EFF Celebrates 20th Anniversary With New Animation by Nina Paley

[andrezlatin]

Google is a monster????

i know it isn't. lol

[rabbit76876]

lol Windows EULA

[thestraniero]

DISAGREE!!!!!

[billhuston]

I think at the ending,

the evil meanies should also take the brick :)

[Ooabloka]

This is exactly what Nintendo is doing with the 3DS.

[iSparkettei]

that was actually really good

the animation was great and so where the sounds and the execution of the concept

[iSparkettei]

@iSparkettei

and the fact it's pretty true aswell, that's what's scary about it

[ISGgera]

In vollen Zügen trinken wir die schmeichelnde Lüge, aber nur tropfenweise

schlucken wir die bittere Wahrheit hinunter. Wenn die Wahrheit zu schwach ist, sich zu verteidigen, muss sie zum Angriff übergehen. Überwachung und Bespitzelung wo man Hinsieht. Gestern sind es die Kommunisten gewesen vor denen man sich schützen muss. Und heute sind es die Terroristen. Alles sehr fragwürdige Argumente. Oder sollen nur die Menschen noch mehr ausschraubt werden zum Nutzen einer kleinen klicke?

[goodolerupert]

censorship happens everywhere, where governments or corporations fear freedom of information and people - they fear us all, our dignity and our strenght !

[freesk8]

Great video.

Another name for the loss of internet freedom is "net neutrality."

The government colluding with big corporations is our greatest threat these days, not the foreign terrorists.

[ReliableInsider]

@freesk8

Net Neutrality is a good thing.

It means that ISPs can't discriminate against publishers who are less wealthy or with whom the ISP disagrees politically.

It's freedom of speech. All traffic should be carried at the same speed once it's on the major parts of the Internet. I can see the argument for discrimination against video traffic, but the dangers of abuse would just be too high.

[freesk8]

@ReliableInsider Net neutrality is the opposite of free speech. Under net neutrality, the govt dictates how the net works.

Your concept of justice "all traffic should be carried at the same speed" ignores many important factors of reality. Bandwidth costs money, some people don't need fast service, others do... If you ignore these kinds of things, you can not optimize.

The free market does that.

I am concerned about corporate collusion with big govt, and I think that is just what NN is.

[ReliableInsider]

@freesk8

Nope.

We need net neutrality.

The free market only works when you outlaw outrageous forms of discrimination. If I speed up the websites of my political allies and slow down the websites of my political enemies, that's injurious to democracy itself.

If I speed up the websites of my business associates and slow down the websites of my competitors, that's injurious to the market itself!

Twin evils, neither of which is tolerable.

[freesk8]

@ReliableInsider In a true free market, ISP's would compete against each other for the business of their customers, and it would be easy to switch ISP's, leading to faster service and lower prices for consumers.

An ISP that made your service slower would be at a competitive disadvantage.

When govt gets in to the practice of over-regulating, it creates an incentive for big ISP's to gain special power through bribing politicians. This kills off the little ISP's and hurts the consumer.

[ReliableInsider]

@freesk8

There is no good reason to allow a corporation that controls a major artery of the Internet to artificially slow down some websites and artificially speed up others.

There's simply no good reason.

When you drive on the highway, private corporations do not set up slow lanes and fast lanes and tell you which one you are going to drive in for the rest of your life.

Everyone drives on the same highway. And that's how everyone likes it. 

[freesk8]

@ReliableInsider Control of a major artery of the internet should not be granted or facilitated by the government by making it harder for small ISP's to compete.

But there is nothing wrong with an ISP charging higher rates for more traffic or faster information flow rates. In fact, the more traffic, and the faster you want it to flow, the more you should have to pay, just like those who use roads more or who want to drive faster should have to pay more via electronic tolls.

This is fair.

[thefifthlord1]

@freesk8

Wrong... Perhaps you should search youtube for the video "The UBB deception".

[freesk8]

@thefifthlord1 I watched the video. It seeks to confuse a particular kind of regulation, called UBB (which is really a deal between big corps and the Canadian Govt) with real free market policies. But I am not arguing for any particular deal, especially not for one that gives big corps special advantages in the market place. I am arguing for less govt power, so that big corps are not able to buy special deals through collusion with politicians. Let the market figure out pricing schemes.

[Squallzy13]

@ReliableInsider yea but what about the Govt, and the "law" which imposes "speed limits" on these highways?  Theoretically you CAN speed on a highway, but you will eventually get caught.

[ChurchHatesTucker]

What, you want the terrists to win?

(Nice job, Nina)

[davidproper]

@ChurchHatesTucker The terrorists are in government. And they're already winning.

[davidproper]

That's pretty much what's going to happen when the government puts the black boxes on your ISPs and computers. But don't worry, it's all for your 'protection'.