New book about Aaron Swartz's causes (free today)(jperla.com)
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New book about Aaron Swartz's causes (free today)
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Re Copyright: The book is copyright protected for 14 years, the term of copyright during the Founding generation. It disclaims copyright for the rest of the author's life plus the 70 years after death.
Plus all the proceeds, when people pay, for 14 years, goes to organizations fighting for Internet freedom.
It's not an expensive book, so people might want to1 donate to those causes directly, and more than $4.99.
Note that after today all the money is donated to Demand Progress (the org that Aaron started) and Fight for the Future.
... except for the portion of the funds that are kept by Amazon to support their DRM platform.
It is DRM-free. You need to chill out.
Is there any way of getting this book without a kindle, so it can be read on Linux?
According to the author, it's a Kindle exclusive for 90 days: http://ammori.org/2013/01/18/one-internet-freedom-my-new-ebo...
However, the Kindle Cloud Reader works on Linux: https://read.amazon.com/
However, the Kindle Cloud Reader works on Linux: https://read.amazon.com/
I think the author has a different definition of "free" in mind than FOSS and free culture advocates do. The "free" kindle book still requires a closed source (non-free) program and an Amazon account.
If that's the kind of "internet freedom" he's advocating for, then I don't want any part of it.
If that's the kind of "internet freedom" he's advocating for, then I don't want any part of it.
The author, Marvin Ammori has been an amazing friend to issues that matter in keeping the Internet free and open and transparent. Really lucky to have people like him on "our team."
He also works behind the scenes on a tremendous number of other important issues, and he's well-known as someone who connects entrepreneurs and technologists in the valley to the lobbyists and politicians in Washington DC to make sure the tech voice is heard.
The SOPA work done in DC in 2011 was a great example of an issue where he was connecting people left and right behind the scenes who ultimately made a huge difference in defeating SOPA.
More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Ammori
He also works behind the scenes on a tremendous number of other important issues, and he's well-known as someone who connects entrepreneurs and technologists in the valley to the lobbyists and politicians in Washington DC to make sure the tech voice is heard.
The SOPA work done in DC in 2011 was a great example of an issue where he was connecting people left and right behind the scenes who ultimately made a huge difference in defeating SOPA.
More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Ammori
Thanks for this, but as others have said, it'd be great if this wasn't locked down with DRM.
It's DRM free. You should be able to convert it into whatever format you want, from what I've heard.
It's not.
So, Internet is free only for today.
As Lessig says, there's a difference between free as in free speech, and free as in free beer. Today, the book is free as in free beer. But the day, and the causes to which the book proceeds go, both go go to free as in free speech.
This is the one-year anniversary of stopping SOPA/PIPA. Please read the article...
Amazon has a very well-watched download list. So it would behoove promotion to focus on this first and increase downloads.