February 2012 Archive

RIAA Totally Out Of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia And Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA

By Mike Masnick: Remember all that talk of how the supporters of SOPA/PIPA were “humbled” by the protests of January 18th, and how they had learned their lessons about trying ...

The Recording Industry Complains About Free Speech (Seriously)

By Dean Baker: Cary Sherman, the chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), had a column in the NYT complaining about “how the democratic process ...

Coming Together: Nicholas Kristof Reads Charles Murray

By Marie Burns: Last week, David Brooks of the New York Times wrote a highly-favorable review of a book by conservative Charles Murray titled Coming Apart: The State of ...

When it comes to Pakistan, the Times should pay its readers, not writers

By Michael McGehee: A few days ago the New York Times published a story by Eric Schmitt and Declan Walsh under the title “U.S. Sending Commander ...

What the RIAA Won’t Tell You: Users Matter

By Corynne McSherry: We really have to wonder when the message is going to sink in. On January 18, millions of Internet users spoke out together in one of the most profound and effective uses of technology to organize political opposition in U.S. history...