA is dat de eerstgenoemde een wetsvoorstel van het Huis van Afgevaardigden is, terwijl het tweede uit de Senaat komt. Inhoudelijk verschillen de twee wetten slechts op een aantal details van elkaar.

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How The Anonymous Hacker Group Took Down The FBI's Site In Its Largest Attack Ever

Hacker group Anonymous coordinated ~5,600 people to attack and bring down the websites of the Department of Justice, RIAA, MPAA, Universal Music Group, the US Copyright Service, and the FBI yesterday evening.

The attack, called #OpMegaUpload, was the largest ever by Anonymous. The name references the FBI's takedown and indictment of file-sharing site Megaupload, which was what provoked Anonymous.

Mother Jones reporter Josh Harkinson dove into chat rooms to find out more about it.

Apparently, the attacks were organized in old-school Internet Relay Chat chatrooms, which help maintain users' anonymity, and there hackers organized the distributed denial of service (dosing) assaults.

Harkinson spoke to one hacker, who said they launched the operation because:

. "Taking down megaupload was another bad attempt at fighting piracy. Putting a webmaster in jail because the users of his website posted copyrighted material is outrageous. ... [Thanks to SOPA and PIPA,] a lot of people really fear the end of the internet as we know it ... They cannot ignore us now.

Meanwhile, Megaupload is preparing to defend itself against accusations that it is a huge criminal enterprise. The arrest of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom apparently played out like a movie, with Dotcom retreating deeper into his enormous mansion and activating layer after layer of security.

His defenders are saying that shutting down Megaupload for hosting some pirated content would be like shutting down YouTube for the same reasons.

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Digitale oorlog na '#JodenGaanEraan'

Negen dagen voor de klassieker tussen Feyenoord en Ajax is de digitale strijd tussen de supporters van beide clubs losgebarsten. Op Twitter is de hashtag '#JodenGaanEraan' al urenlang trending topic.

Dat komt voor een groot deel door mensen die schande spreken van de antisemitische hashtag. Ook zijn er mensen die aan Twitter vragen om actie te ondernemen tegen mensen die de hashtag gebruiken.
Daarnaast verschijnt als tegenactie de #BommenOpRotterdam steeds vaker op Twitter, die hashtag is ondertussen ook trending topic geworden.

Het trending topic #JodenGaanEraan is extra pijnlijk omdat het juist vandaag exact 70 jaar geleden is dat Duitsland tijdens een geheime conferentie in Wannsee sprak over de deportatie en vernietiging van Joden tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

'Zeer kwetsend'
Hoogst onsmakelijk. Zo betitelt Ronny Naftaniel vanavond het trending topic. De directeur zei dat zijn Centrum Informatie Documentatie Israël (CIDI) heeft geprobeerd de zogenoemde hashtag te verbieden, vooralsnog tevergeefs. 'We hebben nog geen contact kunnen krijgen met Twitter.'

'Natuurlijk gaat het om voetbal en natuurlijk gaat het om supporters. Maar als je dit met opgeheven hoofd zegt, kennelijk met een zekere trots, dan zit je op het niveau van de nazi's', aldus Naftaniel. De CIDI-directeur wil niet zeggen dat de uitlatingen strafbaar zijn, maar 'kwetsend zijn ze zeker'. Het CIDI is samen met clubs en de KNVB al langer bezig om kwetsende uitlatingen uit voetbalstadions te bannen.

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Anonymous Message To Congress. #OpGlobalBlackout Threat To Shutdown YT Facebook Twitter UN servers

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Anonymous' neue Waffe

Anonymous-Aktivisten haben für ihren am Donnerstag begonnenen DDoS-Angriff auf die Website des US-Justizministeriums eine speziell präparierte Webseite genutzt, die massenhaft Anfragen an die Domain justice.gov sendet. Nach dem Aufruf der Seite sorgen einige Zeilen JavaScript dafür, dass der Browser den Behördenserver mit HTTP-Anfragen überflutet. Die Seite wird unter anderem bei PasteHTML gehostet, wo jedermann anonym HTML-Quellcode veröffentlichen kann.

Bislang hatte das lose Aktivistenkollektiv für derartige Angriffe vor allem die Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) eingesetzt, die von den Teilnehmenden zunächst heruntergeladen und ausgeführt werden muss. In einigen Ländern einschließlich Deutschland ist dies ein klarer Fall von Computersabotage und somit strafbar. Wie das im konkreten Fall aussieht, ist allerdings unklar: Der JavaScript-Code erfordert keine Nutzerinteraktion und legt direkt nach dem Öffnen der Seite mit dem Angriff los.

Man hat vorab keine Chance, die mit dem Besuch der Seite verbundenen Konsequenzen zu erkennen. Anonymous-Sympathisanten haben den Link zur Seite massenhaft über Twitter verbreitet und dabei häufig diverse Link-Verkürzer eingesetzt, die die wahre URL verschleiern. Um möglichst viele Aufrufe zu erreichen, wurden die Twitter-Besucher in vielen Fällen unter falschen Vorwänden auf die Seite gelockt.

Der Angriff ist Teil der #OpMegaupload, die Anonymous nach der Verhaftung von Kim Schmitz ins Leben gerufen hat. Während die Webseite des Justizministeriums gestern Abend zeitweise tatsächlich nicht erreichbar war, hat sich die Lage inzwischen wieder beruhigt. Die Behördenseite ist derzeit uneingeschränkt erreichbar.

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Some people just don't know how to keep a job:

Aaron Barr, Cybersecurity Analyst Who Was Hacked By Anonymous And Infiltrated Occupy Wall Street, Gets Fired

NEW YORK -- Just last week Aaron Barr, the former HBGary Federal CEO whose email was hacked by Anonymous in February, was "schooling" the FBI on security and social media. Now he's been let go from his new job at another federal contractor, Sayres and Associates. His former boss at Sayres told HuffPost it was because Barr was acting like a "cowboy" on the company dime.

Barr's strange year in the public eye began in early 2011. At the time he was the CEO at HBGary Federal, an information security contractor working with both federal government agencies and with outside firms. In a February 4 article, he claimed to the Financial Times that he was on the cusp of exposing the leaders behind the loose-knit confederation of hackers and activists known as Anonymous.

The Anons struck back, releasing thousands of internal emails from HBGary -- emails that showed that HBGary was working for a law firm, which was in turn working for the US Chamber of Commerce, to hurt Wikileaks by feeding it false information and discrediting its supporters in the media.

As the plot was exposed, Barr was forced to step down at HBGary. Months later, he had moved on to a new job at Sayres and Associates, which does contracting work with the US Navy and the Department of Homeland Security.

"When I hired Aaron about eight months ago, it was under the perception that we were going to be able to help the NSA with some things relating to national security, not with Anonymous and social groups," said John Sayres, the company's founder.

According to Sayres, what he got instead was a series of headaches.

