Reason.tv video - Too Much Copyright

Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll

Patent trolls are a huge problem these days, they are one of the many reasons the patent system needs a change.
This TED.com video pretty well covers patent troll problem and how he dealt with it.

Online meet and greet via IRC

This Thursday (4/12/2012) at 9 PM EST we are going to have an online meet and greet, please RSVP via facebook or friday you can log into the IRC via this link or the following if you have an IRC client:
irc.pirateirc.net
port 6667 (clear) and 6697 (SSL)
Channel – #uspp

Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod

http://www.ted.com/ Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists.

The REAL Voter Fraud

If you ask people about voter fraud, most will admit it's a serious issue, and it IS. People casting votes they're not entitled to is a serious problem around the country, and something needs to be done about it. What's currently being done is NOT the solution though. Current Voter Fraud proposals don't address the issue, they just disenfranchise people, and that's not only bad, that's utterly unacceptable.

ACTA Infographic

Click on the following infographic to find out more about why the ACTA is pretty well a bad idea!

Via Matador Network

Various copyright laws passed over the past 36 years

Here are various copyright laws passed over the past 36 years. SOPA and PIPA were almost added to this list, and now the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and the the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (PPA) are both being worked on in secret. Has our goverment (working with the media) already gone too far? Does it make any sense with all the laws on the books that we need even more?