shouting loudly

Again, Ed Markey (D-MA) is the Capital Hill hero of the ongoing fight over network neutrality. Here’s another chance for easy e-activism. Become a citizen co-sponsor of the Markey Net Neutrality Amendment.

I wish I were the clever person who came up with that quip. Nope, it was Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), who (in an unrelated story) is also the hero of the hour in the network neutrality fight in the House. In case you missed it, USA Today (in a shocking fit of investigative journalism) reported [...]

After Apple threatened to take their iTunes ball and go home, the French Senate changed a bill designed to ameliorate the problem of incompatible rights management technologies. (Aka DRM, aka technological protection measures. See the EFF’s guide, The Customer is Always Wrong, for more.) The original bill would require copyright holders to disclose their source [...]

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Stephen Colbert’s speech to the White House Correspondents Dinner was an absolutely awesome and gutsy performance. As discussed in the Times, the clip spread like wildfire on user-generated sites like YouTube and ifilm.com. But then C-SPAN sent them cease-and-desist letters. Thankfully, you can still see the Colbert speech [...]

Write to your Senators and tell them to cut the broadcast flag language out of Sen. Stevens’ telecomm legislation (summary and text here). If you like TV, movie, and music execs painting you into a technological corner, you’ll love this bill. Otherwise, fight for your right to tape stuff at home.

The Boston Globe reports that President Bush has declared himself beyond the reach of several hundred laws. The President has never vetoed a bill, which would give Congress an opportunity to override him; instead, after the signing celebrations have ended and media people have left the building, he appends statements to bills he signs to [...]