Time to make some dead drops?

Downloading sucks right now. It really makes me want to install dead drops everywhere.

kevinxzeleous:

Protect yourself online with these services. Reclaim your data from the big media companies.

The irony is I’m sharing this on Tumblr.

Credit: http://projectmeshnet.org/

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clockworktoast:

From what I’m hearing, the EU’s signed ACTA, but it can still be halted by the European Parliament. Found one petition so far, but will keep you posted. Keep signing the others, too, but this one REALLY needs to get higher up.

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT COUNTRY YOU’RE FROM, YOU CAN SIGN THIS PETITION.

AND YOU REALLY, REALLY SHOULD.

ALSO

Here is the latest stage in what you can do to fight ACTA: Contact the DEVE committee. Do not leave them alone. They need to realise how serious this is.

Everyone should also post their responses on the pad, as well as read through it. There’s some great points that you can use when you contact them.

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streetprince:

lottelodge:

needlesslydefiantwithtea:

prawnosaurus:

This is a petition on the Directgov website - this goes straight through to parliament and at the current time of posting it only has 21 signatures

I know a lot of people are reblogging the one sponsored by anonymous which is great but if you live in the UK, this is going to be your best best at getting yourself heard about ACTA - even if you don’t live in the UK or even the EU, PLEASE REBLOG THIS, as ACTA is something that not only affects Europe but the rest of the world as well and this could be one of the only opportunities for it to be downturned

COME ON GUYS!!!!!

No more pretending to be US citizens just to sign petitions! This one’s international so we can petition our government too and we NEED to let them know we’re not ok with this.

We’re already in danger of extradition just for posting links to pirated files (see Richard O’Dwyer’s case), and this would make things a whole lot worse.

At time of reblobbing, it’s on 5,358. Bit rubbish, no? If you too reblog you could reach a few UK followers and help yourselves as well as us.

And for those of you in the US like me who haven’t seen this before (ouch), here’s a link to the US one: www.petitiononline.com/stopacta/petition.html

clockworktoast:

The US petition over ACTA has hit the necessary amount of signatures for Obama to take action (or so I understand, but keep signing the fuck out of it anyway!).

If you haven’t already done it, there’s three international petitions that need your signature.

One and Two and Three

Here’s a list of some other petitions from varying countries.

Also, have a handy list of MEPs by country that you should totally contact.

needlesslydefiantwithtea:

prawnosaurus:

This is a petition on the Directgov website - this goes straight through to parliament and at the current time of posting it only has 21 signatures

I know a lot of people are reblogging the one sponsored by anonymous which is great but if you live in the UK, this is going to be your best best at getting yourself heard about ACTA - even if you don’t live in the UK or even the EU, PLEASE REBLOG THIS, as ACTA is something that not only affects Europe but the rest of the world as well and this could be one of the only opportunities for it to be downturned

COME ON GUYS!!!!!

No more pretending to be US citizens just to sign petitions! This one’s international so we can petition our government too and we NEED to let them know we’re not ok with this.

We’re already in danger of extradition just for posting links to pirated files (see Richard O’Dwyer’s case), and this would make things a whole lot worse.

At time of reblobbing, it’s on 5,358. Bit rubbish, no? If you too reblob you could reach a few UK followers and help yourselves as well as us.

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Okay, so I am not a fan of the iTunes store and Netflix UK has a rather dire selection. I know I’m not the first to say this, but.

There are a variety of US and UK TV shows that I love and follow, and I would like to watch them as they air so that I can natter about them with other people on the internetz. I found out recently that the iTunes store sells seasons and sometimes individual episodes of things. But when I checked to see if the latest episodes of my favourite shows were there, iTunes was behind by sometimes whole seasons, and Netflix doesn’t even seem to have that.

It would be so cool if there was somewhere online where you can pay a pound/dollar or two to download the latest episode of your favourite show, fast and good quality. People who use it a lot can opt to pay a monthly fee for unlimited downloads.

If this existed, seriously, piracy would not be a legitimate threat. Sure, loads of fans won’t be able to afford even £1 for their favourite show per week. But there’s a lot who can, and who don’t want to have to tune in at a certain time and see adverts, etc. Show providers will always be able to make better quality downloads than pirates before DVDs come out, so they will always have an edge.

It’s not rocket magic. People don’t pirate just because it’s cheaper. They pirate because DVDs and live TV have adverts, and/or it’s either temporally or geographically or spatially inconvenient. As soon as companies provide exactly the same thing as pirates, maybe with better quality, they are going to be so rich that they won’t care that there are pirates.

Or is there a service that I’ve missed?

nquinlan:

Right now, if you search Twitter for “what is #SOPA ?”, you’ll find a bunch of people who, previously, had no idea about the legislation. These people are curious to find out about what SOPA is and why all their favorite websites are against it; so they’re turning to their friends and asking things like:

What is #SOPA? …….

— MaddielovesNiall.† (@MaddieDirection) January 18, 2012

I began responding, sending the askers a 100 character description and a link to one of my favorite SOPA sites:

@xbecccaaa It’s bill to combat online piracy but the way it does it hurts the way the net works & harms free speech. americancensorship.org/#header-more

— Nick Quinlan (@n_quinlan) January 18, 2012

Most times it would lead to a startled response or a thank you:

@n_quinlan Wow, thats crazy ! Thanks for letting me in,

— Kevin Scott (@Kev_Loco) January 18, 2012

At which point I would point them to Grassroutes’ SOPA page and ask them to make the call to their congresspeople:

@_Mi_ViaJe Yeah, absolutely. I hope you feel it’s worth contacting your congresspeople. grassroutes.us/sopa

— Nick Quinlan (@n_quinlan) January 18, 2012

Everyone who I sent the final link to said they would call their representatives. While I don’t know if they did, I do know that all of them are tweeting against SOPA.

Although it may be somewhat inefficient I’ve found it offers a way to talk to people who are outside the isolated tech bubble that has heard about it and get others spreading the word and acting. Go ahead, try it yourself and create some vocal opponents of SOPA.

… Tumblr would actually explode and burn.

How are they even going to trace this stuff to the US, anyway?

I do not even.