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		<title>Internet freedom</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/15/internet-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/15/internet-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sergey Brin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=17993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sergey Brin, speaking to the Guardian today, sends up a warning flare regarding Internet freedoms. The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/15/internet-freedom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK to monitor ALL communications</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/02/uk-to-monitor-all-communications/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/02/uk-to-monitor-all-communications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Brother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=17810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the BBC, the UK is set to implement a plan to monitor all telephone calls, Internet use and emails throughout the country. The government will be able to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/02/uk-to-monitor-all-communications/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Op-Ed hijinks</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/09/op-ed-hijinks/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/09/op-ed-hijinks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cary Sherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PIPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recording Industry Association of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOPA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=17059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This op-ed by Cary Sherman, head of the RIAA, is the funniest, angriest, and most ironic op-ed I have read in quite some time. Basically, she he argues that the challenges to SOPA/PIPA were all damned lies, and that the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/09/op-ed-hijinks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to break democracy</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/02/how-to-break-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/02/how-to-break-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[governmental secrecy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intellectual property]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade negotiations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trans Pacific Partnership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=16926</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is yet another example of the IP industry seeking to protect itself via secret agreements behind closed doors, thereby avoiding public input. This time it involves a trade agreement called the Trans Pacific Partnership.  Apparently a secret meeting between &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/02/how-to-break-democracy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Megaupload case (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/21/the-megaupload-case/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/21/the-megaupload-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States Department of Justice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=16723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sure you heard that late this week the United States Department of Justice, with the cooperation of New Zealand authorities, shut down a very popular site called Megaupload. Megaupload was a &#8220;file locker&#8221; site, a category of cloud &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/21/the-megaupload-case/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SOPA/ProtectIP risk operation of the Internet (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/16/sopaprotectip-risk-operation-of-the-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/16/sopaprotectip-risk-operation-of-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DNS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[entertainment industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free speech]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SOPA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vinton Cerf]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=16102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of 83 technology inventors and engineers, who collectively built the technology for the Internet, have warned that SOPA/ProtectIP are threats to the Internet&#8217;s continued operation. The number one signatory is Vint Cert, the co-inventor of TCP/IP, the underlying &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/16/sopaprotectip-risk-operation-of-the-internet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Internet for the 1%</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/11/13/an-internet-for-the-1/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/11/13/an-internet-for-the-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[freedom of speech]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lauren Weinstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie studios]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=15570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lauren Weinstein, in a post to the Privacy Forum mailing list, details the means, methods and goals of a complete extra-judicial regulation of the heretofore free operation of the Internet. His post is a warning and points to real danger. &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/11/13/an-internet-for-the-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Call the Internet police</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/14/call-the-internet-police/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/14/call-the-internet-police/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(via Nothing to do with Abroath)]]></description>
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		<title>H.R. 1981: here we go again (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/29/h-r-1981-here-we-go-again/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/29/h-r-1981-here-we-go-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The House Judiciary has passed a bill that is yet another assault on privacy. And, consistent with past practice, such bills are always named so as to produce a compliant public response. Proponents of the H.R. 1981 bill have titled &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/29/h-r-1981-here-we-go-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Six strikes</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/08/six-strikes/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/08/six-strikes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The major ISPs have agreed with media companies to implement a &#8220;six strikes&#8221; program. Under the agreement, when content companies report to an ISP that they believe an ISP customer is accessing illegal content, the ISPs will implement a series &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/08/six-strikes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon&#8217;s cloud service</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/31/amazons-cloud-service/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/31/amazons-cloud-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=12628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazon has launched a new cloud service allowing 5 gigabytes of storage free. It also comes with a music player that allows you to stream your music to any Internet-connected computer or Android device. Looks like a nice product. But, &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/31/amazons-cloud-service/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wiretaps built-in</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/18/wiretaps-built-in/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/18/wiretaps-built-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=11944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal government is pushing for new laws that, in essence, would require that all communications technology would have to include functionality making wiretapping easily available to the government. The Feds have been working on this plan, called &#8220;Going Dark&#8221;. &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/18/wiretaps-built-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tech quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/16/tech-quote-of-the-day-42/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/16/tech-quote-of-the-day-42/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=11915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is actually a civil liberties quote and a hypocrisy quote, as well as a tech quote. The United States continues to help people in oppressive Internet environments get around filters, stay one step ahead of the censors, the hackers &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/16/tech-quote-of-the-day-42/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Block of Internet in Egypt continues</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/01/29/block-of-internet-in-egypt-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/01/29/block-of-internet-in-egypt-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=11651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a graphic representation of how effective their blockage has been, using Google data as a proxy. Related articles Seif Lotfy: Internet Access in Egypt (seilo.geekyogre.com) The day part of the Internet died: Egypt goes dark (boston.com)]]></description>
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		<title>The day the Internet died (updated x2)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/01/28/the-day-the-internet-died/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/01/28/the-day-the-internet-died/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=11626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Internet died in one country yesterday. Facing a huge and violent uprising, the government of Egypt substantially shut down the Internet through the country. After blocking Twitter on Tuesday and, intermittently, Facebook and Google on Wednesday, the Egyptian government &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/01/28/the-day-the-internet-died/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Drunk blogging</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/31/drunk-blogging/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/31/drunk-blogging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=11255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight is probably one of the busiest drunk blogging nights of the year. My warning: don&#8217;t do it. If you do, a blog like this one can turn out like this.  Follow the link and turn up the slider near &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/31/drunk-blogging/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bruce Sterling on Wikileaks</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/23/bruce-sterling-on-wikileaks/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/23/bruce-sterling-on-wikileaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bruce Sterling is a terrific thinker and writer covering the intersection of culture, politics, and technology. Here he sets out his thoughts about the impact of Wikileaks and its impact on the world. Worth a full read, but here is &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/23/bruce-sterling-on-wikileaks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas meets the Internet</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/21/christmas-meets-the-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/21/christmas-meets-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<title>Comcast is evil (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/30/comcast-is-evil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Comcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Communications Commission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not news to anyone that Comcast is hardly a friend to consumers.  But they have now taken action that is a direct attack on the open Internet and the growing desire on the part of consumers to bypass &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/30/comcast-is-evil/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Negative comments grow a business (updaed)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/28/negative-comments-grow-a-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a fascinating article in the NYT. A shady (if not criminal) online vendor has a chorus of complaints about him online. And when he is contacted by another disgruntled customer, he encourages them to complain online publicly. Why? &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/28/negative-comments-grow-a-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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