Christopher Leger

Wikileaks represents the complete freedom of information. Many governments around the world are actively censoring Wikileaks, including more and more “free” and “democratic” governments. This censorship must not be allowed to become the norm and create a real 1984 Big Brother society online. This is possibly the most inportant fight for intellectual freedom ever, and [...]

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With the exorbitant cost of higher education continuing to rise, a new open source textbook venture may save students several hundred dollars per semester, while keeping their curriculum up to the minute accurate. The company, Flat World Knowledge, will enhance the textbook model with companion study aids and print on demand services, which could greatly [...]

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Copyright has absolutely nothing to do with any national security threats, and to suggest that it does undermines real national security issues as well as any faith in fair and open government. The Obama administration has continued the Bush administration policy of holding information regarding ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a trade treaty, outside of [...]

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A New York Times article by Kevin O’brien manages to contain zero useful and relevant information regarding the brewing net neutrality fight in Europe. The article dismissively pits “basic traffic management” against “illegal downloading.” This binary, useless characterization, as well as the “outcome of the debate” are so intellectually flawed that it makes the reader [...]

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This Week in Tech episode 183 is officially the best TWiT ever. The panel has a very rational and intellectually honest discussion on a wide range of intellectual property issues, and doesn’t contain any of the business-side, inside baseball, filler that Dvorak or Calicanis bring up. Honestly, it is the best hour and a half [...]

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