The Fight for the Future How People Defeated Hollywood and Saved the InternetFor Now eBook Edward Lee Cortney Skinner
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Wikipedia went dark on January 18, 2012. So did thousands of other websites, including search giant Google, all to protest a controversial copyright bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The protest even helped to ignite mass demonstrations on the streets of over 250 cities in all 27 countries of the European Union to stop a similar attempt to regulate the Internet under the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
This book provides a gripping, behind-the-scenes look at how people organized the largest Internet protest in history, plus the largest single-day demonstration on the streets of 27 countries of the European Union. The Internet helped people fight for their Internet freedoms--and do the unthinkable in stopping powerful lobbyists, Hollywood, and the entertainment industry in their effort to clamp down on online piracy at all costs.
In the end, this grassroots movement involving millions of people won an unexpected, but historic first victory in the fight for a “free and open Internet.”
The Fight for the Future How People Defeated Hollywood and Saved the InternetFor Now eBook Edward Lee Cortney Skinner
The book examines both the personalities and the copyright policy issues that led up to the historic "Internet blackout" of January 2012, as well as the street protests in Europe that followed it. The emphasis is on the arc of the activists and the movement, rather than on the legal details, which makes for a more compelling read.Engagingly written in a narrative New Yorker-esque style -- NOT a dry history book or law professor article! Recommended for those interested in digital copyright, political activism generally, or Internet policy issues.
The first half is about the anti-SOPA/PIPA activism in the US, the second half is about the anti-ACTA activism in Europe. I was directly involved in the events described in the book, and I still learned a lot from the retelling. Also, I can vouch for the accuracy of the events described.
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The Fight for the Future How People Defeated Hollywood and Saved the InternetFor Now eBook Edward Lee Cortney Skinner Reviews
Clear, compelling, thorough, and smart analysis of how something like the SOPA protest came to be. (I'm also in it!)
A behind-the-scenes look at one of the Internet's biggest battles. If you are wondering what personalities were behind the big blackout and the events that led to some of the biggest sites on the Internet "going dark" for a day, then this book is for you! This is a quick read that not only tells a little-known historical tale, but it also addresses the implications that such an event may have on how we think about digital freedoms moving forward.
This book provides a compelling overview of the SOPA/PIPA movement in the U.S . Lee writes with a deft hand – his prose is engaging and the story moves quickly. This is the first, easily accessible history of these events and the attention to detail is obvious, without overwhelming the reader. Lee is a fascinating character himself – an eminent scholar in copyright law with diverse interests that shape the way he tells this story. Highly recommended for all interested in free speech, copyright, and internet activism issues.
edward interviewed me for this book since i was an insider to some of the events it chronicles. i find the book accurate as to my part of the story, and i find edward's writing to be clear and concise.
i was a huge non-fan of "the internet blackout" since it ended all SOPA debate, without resolution and with no useful lessons learned. the description of the blackout is painful for me to read, as a non-fan, but nevertheless accurate.
i object to the subtitle ("how people defeated hollywood and saved the internet -- for now"), which is wrong in every particular. "the people" did not defeat anybody -- this was an industrial scale fight. also, "hollywood" was not the singular opponent, there are industries other than entertainment who lose money and jobs due to intellectual property theft of all the kinds addressed by COICA, PROTECT-IP, and SOPA. counterfeiting is a problem as important as copyright violation, and equally exacerbated by the internet and other modern digital technologies. finally, the internet wasn't "saved", it's fairer to say that the internet's history was not re-routed at this time by this legislation. fortunately, the text of the book is not as sensationalist as the subtitle misleads one to expect.
a good, solid, short read. i gave it four stars. could have been five stars with a better title.
paul vixie
internet engineer
Written in a clear and engaging manner, this book details how a grassroots movement fought mega-corporations and an indifferent Congress to fight SOPA and ACTA. it details the players, the issues and the intriguing way this movement of the modern era echoed the same resistance to tyranny and poor government that Paul Revere and his fellow riders demonstrated years ago.
Very quick read but full of detail.
Also tackles the Polish protests of ACTA.
Those who care about the internet and those who care about modern efforts to organize protest campaigns and those who care about grassroots democracy should read this.
The book examines both the personalities and the copyright policy issues that led up to the historic "Internet blackout" of January 2012, as well as the street protests in Europe that followed it. The emphasis is on the arc of the activists and the movement, rather than on the legal details, which makes for a more compelling read.
Engagingly written in a narrative New Yorker-esque style -- NOT a dry history book or law professor article! Recommended for those interested in digital copyright, political activism generally, or Internet policy issues.
The first half is about the anti-SOPA/PIPA activism in the US, the second half is about the anti-ACTA activism in Europe. I was directly involved in the events described in the book, and I still learned a lot from the retelling. Also, I can vouch for the accuracy of the events described.
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