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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thanks for sharing!<br><br>Information is Power!<br><br>Valentina<br><br><div>Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:47:31 -0600<br>From: pdp7pdp7@gmail.com<br>To: chicago@python.org<br>Subject: Re: [Chicago] [ssh] Lawrence Lessig, "Internet Own Boy" tomorrow<br><br><pre>I attended yesterday, and the talk by Lawrence Lessig and panel<br>discussion after the screening were excellent.<br> <br>It was disheartening to hear Lessig state that reform of the Computer<br>Fraud and Abuse Act (dubbed Aaron's Law) won't likely go anywhere,<br>primarily due to lobbying efforts led by Oracle against reform. I had<br>read about this back in August<br>(<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2014/08/06/aarons-law-is-doomed-leaving-us-hacking-law-broken/" target="_blank">http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2014/08/06/aarons-law-is-doomed-leaving-us-hacking-law-broken/</a>)<br>and it was a bitter reminder to hear it directly from Lawrence Lessig<br>yesterday.<br> <br>My spirits were lifted by two people during the panel Q&A stating that<br>they did not know of injustice of Aaron's case previously and just<br>happened upon the film screening. I really do hope that awareness<br>continues to rise about the injustice of the CFAA.<br> <br>(quotes from the director about Oracle's effect on CFAA reform:<br><a href="http://o.canada.com/technology/swartz-doc-director-oracle-and-larry-ellison-killed-aarons-law" target="_blank">http://o.canada.com/technology/swartz-doc-director-oracle-and-larry-ellison-killed-aarons-law</a><br>)<br> <br>cheers,<br>drew<br><a href="https://keybase.io/pdp7" target="_blank">https://keybase.io/pdp7</a><br> <br>On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Rob Kapteyn <robkapteyn@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> I was there.<br>><br>> The movie is Creative Commons licensed -- so it can be shared freely via<br>> bittorrent. (also encouraged by Knappenberger).<br>><br>> I'm pretty sure that it still legal to share legal torrent links from the<br>> internet archive ;)<br>><br>> <a href="https://archive.org/download/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz_archive.torrent" target="_blank">https://archive.org/download/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz_archive.torrent</a><br>><br>> You can also get it on iTunes for $5 - $10.<br>><br>> There were about 500 people there, and it was very well received.<br>> It is a very, very well made documentary.<br>> The discussion with Lessig, Knappenberger, and Aaron's father was<br>> interesting.<br>> It was obvious that a much of the audience knew nothing of the story and<br>> were shocked and stunned.<br>> I know more and have some minor criticism, but I'm still mentally digesting<br>> it.<br>><br>><br>><br>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Randy Baxley <randy7771026@gmail.com><br>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> I did not go out to the screening. Did they mention if it was in<br>>> distribution or if they were trying to get it distributed? Please let me<br>>> know if it is available sometime in the city.<br>>><br>>> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:41 PM, Philip Strong <philip.strong@gmail.com><br>>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> I don't know if anyone else was able to make it to the screening, but it<br>>>> was a powerful movie. We should defiantly show this some time for our movie<br>>>> night..<br>>>><br>>>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Drew Fustini <pdp7pdp7@gmail.com> wrote:<br>>>>><br>>>>> "The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz" Screening<br>>>>> <a href="http://www.meetup.com/chicago-html5/events/219709499/" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/chicago-html5/events/219709499/</a><br>>>>><br>>>>> Chicago HTML5 Group is a sponsor of the Family Action Network's upcoming<br>>>>> screening and panel discussion of the documentary film "The Internet's Own<br>>>>> Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz".<br>>>>><br>>>>> The screening is free and open to the public. The event will include a<br>>>>> discussion with filmmaker Brian Knappenberger, Harvard Law professor<br>>>>> Lawrence Lessig, and Aaron's father, Robert Swartz.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Sunday, January 25, 2015, 1-4:00 PM<br>>>>> New Trier High School, Winnetka Campus<br>>>>> Gaffney Auditorium<br>>>>> 385 Winnetka Ave., Winnetka, IL 60093<br>>>>><br>>>>> --<br>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google<br>>>>> Groups "South side hackerspace" group.<br>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send<br>>>>> an email to southsidehackers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.<br>>>>> For more options, visit <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/optout" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>> Chicago mailing list<br>>>> Chicago@python.org<br>>>> <a href="https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago" target="_blank">https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago</a><br>>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Chicago mailing list<br>>> Chicago@python.org<br>>> <a href="https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago" target="_blank">https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago</a><br>>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Chicago mailing list<br>> Chicago@python.org<br>> <a href="https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago" target="_blank">https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago</a><br>><br></pre><br>_______________________________________________
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