[Chicago] [ssh] Lawrence Lessig, "Internet Own Boy" tomorrow

[Drew Fustini]

I attended yesterday, and the talk by Lawrence Lessig and panel
discussion after the screening were excellent.

It was disheartening to hear Lessig state that reform of the Computer
Fraud and Abuse Act (dubbed Aaron's Law) won't likely go anywhere,
primarily due to lobbying efforts led by Oracle against reform.  I had
read about this back in August
(http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2014/08/06/aarons-law-is-doomed-leaving-us-hacking-law-broken/)
and it was a bitter reminder to hear it directly from Lawrence Lessig
yesterday.

My spirits were lifted by two people during the panel Q&A stating that
they did not know of injustice of Aaron's case previously and just
happened upon the film screening.  I really do hope that awareness
continues to rise about the injustice of the CFAA.

(quotes from the director about Oracle's effect on CFAA reform:
http://o.canada.com/technology/swartz-doc-director-oracle-and-larry-ellison-killed-aarons-law
)

cheers,
drew
https://keybase.io/pdp7

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Rob Kapteyn <robkapteyn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was there.
>
> The movie is Creative Commons licensed -- so it can be shared freely via
> bittorrent. (also encouraged by Knappenberger).
>
>  I'm pretty sure that it still legal to share legal torrent links from the
> internet archive ;)
>
> https://archive.org/download/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz_archive.torrent
>
> You can also get it on iTunes for $5 - $10.
>
> There were about 500 people there, and it was very well received.
> It is a very, very well made documentary.
> The discussion with Lessig, Knappenberger, and Aaron's father was
> interesting.
> It was obvious that a much of the audience knew nothing of the story and
> were shocked and stunned.
> I know more and have some minor criticism, but I'm still mentally digesting
> it.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Randy Baxley <randy7771026 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I did not go out to the screening.  Did they mention if it was in
>> distribution or if they were trying to get it distributed?  Please let me
>> know if it is available sometime in the city.
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:41 PM, Philip Strong <philip.strong at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know if anyone else was able to make it to the screening, but it
>>> was a powerful movie. We should defiantly show this some time for our movie
>>> night..
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Drew Fustini <pdp7pdp7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz" Screening
>>>> http://www.meetup.com/chicago-html5/events/219709499/
>>>>
>>>> Chicago HTML5 Group is a sponsor of the Family Action Network's upcoming
>>>> screening and panel discussion of the documentary film "The Internet's Own
>>>> Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz".
>>>>
>>>> The screening is free and open to the public. The event will include a
>>>> discussion with filmmaker Brian Knappenberger, Harvard Law professor
>>>> Lawrence Lessig, and Aaron's father, Robert Swartz.
>>>>
>>>> Sunday, January 25, 2015, 1-4:00 PM
>>>> New Trier High School, Winnetka Campus
>>>> Gaffney Auditorium
>>>> 385 Winnetka Ave., Winnetka, IL 60093
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