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File over app — Steph Ango

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:44:32 +0000

File over app is a philosophy: if you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you this freedom. File over app is an appeal to tool makers: accept that all software is ephemeral, and give people ownership over their data.

Tags: #apps #data #fileoverapp #freedom #localfirst #tools

Article: For better or worse, Twitter and Facebook are the guardians of free speech now

Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:36:14 +0000

Tags: #facebook #freedom #freespeech #imported:pinboard #speech #twitter

Article: For better or worse, Twitter and Facebook are the guardians of free speech now

Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:36:14 +0000

Tags: #facebook #freedom #freespeech #speech #twitter

Why I'm Switching (Back) to Firefox - campaul [dot] net

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:23:07 +0000

Firefox today reminds me of Firefox when I first discovered it. Mozilla has once again delivered a technically superior product while completely respecting my rights as a user. Firefox is freedom.

Tags: #browser #browsers #chrome #firefox #freedom #imported:pinboard #oss #to:fb

Why I'm Switching (Back) to Firefox - campaul [dot] net

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:23:07 +0000

Firefox today reminds me of Firefox when I first discovered it. Mozilla has once again delivered a technically superior product while completely respecting my rights as a user. Firefox is freedom.

Tags: #browser #browsers #chrome #firefox #freedom #oss #to:fb

We, the Web Kids - Pastebin.com

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:38:59 +0000

What we value the most is freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of access to information and to culture. We feel that it is thanks to freedom that the Web is what it is, and that it is our duty to protect that freedom. We owe that to next generations, just as much as we owe to protect the environment.

Tags: #copyfight #culture #freedom #imported:pinboard #society #to:fb #web

The President's challenge - O'Reilly Radar

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:45:01 +0000

Take the truck, the boat, the helicopter, that we've sent you. Don't wait for the time machine, because we're never going to invent something that returns you to 1965 when copying was hard and you could treat the customer's convenience with contempt.

Tags: #copyfight #freedom #net #sopa

A List Apart: Articles: Say No to SOPA

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:43:06 +0000

A List Apart strongly opposes United States H.R.3261 AKA the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an ill-conceived lobbyist-driven piece of legislation that is technically impossible to enforce, cripplingly burdensome to support, and would, without hyperbole, destroy the internet as we know it.

Tags: #copyfight #freedom #internet #sopa

US judge orders hundreds of sites "de-indexed" from Google, Facebook

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:45:54 +0000

After a series of one-sided hearings, luxury goods maker Chanel has won recent court orders against hundreds of websites trafficking in counterfeit luxury goods. A federal judge in Nevada has agreed that Chanel can seize the domain names in question and transfer them all to US-based registrar GoDaddy. The judge also ordered "all Internet search engines" and "all social media websites"—explicitly naming Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Bing, Yahoo, and Google—to "de-index" the domain names and to remove them from any search results.

Tags: #chanel #copyfight #dns #freedom #internet #sopa

Ex-RIAA Boss Ignores All Criticisim Of SOPA/PIPA, Claims Any Complaints Are Trying To Justify Stealing | Techdirt

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:57:59 +0000

But, even more to the point, it's getting ridiculous how many people defending SOPA/PIPA are doing so using this logic. They brush off all of the specific concerns, the highlights of problematic language, and they conclude "why are you justifying theft?" Of course, that's ridiculous. Beyond the fact that "theft" and "infringement" are very different (don't get me started), nothing in anyone's complaints about SOPA or PIPA have anything to do with "justifying" infringement. In fact, in the post that was being discussed, we clearly noted that infringement is a problem. We just disagree that PIPA and SOPA are reasonably, or even effective, solutions.

Tags: #censorship #copyfight #freedom #internet #sopa

The Copyright Industry – A Century Of Deceit | TorrentFreak

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:56:39 +0000

It is far past due that the copyright industry is stripped of its nobility benefits, every part of its governmental weekly allowance, and gets kicked out of its comfy chair to get a damn job and learn to compete on a free and honest market.

Tags: #censorship #copyfight #dmca #freedom #law #media #piratebay

Pepper Spray’s Fallout, From Crowd Control to Mocking Images - NYTimes.com

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:48:23 +0000

To some, pepper spray is a mild, temporary irritant and its use has been justified as cities and universities have sought to regain control of their streets, parks and campuses. After the video at Davis went viral, Megyn Kelly on Fox News dismissed pepper spray as “a food product, essentially.” To the American Civil Liberties Union, its use as a crowd-control device, particularly when those crowds are nonthreatening, is an excessive and unconstitutional use of force and violates the right to peaceably assemble.

Tags: #freedom #occupy #pepperspray #protest #ucdavis

The roots of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying - Salon.com

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:22:24 +0000

The genius of this approach is how insidious its effects are: because the rights continue to be offered on paper, the citizenry continues to believe it is free. They believe that they are free to do everything they choose to do, because they have been “persuaded” — through fear and intimidation — to passively accept the status quo. As Rosa Luxemburg so perfectly put it: “Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.” Someone who sits at home and never protests or effectively challenges power factions will not realize that their rights of speech and assembly have been effectively eroded because they never seek to exercise those rights; it’s only when we see steadfast, courageous resistance from the likes of these UC-Davis students is this erosion of rights manifest.

Tags: #freedom #occupy #owd #pepperspray #protest #ucdavis

Nintendo, EA, Sony sponsor Internet censorship bill [update] | Joystiq

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:21:13 +0000

Tags: #freedom #internet #sopa

Major Game Publishers Onboard with SOPA and Protect IP Act

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:37:46 +0000

Among the publishers include giants like Electronic Arts, Capcom USA, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, Sega, THQ, Square Enix, Take Two, and Ubisoft. Major developing studios have also declared where they stand with the proposed law that enables the government to blacklist websites and stifle freedom of speech. These studios include 38 Studios, Nival, and Gears of War developer Epic Games. A full list of ESA members can be found at the organization's website here.

Tags: #copyfight #freedom #gaming #internet #sopa