"When I brought him on I said hey, we'll give him six months and see how he can help our company -- and I saw no help, all I saw was things I didn't want to see," he said.
Those may have included a mention on Threatpost about Barr's "strange trip" to visit Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park, where he dyed his hair blue in an attempt to fit in with protesters and see what they were up to. Barr's name also appeared in a set of emails mistakenly released by another cybersecurity analyst he is friends with, Thomas Ryan. Ryan snuck his way onto an Occupy Wall Street email organizing list, forwarding some of those messages to FBI agents and then releasing a batch of them onto the web.

At the time, Barr told HuffPost he was simply dropping in on Occupy Wall Street out of curiosity, hoping to see how Anonymous was interacting with the movement. Barr said he played no part in Ryan's efforts to "snitch" on Occupy Wall Street -- even though he was copied on one of the emails between Ryan and an FBI employee.

Following it all is a little bit complicated -- a vertigo-inducing trip into the shady border zone between feds, security consultants and hackers. But after Barr popped up in the news again last week, presenting at an FBI-sponsored cybersecurity conference with a speech called “How I learned to stop worrying and love social media," his boss decided he'd had enough.
"I never got a copy of what he was presenting at the conferences," said Sayres. "He was kind of like a cowboy, off on his own and doing his own thing, and that's not how I run the company."
Sayres said he never expected Barr to be back at it again, talking in public about Anonymous, or collaborating with the FBI, which he said his company has no business with.
"It looks to me like he's back in the same old playground," Sayres said. The conference speech was on January 11, and Barr was let go a week later.

For his part, Barr described his parting with Sayres and Associates as "amicable." He added that he has already found a new job, but declined to tell HuffPost where.
"Lol," he emailed. "Let me settle in first."

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Op vrijdag 20 januari 2012 20:33 schreef viagraap het volgende:

Anonymous Message To Congress. #OpGlobalBlackout Threat To Shutdown YT Facebook Twitter UN servers

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AnonDaily twitterde op zaterdag 21-01-2012 om 04:33:07 So it seems that the last YouTube video I posted is NOT real. Apologies for the confusion. -AD reageer retweet

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Anonymous valt website Sarkozy aan

Hackerscollectief Anonymous heeft de website van de Franse president Nicolas Sarkozy aangevallen. De cyberactivisten wisten gisteren de code van de homepage te kraken en er hun motto achter te laten. Na enkele uren was de site hersteld.

De aanval van Anonymous lijkt een reactie op uitspraken van de Franse minister van Cultuur, Frédéric Mitterand. Die steunde de Amerikaanse aanpak van de grote downloadsite Megaupload.com. 'Het is misdadig, het is diefstal', zei Mitterand gisteren over het uitwisselen van auteursrechtelijk beschermde bestanden.

De Amerikaanse autoriteiten haalden Megaupload.com donderdag uit de lucht. Het hoofdkwartier in Nieuw-Zeeland werd ontmanteld. Zeker zeven mensen zijn aangeklaagd, onder wie een 29-jarige Nederlander. Hij en drie anderen worden mogelijk uitgeleverd aan de Verenigde Staten. Daar worden ze beschuldigd van onder meer witwassen, waar tot 20 jaar celstraf op staat.

Na de actie tegen Megaupload.com vielen hackers de websites van het Amerikaanse ministerie van Justitie en de recherche FBI aan.

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BarrettBrownLOL twitterde op zaterdag 21-01-2012 om 08:00:45 Apparently I launched a campaign called "Operation Donkey Kong." No more drugs for me. http://t.co/dY9XKzCo reageer retweet

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BarrettBrownLOL twitterde op zaterdag 21-01-2012 om 19:10:40 #Anonops IRC server packed beyond precedent with angry hackers and activists, all thanks to #SOPA and #FBI reageer retweet

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Investment Firm Y Combinator Goes on Offensive Against Hollywood

After the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act were shelved on Friday, some Web sites and venture capitalists went on the offensive against the people and companies behind the controversial piracy bills.

Y Combinator, an early stage investment company, announced on its Web site that it planned to finance start-up companies that would go after Hollywood and the movie industry.

Referring to Hollywood, Y Combinator wrote: ”The people who run it are so mean and so politically connected that they could do a lot of damage to civil liberties and the world economy on the way down. It would therefore be a good thing if competitors hastened their demise.”

The blog post, which was titled “Kill Hollywood,” also offered advice to start-ups and entrepreneurs who wanted to help to hasten its demise. Suggestions included developing start-ups that created new ways to produce and distribute shows, and games that were similar to traditional shows but were more interactive.

Marco Arment, a developer and the founder of Instapaper, wrote a similar post on his Web site, stating that people needed to fight back against Hollywood after it managed to get the piracy bills into Congress.

“Such ridiculous, destructive bills should never even pass committee review,” Mr. Arment wrote. The real problem, he added, is “the MPAA’s buying power in Congress,” a reference to the Motion Picture Association of America. “This is a campaign finance problem.”

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MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought

Reinforcing the fact that Chris Dodd really does not get what's happening, and showing just how disgustingly corrupt the MPAA relationship is with politicians, Chris Dodd went on Fox News to explicitly threaten politicians who accept MPAA campaign donations that they'd better pass Hollywood's favorite legislation... or else:

. "Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake,"

This certainly follows what many people assumed was happening, and fits with the anonymous comments from studio execs that they will stop contributing to Obama, but to be so blatant about this kind of corruption and money-for-laws politics in the face of an extremely angry public is a really, really, really tone deaf response from Dodd.

It shows, yet again, that he just doesn't get it. People were protesting not just because of the content of these bills, but because of the corrupt process of big industries like Dodd's "buying" politicians and "buying" laws. To then come out and make that threat explicit isn't a way to fix things or win back the public. It's just going to get them more upset, and to recognize just how corrupt this process is. If Dodd, as he said in yesterday's NY Times, really wanted to turn things around and come to a more reasonable result, this is exactly how not to do it. It shows, yet again, a DC-insider's mindset. He used Fox News to try to "send a message" to politicians. But the internet already sent a much louder message... and, even worse for Dodd, he bizarrely sent his message in a way that everyone who's already fed up with this kind of corruption can see it too. It really makes you wonder what he's thinking and how someone so incompetent at this could keep his job.

The MPAA doesn't need a DC insider explicitly demanding the right to buy laws and buy politicians. The MPAA needs a reformer, one who helps guide Hollywood into the opportunities of a new market place. The MPAA needs someone who actually understands the internet, and helps lead the studios forward. That's apparently not Chris Dodd.

Public Knowledge issued a fantastic statement that not only highlights the ridiculousness of Dodd's threats, but also the hypocrisy of the Hollywood studios on this issue:

. Public Knowledge welcomes constructive dialog with people from all affected sectors about issues surrounding copyright, the state of the movie industry and related concerns. Cybersecurity experts, Internet engineers, venture capitalists, artists, entrepreneurs, human rights advocates, law professors, consumers and public-interest organizations, among others should be included. They were shut out of the process for these bills.

