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All is not well in Greece - Boing Boing A gasoline bomb explodes at riot police during a huge anti-austerity demonstration in Athens' Syntagma (Constitution) square February 12, 2012. Historic cinemas, cafes and shops went up in flames in central Athens on Sunday as black-masked protesters fought Greek police outside parliament, while inside lawmakers looked set to defy the public rage by endorsing a new EU/IMF austerity deal. Below, a protester hurls rocks at riot police; another flees. (photos: REUTERS)

FBI tells net cafe owners that TOR users might be terrorists - Boing Boing Recent books: * Context (essays) * Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference * With a Little Help (short stories) * Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series * For the Win (YA novel)

Canada's new SOPA-style copyright bill could shut down YouTube - Boing Boing * Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow , NIU * Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32 Upcoming appearances * Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series Cory Doctorow

UPDATED: SOPA is DYING; its evil Senate twin, PIPA, lives on - Boing Boing * For the Win (YA novel) * Makers (adult novel) * With a Little Help (short stories) Where not otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.

* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow , NIU * Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32 Upcoming appearances * Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series Cory Doctorow * Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference White House rejects SOPA and PIPA - Boing Boing

CES vs SOPA - Boing Boing * Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series * Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference * Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32 Recent books:

There's exactly one way to maximize profit, and that is to deliver a product that people are willing to pay for at a price that they are willing to pay. The pirates were never your customers and never will be, and the sooner the companies accept that and focus on the real problems (massively overpricing everything when first released, delivering products that can't easily be moved between devices because of the restrictive/broken DRM, and the declining quality of entertainment products in general), they'll have better profits. That's not what SOPA/PIPA and similar legislation are about, however. Articulate explanation of how SOPA came about, and how it might be stopped - Boing Boing

If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24/7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer; and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store; then the pirate’s service is more valuable. Most DRM solutions diminish the value of the product by either directly restricting a customer’s use or by creating uncertainty. PC Gaming is a Donor-Supported Industry with the Pretense of Selling a Product - Falkvinge on Infopolicy

Tomorrow is American Censorship Day: FIGHT SOPA! - Boing Boing Hundreds of sites have been joining American Censorship Day, taking place tomorrow, November 16, including the EFF, Boing Boing, Reddit, Creative Commons, Hype Machine, and many, many, many more. The momentum is building really fast! This day of protest is against a new bill in Congress called 'SOPA' that could pass this month .

Where not otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Boing Boing is a trademark of Happy Mutants LLC in the United States and other countries. Anonymous and Occupy Wall Street – Boing Boing

Where not otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. NYC backs off Occupy Wall Street “cleaning” – Boing Boing

Lawrence Lessig at Occupy Wall Street – Boing Boing Open Culture: Lawrence Lessig Occupy Wall Street Could Bridge Left And Right Share this post Here's Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig in Boston NYC: "If this movement can be identified as a fight against the corruption that our political system has become, then it has the potential to bridge left and right in a way that could become much more generative, much more important, because people on the left and people on the right look at the crony capitalism of this system and they look at the way in which money from Wall Street bought the regulatory infrastructure that led to the collapse of 2008.

Occupy Wall Street: “Declaration of the Occupation of New York City” – Boing Boing ( Image: Woman at Occupy Wall Street , a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from 33498942@N04's photostream )

Where not otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Report: “Internet companies increasingly co-opted for surveillance” – Boing Boing