. We suggest that in the meantime, if the MPAA is truly concerned about the jobs of truck drivers and others in the industry, then it can bring its overseas filming back to the U.S. and create more jobs. It could stop holding states hostage for millions of dollars in subsidies that strained state budgets can’t afford while pushing special-interest bills through state legislatures. While that happens, discussions could take place.

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Two lessons from the Megaupload seizure

_{By Glenn Greenwald}

Two events this week produced some serious cognitive dissonance. First, Congressional leaders sheepishly announced that they were withdrawing (at least for the time being) two bills heavily backed by the entertainment industry — the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House – in the wake of vocal online citizen protests (and, more significantly, coordinated opposition from the powerful Silicon Valley industry). Critics insisted that these bills were dangerous because they empowered the U.S. Government, based on mere accusations of piracy and copyright infringement, to shut down websites without any real due process. But just as the celebrations began over the saving of Internet Freedom, something else happened: the U.S. Justice Department not only indicted the owners of one of the world’s largest websites, the file-sharing site Megaupload, but also seized and shut down that site, and also seized or froze millions of dollars of its assets — all based on the unproved accusations, set forth in an indictment, that the site deliberately aided copyright infringement.

In other words, many SOPA opponents were confused and even shocked when they learned that the very power they feared the most in that bill — the power of the U.S. Government to seize and shut down websites based solely on accusations, with no trial — is a power the U.S. Government already possesses and, obviously, is willing and able to exercise even against the world’s largest sites (they have this power thanks to the the 2008 PRO-IP Act pushed by the same industry servants in Congress behind SOPA as well as by forfeiture laws used to seize the property of accused-but-not-convicted drug dealers). This all reminded me quite a bit of the shock and outrage that arose last month over the fact that Barack Obama signed into law a bill (the NDAA) vesting him with the power to militarily detain people without charges, even though, as I pointed out the very first time I wrote about that bill, indefinite detention is already a power the U.S. Government under both Bush and Obama has seized and routinely and aggressively exercises.

I’m not minimizing the importance of either fight: it’s true that SOPA (like the NDAA) would codify these radical powers further and even expand them beyond what the U.S. Government already wields (regarding SOPA’s unique provisions, see Julian Sanchez’s typically thorough analysis). But the defining power that had everyone so up in arms about SOPA — shutting down websites with no trial — is one that already exists in quite a robust form, as any thwarted visitors to Megaupload will discover. There are two points worth making about all of this:

(1) It’s wildly under-appreciated how unrestrained is the Government’s power to do what it wants, and how little effect these debates over various proposed laws have on that power. Contrary to how it was portrayed, the Obama administration’s threatened veto of the NDAA rested largely on the assertion that they did not need a law vesting them with indefinite detention powers because they already have full power to detain people without a trial: not because any actual law expressly vested that power, but because the Bush and Obama DOJs both claimed the 2001 AUMF silently (“implicitly”) authorized it and deferential courts have largely acquiesced to that claim. Thus, Obama argued about indefinite detention in his NDAA veto threat that “the authorities codified in this section already exist” and therefore “the Administration does not believe codification is necessary,” and in his Signing Statement the President similarly asserted that “the executive branch already has the authority to detain in military custody” accused Terrorists “and as Commander in Chief I have directed the military to do so where appropriate.” In other words: we don’t need any law expressly stating that we can imprison people without charges: we do it when we want without that law.

That’s more or less what happened with the SOPA fight. It’s true that website-seizures-without-trials are not quite as lawless as indefinite detentions, since there are actual statutes conferring this power. But it nonetheless sends a very clear message when citizens celebrate a rare victory in denying the Government a power it seeks — the power to shut down websites without a trial — only for the Government to turn around the very next day and shut down one of the world’s largest and best-known sites. Whether intended or not, the message is unmistakable: Congratulations, citizens, on your cute little “democracy” victory in denying us the power to shut down websites without a trial: we’re now going to shut down one of your most popular websites without a trial.

(2) The U.S. really is a society that simply no longer believes in due process: once the defining feature of American freedom that is now scorned as some sort of fringe, radical, academic doctrine. That is not hyperbole. Supporters of both political parties endorse, or at least tolerate, all manner of government punishment without so much as the pretense of a trial, based solely on government accusation: imprisonment for life, renditions to other countries, even assassinations of their fellow citizens. Simply uttering the word Terrorist, without proving it, is sufficient. And now here is Megaupload being completely destroyed — its website shuttered, its assets seized, ongoing business rendered impossible — based solely on the unproven accusation of Piracy.

It’s true, as Sanchez observes, that “the owners of Megaupload don’t seem like particularly sympathetic characters,” but he also details that there are difficult and weighty issues that would have to be resolved to prove they engaged in criminal conduct. Megaupload obviously contains numerous infringing videos, but so does YouTube, yet both sites also entail numerous legal activities as well. As Sanchez put it: “most people, presumably, recognize that shutting down YouTube in order to disable access to those videos would not be worth the enormous cost to protected speech.” The Indictment is a classic one-side-of-the-story document; even the most mediocre lawyers can paint any picture they want when unchallenged. That’s why the government is not supposed to dole out punishments based on accusatory instruments, but only after those accusations are proved in an adversarial proceeding.

Whatever else is true, those issues should be decided upon a full trial in a court of law, not by government decree. Especially when it comes to Draconian government punishments — destroying businesses, shutting down websites, imprisoning people for life, assassinating them — what distinguishes a tyrannical society from a free one is whether the government is first required to prove guilt in a fair, adversarial proceeding. This is a precept Americans were once taught about why their country was superior, was reflexively understood, and was enshrined as the core political principle: “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” It’s simply not a principle that is believed in any longer, and therefore is not remotely observed.

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On a different note: both Jeffrey Goldberg and David Bernstein have posts about my arguments on the smearing of CAP that rest on the same premise: namely, that to point out that someone has “dual loyalties” is an accusation of disloyalty to their own country or even worse. As I explain here, that premise is false. There’s nothing inherently wrong with dual loyalties: those are common among many groups, especially in a country of immigrants, and are typically benign. What’s menacing is to smear those who discuss its existence and the way in which it influences our politics. For more on this, see The Atlantic‘s Robert Wright: “How to Smear a Washington Think Tank.”

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Op zondag 22 januari 2012 03:27 schreef Nemephis het volgende:
Ik weet niet of je nu een feed hebt waaruit je kopiëert en plakt of dat je ouderwets Googled, Papierversnipperaar, maar ik vind déze feed in ieder geval wél handig

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'Anonymous' hackers attack Brazilian websites

RIO DE JANEIRO — The computer hacker group Anonymous attacked websites of Brazil's federal district Saturday as well as one belonging to a Brazilian singer to protest the forced closure of Megaupload.com.

Anonymous posted messages on Twitter describing attacks against hundreds of Brazilian sites that share the URL 'df.gov.br,' which are owned by the government of the federal capital in Rio de Janeiro.

The Federal District press office denied Saturday that the hackers succeeded in shutting down the websites.

The Internet news site G1, owned by television network Globo, confirmed the early morning computer attacks but said the Federal District's 24-hour-a-day information technology team was able to stop them.

However, the hackers did succeed in shutting down the website of popular Brazilian singer Paula Fernandes. They posted the image of a grim-faced joker with a message saying, "If Megaupload is down, you are down too." It was signed "GhostofThreads."

Megaupload is a file-sharing service company that allows customers to upload files to a website, where their information can be downloaded by other Internet users. The US Justice Department shut down the company's website on January 19 after its owners were indicted on copyright infringement charges.

Hong Kong-based Megaupload has over 150 million users and 50 million visitors per day, or 4% of all global Internet traffic.

The site is responsible for "massive online piracy" that generated "more than $175 million in criminal proceeds" and caused "more than a half-billion dollars in harm to copyright owners," the FBI and US Justice Department said in a joint statement.

Anonymous -- a group of loosely organized computer hackers scattered around the world and represented by the joker face in white mask and black sarcastic smile -- is known for "denial of service" attacks on websites to protest certain government policies.

Their attacks this week, which they call "hacktivism," shut down the websites of the FBI and US Justice Department for several hours to protest the closure of Megaupload.com.

On Friday, Anonymous also briefly attacked the website of the French presidency after French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he welcomed the decision of a US federal court to shut down Megaupload.com.

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Rick Falkvinge: the Swedish radical leading the fight over web freedoms

The tech entrepreneur launched the Pirate party to fight online censorship. Now, it is Europe's fastest growing political group

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Not radical politics. Or illegal file-sharing. Or revolutionary e-currencies that may destroy the global banking system. Because, although sipping a soy latte in the Stockholm cafe that he calls his office, Falkvinge has the air of a successful corporate lawyer, he's actually the founder and chief ideologue of Europe's youngest, boldest, and fastest growing political movement: the Pirate party.

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What they've done is to use technology in new ways to harness political power. Falkvinge describes how "we're online 24/7", how they operate in what he calls "the swarm" nobody is in charge, and nobody can tell anybody else what to do and how, essentially, they are the political embodiment of online activist culture.

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"We're at an incredible crossroads right now. They're demanding the right to wiretap the entire population. It's unprecedented. This is a technology that can be used to give everybody a voice. But it can also be used to build a Big Brother society so dystopian that if someone had written a book about it in the 1950s, it would have been discarded as unrealistic."

Anonymous - Global Cyber War I

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Anonymous - Operation Revenge

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Greetings, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Government, We are Anonymous.

On Janurary, 19, 2012.
It has come to the attention of Anonymous that you have decided to buckle to the pressure of the entertainment industry and arrest 7 members of staff of [file-share site] Megaupload along with closing their website down.

Megaupload has been shutdown by you, that hosted files, movies, backups and much more. You have caused a major error in your action. You have ruined not just the users of megaupload, you have ruined companies and businesses. By doing this, you have made people angry.

And you have made us angry. Our anger shall be redirected at you.

People from around the world will be joining forces. And will be launching one of the largest cyber attacks in the history of mankind. We will be united in our common interests and we will once again be fighting for our freedom, You will not escape the wrath of our Redemption and you will not destroy anymore websites that promote free speech.

We are The redemption users.
We will not go quitely into the night.
We will not vanish without a fight.
We're going to survive.
And we will not obey you.
So, expect our brothers, sisters, and the world.

Operation Revenge, engaged.

We are Anonymous.
We are legion.
We are divided by zero and many.
We do not forgive internet censorship.
We do not forget your actions.
To the United States Government, you should have expected us.

We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists - Trailer

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A clip from the film WE ARE LEGION: The Story of the Hacktivists

Turning the internet back on in Egypt

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We Are Legion is a documentary about Anonymous and hacktivism. The film explores the historical roots of early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater and then follows Anonymous from the early days of 4chan to a full-blown movement with a global reach.

We are currently in the process of shooting and editing and hope to be finished in early 2012.

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Operation Donkey Punch: Anonymous targets pro-SOPA Dems

SOPA and PIPA may be in zombie mode, having burned up in the fire of SOPA “Blackout Day” protests and the largest attack by Anonymous on record, but activists who opposed the legislation understand that the Internet wars have only just begun.

Barrett Brown, often recognized as a public face of Anonymous, announced that his own group, Project PM, will be keeping an eye on Democratic congressmen who hope to “quietly support” the legislation.

“Yesterday my ProjectPM group began preparations for a campaign to go after any Democratic congressmen who hope to quietly support SOPA without drawing any negative attention that might damage their cred among liberals,” Brown told the Daily Caller in an email.

While Republicans evacuated their support of SOPA and PIPA — the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House, and the Protect IP Act in the Senate — en masse Wednesday and Thursday after constituents flooded their offices with calls and emails, only a few Democrats did the same.

The bills were promoted as bipartisan legislation, but the top five beneficiaries of campaign donations from supporters of SOPA and PIPA — amounting to a sum of over $1 million — were all Democrats.

The Daily Caller previously reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who until Friday had planned on introducing PIPA to the Senate floor as a “jobs bill,” received over $3.5 million dollars in campaign donations.

“OpDonkeyPunch is currently in information-gathering phase, ” Brown told The Daily Caller, “we had intended to begin work tonight, but the change in situation now needs to be assessed. This will give us time to decide who is most vulnerable to a series of targeted propaganda campaigns of the sort that will bring attention to themselves and their donors, among other things.”

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Megaupload Op: Anonymous downs FBI, DoJ, music sites in biggest attack ever

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TheAnonMessage twitterde op zondag 22-01-2012 om 18:29:51 RETWEET! CBS.COM HAS BEEN DELETED!!! #CBS #ANONYMOUS reageer retweet

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BarrettBrownLOL twitterde op zondag 22-01-2012 om 18:24:44 CBS web directory deleted. #Anonymous reageer retweet

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NO LIMIT
NO ADVERTISING
100% FREE
100% ANONYMOUS

We will use Russian servers, FUCK FBI, SOPA & PIPA

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White House Petitioned to Investigate MPAA Bribery

The public has started a petition asking the White House to investigate comments made by MPAA CEO Chris Dodd a few days ago on Fox News. Closing a tumultuous week of wide protest against PIPA and SOPA – two MPAA backed anti-piracy bills – Dodd threatened to stop the cash-flow to politicians who dare to take a stand against pro-Hollywood legislation. Clear bribery, the petition claims, and already thousands agree.

doddResponding to the mass protests against the PIPA and SOPA bills on Wednesday, the MPAA has revealed its true nature.

First, MPAA CEO Chris Dodd described the blackouts of Wikipedia, Reddit and others as corporate PR stunts which manipulated and exploited the sites’ users.

“Some technology business interests are resorting to stunts that punish their users or turn them into their corporate pawns,” Dodd said.

Then, a few days later when many lawmakers had already dropped their support for the anti-piracy bills, the MPAA’s comments turned even more grim. Talking to Fox News, the MPAA’s boss threatened to stop contributing to politicians who don’t back legislation designed to protect Hollywood.

“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who’s going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don’t ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don’t pay any attention to me when my job is at stake,” Dodd said.

Although it’s no secret that the movie industry has a powerful lobby in Washington, explicitly admitting that bribery is one of the tactics the MPAA uses to have their way wasn’t well received by the public. A few hours ago a White house petition was started to investigate Chris Dodd and the MPAA for alleged bribery.

“This is an open admission of bribery and a threat designed to provoke a specific policy goal. This is a brazen flouting of the ‘above the law’ status people of Dodd’s position and wealth enjoy,” the petition reads.

“We demand justice. Investigate this blatant bribery and indict every person, especially government officials and lawmakers, who is involved.”

In just a few hours the petition amassed more than 5,000 votes and this number is increasing rapidly. As a former Senator, Chris Dodd has many friends in Washington so it’s unclear whether the petition will accomplish anything, but if the numbers grow big enough the White House won’t be able to ignore it either.

The MPAA’s response to the PIPA and SOPA opposition this week is a sign that they might be losing control in Washington. At the very least, they are starting to lose their patience and become frustrated, which may not help their cause at this point.

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Op zondag 22 januari 2012 20:16 schreef Pietverdriet het volgende:

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Corruptie, handel met voorkennis, onzuiver handelen, wordt in de VS keihard aangepakt, kunnen ze in NL een puntje aan zuigen.

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DOJ vs. Anonymous: Who’s Tricking Who?

With Anonymous’ #OpMegaUpload in full swing, it’s time to ask ourselves an important question: Who actually has the upper hand in this “battle” – the U.S. Government or Anonymous?

You’re probably aware that the DOJ delivered a blow on Thursday with its takedown of major filesharing site MegaUpload. Just hours later, government websites ranging from the DOJ to the U.S. Copyright Office were taken down as well as sites of SOPA supporting organizations like theMPAA and RIAA. Anonymous quickly claimed credit, and #OpMegaUpload was born.
When Thursday was all said and done, it ended up being the biggest coordinated attack in the history of Anonymous – more than a dozen major websites down and over 5,000 worldwide participants. Many on the interwebs rejoiced.

However since yesterday’s attack, there has been growing backlash toward Anonymous’ actions. When Anonymous went buck wild with their DDoS attacks, did it actually do more harm than good? As wonderful as they feel to some, are revenge attacks on government properties actually counterproductive?

Molly Wood at CNET expresses this sentiment, saying that the U.S. Government purposefully scheduled the MegaUpload takedown to occur right after the successful SOPA Blackout protests, to do away with any credibility engendered by the opposition movement.
I’ll post the entire relevant chunk of her argument because it is rather elegant:

. My sources tell me the timing of the Megaupload arrests was no accident. The federal government, they say, was spoiling for a fight after the apparent defeat of SOPA/PIPA and not a little humiliation at the hands of the Web. And what better way to bolster the cause for cyber-crackdown than by pointing to a massive display of cyber-terrorism at the hands of everyone’s favorite Internet boogeyman: Anonymous?

. If the SOPA/PIPA protests were the Web’s moment of inspiring, non-violent, hand-holding civil disobedience, #OpMegaUpload feels like the unsettling wave of car-burning hooligans that sweep in and incite the riot portion of the play. The result is always riot gear, tear gas, arrests, injury, and a sea of knee-jerk policies, laws, and reactions that address the destructive actions of a few, and not the good intentions of the many.

I don’t truly know whether Anonymous was cleverly goaded into #OpMegaUpload. But I do know that an attack this big on this many government sites will effectively erase those good Internet vibrations that were rattling around Capitol Hill this week and harden the perspective of legislators and law enforcement who want to believe that the Web community is made up of wild, law-breaking pirates. That, ultimately, may help strengthen the business–and the emotional–case for the pro-SOPA, pro-PIPA lobby. Did the feds just get the last lulz?


Now, I have no reason to doubt her sources or her argument. I actually agree to some extent. The timing of the MegaUpload takedown was too perfect. Will #OpMegaUpload erase some of those “good internet vibrations” and embolden members of Congress and the DOJ to push for harsher laws to crackdown on what they perceive as “cyber-terrorism?” Possibly.

And was that their goal all along? To trick Anonymous into a reaction and then use that reaction to paint them as the enemy? Again, possibly. But this argument assumes that all of this is news to Anonymous – that they were somehow tricked into all of this. My point is (this might sound a little Inception-ey): What if Anonymous began #OpMegaUpload with the full understanding that it would elicit a tough response from the DOJ and other parts of the U.S. government. A plan within a plan, if you will.

Think about it: when’s the last time that you saw the internet community rally around a cause in such a massive and effective manner? Maybe Anonymous feels that this overflow of outrage capital can be used to fire up the community even more. “Sure, go ahead and try to come up with harsher internet restrictions right now. Try to make more arrests.” With some many eyes on the cause of internet freedom because of SOPA & PIPA, is Anonymous daring the other side to make a drastic move? Have they seen the internet community pissed off and united in a meaningful way and realized that it’s just the tip of the iceberg – the collective minds of the web have so much more to offer when it comes to protest?
So, a trap set by the federal government or not, maybe Anonymous felt that this was the time for something big.

Or maybe we’re all just over-thinking this.

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UN: Disconnecting File-Sharers Breaches Human Rights

According to a report set to be adopted today by the UN’s Human Rights Council, anti-filesharing provisions such as those outlined in the UK’s Digital Economy Act are disproportionate and should be repealed. The provisions, which include disconnecting Internet users for violating the rights of the music and movie industries, breach human rights, the report concludes.

According to a UN report published in May and set to be adopted today, tough provisions in the UK’s Digital Economy Act and France’s ‘Hadopi’ legislation breach human rights.

The Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression details concern for measures being put in place by various governments to punish online copyright infringement. In many cases those measures include the draconian step of denying citizens’ Internet access.

“While blocking and filtering measures deny users access to specific content on the Internet, States have also taken measures to cut off access to the Internet entirely,” says the report.

“The Special Rapporteur considers cutting off users from Internet access, regardless of
the justification provided, including on the grounds of violating intellectual property rights law, to be disproportionate and thus a violation of article 19, paragraph 3, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.”

The report highlights the legislation adopted by France and the UK, noting that the author of the report, Frank La Rue, is “alarmed” by proposals to severely punish Internet users if they violate intellectual property rights.

“This also includes legislation based on the concept of ‘graduated response’, which imposes a series of penalties on copyright infringers that could lead to suspension of Internet service, such as the so-called “three-strikes-law” in France and the Digital Economy Act 2010 of the United Kingdom,” notes the report.

In addition to calling on governments to maintain Internet access “during times of political unrest,” the report goes on to urge States to change copyright laws, not in favor of the music and movie industries as has been the recent trend, but in keeping with citizens’ rights.

“In particular, the Special Rapporteur urges States to repeal or amend existing intellectual copyright laws which permit users to be disconnected from Internet access, and to refrain from adopting such laws,” the report adds.

Whether or not the report will carry any influence with these so-far stubborn governments remains to be seen, but the Open Rights Group are keeping up the pressure on UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt. ORG have written to Hunt asking for his reaction to the Special Rapporteur’s report and his recommendation that the Digital Economy Act’s disconnection provisions should be repealed.

Operation Payback - Anonymous Message About ACTA Laws, Internet Censorship and Copyright

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Polen tekent ACTA-verdrag na ingelast regeringsoverleg (update)

De Poolse regering heeft na een ingelast regeringsoverleg, nadat overheidssites gisteren en vandaag doelwit waren van hackersgroepering Anonymous, toch besloten het ACTA-verdrag te gaan tekenen.

Update 18:27 uur: In tegenstelling tot wat hier eerder stond, tekent Polen tóch het ACTA-verdrag, volgens de planning aanstaande donderdag in Tokio. Na het extra regeringsoverleg heeft de Poolse regering besloten dat er geen wijzigingen nodig zijn in het Poolse recht.

Oorspronkelijk was het plan dat Polen donderdag in Tokio ACTA, het Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (wiki), zou tekenen, een ingrijpend internationaal verdrag dat de schending van copyright en online piraterij moet tegengaan. Het verdrag is bedoeld als multilateraal verdrag om de wetgeving in verschillende landen op het gebied van auteursrechten samen te brengen. Critici – en met hun online activisten als hackersgroep Anonymous – menen dat het verdrag kan leiden tot censuur op internet.

Hackersgroepering Anonymous haalde afgelopen weekend en vanmorgen de sites van de Poolse president, premier Donald Tusk en het parlement neer door middel van DDoS-aanvallen, waarbij servers worden bestookt met (vals) verkeer, zodat een site tijdelijk bezwijkt of moeilijk bereikbaar wordt. Daarmee kwam het geplande tekenen van ACTA op losse schroeven. De Poolse regering laste een extra overleg in, maar besloot aan het eind van de middag tóch volgens plan naar Tokio te gaan om het verdrag te tekenen.

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AnonymousWiki twitterde op zondag 22-01-2012 om 19:53:01 Dear Polish government, we will continue to disrupt and interfere with your government official websites until the 26th. Do not pass ACTA. reageer retweet

Een woordvoerder van de regering, Pawel Gras, ontkende gisteren nog glashard dat er überhaupt een aanval zou zijn. Met droge ogen beweerde hij dat de sites uit de lucht waren door de “enorme interesse in de sites van de premier en het parlement.” De uitspraak werd al snel mikpunt van spot op Facebook en Twitter.

Een waarschuwingsvideo van Anonymous over ACTA:

ACTA explained - Animation.flv

ACTA heeft enkele gelijkenissen met de omstreden SOPA- en PIPA-wetgeving die vorige week door het Amerikaanse Congres op de lange baan werd geschoven nadat sites als Google en Wikipedia actie hadden gevoerd tegen het wetsvoorstel.

Anonymous heeft meer acties tegen ACTA aangekondigd:

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anonops twitterde op maandag 23-01-2012 om 15:45:44 #ActAgainstACTA - News about an #Anonymous huge operation soon >> http://t.co/Tv99BWhb reageer retweet

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The Pirate Bay 1 februari op zwart – ‘Brein speelt voor eigen rechter’

De blokkade van downloadsite The Pirate Bay gaat uiterlijk op 1 februari van start bij XS4All en Ziggo. Het vonnis is officieel betekend, maar XS4All is er niet blij mee. Stichting Brein zou voor eigen rechter spelen.

Eerder deze maand besloot de rechter, na een bodemprocedure van Stichting Brein, dat XS4All en Ziggo The Pirate Bay moeten blokkeren. Klanten van die twee providers kunnen de website vanaf 31 januari (voor Ziggo) en 1 febuari (voor XS4All) niet meer bezoeken. De ip-adressen en domeinnamen van The Pirate Bay worden geblokkeerd. Lees hier het vonnis.

Maar XS4All laat in een blogbijdrage weten dat BREIN het vonnis heeft aangepast. Van de 24 adressen die van de rechter geblokkeerd moeten worden, zijn er volgens de provider vier door Brein geschrapt, omdat ze niet meer naar The Pirate Bay verwijzen.

Volgens XS4All bleek al meteen na de uitspraak dat de lijst te blokkeren adressen niet klopt, omdat er domeinen op staan die niets te maken hebben met The Pirate Bay. Ook tussen de te blokkeren ip-adressen staan opvallende gevallen. Een toont foto’s van computers van The Pirate Bay, een ander alleen maar het woord ‘yeah’.

Niels Huijbregts van de provider zegt in het persbericht:

. “Als BREIN het woord ‘yeah’ al een reden vindt om een heel IP-adres te blokkeren, houd ik mijn hart vast voor de gevolgen van dit vonnis. De rechter heeft BREIN immers de macht gegeven om zonder enige controle extra adressen aan de lijst toe te voegen.” – Niels Huijbregts, XS4All


‘XS4All liegt’

Tim Kuik, directeur van Stichting Brein, laat aan NU.nl weten de aantijgingen van XS4All ‘schandalig te vinden:

. “Het is schandalig dat deze partij op deze manier liegt. Choquerend. XS4ALL weet precies hoe het zit en zijn nu bewust dingen aan het verdraaien.” – Tim Kuik, BREIN

Volgens Kuik staat in het vonnis vermeld dat Brein sites en ip-adressen van de lijst kan afhalen en toevoegen, op basis van verwijzingen naar The Pirate Bay. Volgens XS4All zijn de criteria onduidelijk en is het vreemd dat Brein op eigen houtje het vonnis kan aanpassen.

. “BREIN kan extra adressen laten blokkeren, zonder dat ze langs de rechter hoeven. Er is geen enkele controle, dat is regelrechte censuur!” – Niels Huijbregts, XS4All

Anonymous Message On How YOU Can Be A Part Of #OpGlobalBlackout FACEBOOK ATTACK 12 AM EST USA

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GUYS THIS IS FAKE. PROVEN AT THEIR IRC CHAT. PLUS ITS NOT IN THEIR IRC NETWORKS PAGE.

leandro5455 9 minuten geleden

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Anonymous Documentary We Are Legion Peels Back Hacktivist Group’s History

PARK CITY, Utah — New documentary We Are Legion puts an actual human face on Anonymous, the hacktivist group whose members usually are seen wearing Guy Fawkes masks — if they are seen at all.

Considering Anonymous’ retaliatory acts against websites run by the Department of Justice and the entertainment industry just last week in response to the government takedown of file-sharing site Megaupload, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists could almost be mistaken for a 93-minute news segment.

But unlike most news segments about the group, the documentary contains genuine moments with actual Anons (some maintain their anonymity in the doc, but others don’t).

“The last two or three days we’ve seen a lot of what Anonymous does,” We Are Legion director Brian Knappenberger said in an interview with Wired.com here Saturday, the morning after the documentary’s premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival. “You know, there was a film about the Weather Underground that came out a few years ago, and that was made 30 years after they were blowing up buildings, and I love that film. But picture making a film like that while they were still blowing up buildings — that’s what I’m talking about.”

We Are Legion might be the first to portray the group’s members as true revolutionaries, and it could serve as a time capsule if the kind of online sit-ins and retaliatory strikes that Anonymous has helped create become the new model for civil disobedience across the globe.

For those who didn’t hear of Anonymous until Occupy Wall Street started up, We Are Legion effectively puts the group’s current incarnation in historical perspective. The documentary traces the roots of early hacker-activist groups like the Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater before jumping into Anonymous’ roots in 4chan.

The documentary goes deep. Speaking with current and former Anonymous participants — as well as Wired writers Ryan Singel and Steven Levy — Knappenberger gives a thorough chronological account of Anonymous’ exploits, up to the group’s current place at the forefront of online disobedience.

Starting with Mercedes Renee Haefer, who was arrested in conjunction with the denial-of-service attacks against online payment service PayPal last July, the documentary talks to Anons and experts about Anonymous’ vendetta against Scientology, defense of WikiLeaks, and support of the actions in Tunisia and Egypt during the Arab Spring.

Slamdance, the underground alternative movie fest that runs during the Sundance Film Festival here each year, seems like the perfect place for We Are Legion‘s primer on Anonymous. The film might have seemed out of place at a glitzy Hollywood-in-the-hills screening.

“It feels right,” Knappenberger said of the premiere. “Slamdance has a kind of undercurrent of revolutionary, counterculture, slightly anarchic vibe that just seemed to fit [the film] right away.”

Knappenberger is looking for distribution for his film so it can be seen by a wider audience. It seems possible that Hollywood backers will shy away from a film about Anonymous after the group’s actions against the Motion Picture Association of America and other entertainment industry power players. But Knappenberger said he isn’t worried.

“I just want to tell the story,” he said, adding that considering Anonymous’ various targets over the years, “Who aren’t I offending?”

He could also take advice from his subject Haefer, who in the film says that what Anonymous ultimately hopes to protect is freedom of speech, regardless of a person’s opinions or background.

Or, as she says simply, “Your opinion matters.”

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TRANSLATION - TV interview with Polish Minister of Culture

TRANSLATION - TV interview with Polish Minister of Culture

http://www.tvn24.pl/0,173(...)tonie,wiadomosc.html

"I'm disappointed, but some of it is our fault" Say Polish Minister of Culture, Zdrojewski.

"I feel regret when someone is telling that the document was kept secret, when it was accesible on site, or that someone says it wasn't consulted, the consultation lasted 1 and half year. But there is always a bit of fault on our side as well" - he explains himself in "Fakty po Faktach"
Zdrojewski said that some of the opinions about ACTA should be cleared. Firstly, has the ACTA document been examined by the government in secrecy or in public. - It was discussed in public, it is guaranteed in Poland. It was us that has taken steps for the document to reach public opinion in April 2010.

Secondly, minister says, public consultations have taken place. - It's a sad truth, when I and my coworkers, with extraordinary effort, in a few days after it's publication, propose 27 subjects of discussion. This document is left for over a year and is widely accepted. I have information from Polish Sejm and Senat (government) that the document recommended with enthusiasm and one of another parties senators checks it's regulation. I am full of regret and I have a feeling there is something entirely different at stake here.

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AnonDaily twitterde op maandag 23-01-2012 om 19:40:51 Well according to @WhiteHouse that disclosure of #ACTA text would cause "damage to the national security." Bullshit?! reageer retweet

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Twitter.com Taken Down By “Anonymous” Hacker Group Or Clandestine DOJ Conspiracy?

Hacker collective “Anonymous” continues to strike at sites around the Web in retaliation for the government shuttering Megaupload.com, and today the notorious group briefly took down Twitter.com’s homepage according to numerous social media sites while other sources complain of a “government ploy” to disrupt the hacker group’s twitter accounts.

The “government ploy” circulating on Facebook and Google+ alleges that the U.S. Department of Justice has shutdown Twitter to stop the spread of several attacks by Anonymous who utilize numerous affiliated Twitter accounts to publicize and expand their exploits.

Anonymous has a long history of attacking government and business websites, and on Thursday the organization intermittently shut down the Department of Justice and Universal Music‘s websites. The collective said through various channels that it was retaliating for the shut down of popular file-sharing site Megaupload.com. Anonymous also recently made headlines for hacking into Stratfor’s website and database, stealing credit card information and other sensitive details.

According to SM sources; Twitter.com was taken down in a rather unusual manner Sunday afternoon after CBS.com’s homepage was taken down by Anonymous. As Gizmodo points out, the CBS takedown wasn’t a standard distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack because the CBS homepage only showed an index page with a single file. That suggests that whoever hacked the site deleted everything on it.

The CBS site was down for about 20 minutes, according to the @YourAnonNews Twitter account, an official broadcast channel for Anonymous. Showing its global reach, Anonymous is also apparently attacking several Brazilian websites today as well, including the websites of Brazil’s federal district and Tangara da Serra city. Quite a way to retaliate for Megaupload.

The Department of Justice indictment against Megaupload alleges that it is connected to a vast criminal enterprise has caused more than $500 million in harm to copyright owners. If convicted, the company and its executives could forfeit $175 million in assets, including 15 Mercedes, a Maserati, a Lamborghini, a Rolls-Royce with the license plate “GOD,” and a huge pile of computers and large-screen TVs. Four people, including Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, were arrested Thursday in New Zealand, and three others named in the indictment are unaccounted for.

The Twitter.com site was back up as of 4:50 PM EST with several “Anonymous” user related accounts deleted; but then suddenly went back down for a short period again at 4:55 PM EST.

It has since resumed normal operations.

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Download here ALL the SONY Discography and movies for free:

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Op dinsdag 24 januari 2012 00:21 schreef viagraap het volgende:

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Link is down.

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“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt

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A man with no enemies is a man with no character.
- Paul Newman

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Op dinsdag 24 januari 2012 01:37 schreef boekenplank het volgende:

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Je hebt ze allemaal klaarliggen he je quotes.

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Verzin zelf eens wat.

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Op maandag 23 januari 2012 20:56 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:
UN = Anonymous.

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Operation Payback - Anonymous Message About ACTA Laws, Internet Censorship and Copyright

0m44s: "In these modern times access to the internet is fast becoming a basic human right. Just like any other basic human right, we believe that it is wrong to infringe upon it."

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Deskundigen vinden toegang tot internet als grondrecht onnodig

Het recht om met een spandoek de straat op te mogen gaan, is cruciaal, maar er moet geen recht komen op een doek, stokken en spijkers om die vrijheid van meningsuiting te kunnen botvieren. Zo reageren deskundigen op het voorstel om toegang tot internet tot een grondrecht uit te roepen.

De Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland (SIDN) heeft de Tweede Kamer in een advies opgeroepen tot een debat over die kwestie.

Internetenquête
Het advies bevat de uitkomsten van een internetenquête die de SIDN liet houden om te vieren dat 25 jaar geleden de eerste Nederlandse domeinnaam is vastgelegd. Een krappe meerderheid sprak zich uit voor internettoegang als grondrecht.

Zo ver gaat de SIDN niet. 'Het is een ingewikkeld onderwerp waar we zelf ook nog niet uit zijn', zegt directeur Roelof Meijer. 'Vandaar dat we aandringen op een debat.'

'Voor ons is het recht op vrije meningsuiting van belang, niet de vorm waarin je die mening ventileert', stelt een woordvoerder van Amnesty International. 'Toegang tot internet is het middel dat een doel dient, niet een doel op zich.'

Meningsvorming
'Het internet is ontzettend belangrijk voor de meningsvorming', zegt ook Bits of Freedom, een voorvechter van digitale burgerrechten. 'Maar de toegang is al wettelijk geregeld', aldus een woordvoerster. 'Een telecombedrijf dat internet of telefoon aanbiedt, mag niemand als klant weigeren.' Een sterkere verankering in de wet is niet nodig. 'We hebben de vrijheid van meningsuiting al.'

In hun verkiezingsprogramma's spraken PvdA, D66, SP en GroenLinks zich vorig jaar uit tegen plannen om gebruikers die illegaal gekopieerde fims, muziek en software downloaden na drie overtredingen van internet te verbannen. Zo'n maatregel is wel van kracht in Frankrijk. Daar kregen 760 duizend internetters een eerste waarschuwing en 62 duizend een tweede. 165 Fransen is door de rechter toegang tot internet ontzegd.

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Op zondag 22 januari 2012 18:53 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:
http://www.anonyupload.com/

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anonops twitterde op dinsdag 24-01-2012 om 13:45:57 We have NO affiliation with this site, and by the looks of it, this is a SCAM - http://t.co/4kd9jtts reageer retweet

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Nieuwe ‘Megaupload’: AnonyUpload – en meer alternatieven

Hoewel er natuurlijk al genoeg filesharers en -hosters zijn, is een ‘Anonymous-achtig’ collectief bezig nog een alternatief op te zetten voor Megaupload, dat onlangs uit de lucht werd gehaald door de FBI. De hacktivisten hebben wel geleerd van de Megaupload-zaak.

De site, Anonyupload, moet morgen af en te gebruiken zijn. De makers stellen geen leden van Anonymous te zijn, maar de groep wel te steunen. Daarbij moet gezegd dat een ‘lidmaatschap’ ook een vaag begrip is voor het losse verband van hackers. Op het twitteraccount ‘van’ Anonymous wordt afstand gedaan van de site:

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anonops twitterde op dinsdag 24-01-2012 om 13:45:57 We have NO affiliation with this site, and by the looks of it, this is a SCAM - http://t.co/4kd9jtts reageer retweet

Op dit moment zouden ze bezig zijn de servers op te zetten. In Rusland, zodat ze niet onder de Amerikaanse wetgeving vallen (hoewel dat, gezien Megaupload, geen fluit uitmaakt). De makers verklaren dat Anonyupload niet bedoeld is als vervanging voor Megaupload, dat vorige week door de FBI werd opgerold. In totaal zijn bij die operatie zes mensen gearresteerd, waaronder de 29-jarige Nederlander Bram van der K. en Megaupload-oprichter Kim Dotcom. Anonymous nam snoeihard wraak voor die actie, door sites van de Amerikaanse overheid, auteursrechtenorganisaties en uitgevers neer te halen.

Het verdienmodel is gebaseerd op donaties, waarvan al genoeg zou zijn binnengekomen en voorlopig niets extra nodig is, valt te lezen. Anonyupload vraagt gebruikers, nu de donaties zijn stopgezet, serverruimte te kopen om het project te helpen. De bedoeling is niet te veel geld te verdienen, schrijft men; een sneer naar de puisant rijke oprichter van Megaupload, Kim Dotcom. Dotcom krijgt ook een persoonlijke boodschap van Anonyupload:

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PVV steunt achterkamertjespolitiek ACTA

Het achterkamertjesverdrag ACTA is achter gesloten deuren onderhandeld. En minister Verhagen wilde die onderhandelingsstukken geheim houden. Terwijl we dan niet weten wat de reikwijdte van dat verdrag is. Op 14 december stemde het parlement over of die stukken openbaar moesten worden gemaakt. Je zou toch denken dat de PVV tegen geheimhouding van dit verdrag is. Wat bleek? Niets is minder waar.

Kees Verhoeven (D66) diende tijdens het overleg samen met Pauline Smeets (PvdA) en Ewout Irrgang (SP) een motie in. In de motie wordt de regering verzocht om namens de EU alle ACTA-partners te verzoeken om de onderhandelingsdocumenten openbaar te maken. Ook wordt de regering in de motie verzocht om zonder deze stukken niet namens Nederland akkoord te gaan met ACTA, in ieder geval tot aan de definitieve ratificatie.

Het CDA, de VVD en de SGP verrasten ons niet: die stemden tegen de motie. Maar teleurstellend was de draai van de PVV. Waar deze partij in november samen met GroenLinks, de SP, de PvdA en D66 nog vurig pleitte voor openbaarmaking van de stukken en in december openheid eiste, bleek tijdens de voorbereiding op de Handelsraad al dat de partij als een blad aan de boom was gedraaid. En een dag later stemde de PVV dan ook tegen de motie, waardoor die geen meerderheid haalde. En daardoor kon ook Europa het verdrag ondertekenen. Als puntje bij paaltje komt maakt de partij zich dus blijkbaar toch niet zo druk over achterkamertjespolitiek en internetvrijheid.

Omdat de onderhandelingen over ACTA in het geheim hebben plaatsgevonden is het niet duidelijk wat de reikwijdte van het verdrag precies is. Bits of Freedom adviseerde de Kamer dan ook om te vragen om openbaarmaking van de onderhandelingstukken voordat het parlement zich uitspreekt over dit verdrag. Nu zal het parlement slechts nog één kans krijgen om het verdrag te weigeren: als Verhagen een wetsvoorstel voor goedkeuring introduceert. We hopen dat de PVV dan meer ruggengraat heeft.