Is PAYPAL a political tool ? ~ freeByron

November 2, 2011April 23, 2013 Laurel L. Russwurm Politics Byron Sonne, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canadian Government, PayPal

The American corporation PayPal has withdrawn the “donation” button from the FreeByron wiki. The donation button was for a Trust Account established by Byron Sonne’s parents to raise funds to help pay for their son’s legal defence. [Feel free to tell PayPal what you think about that]. Byron Sonne says PayPal “felt that it … Continue reading Is PAYPAL a political tool ? ~ freeByron

Heartbleed and Passwords

April 12, 2014 Laurel L. Russwurm copyright

If you have any passwords on the Internet, whether for email, social media, or buying and selling, you must change them now to protect yourself. [reblogged from techDITZ] My favourite spring flowers are called “bleeding hearts,” but this spring the online world is reeling with the discovery of something completely different — an Internet problem … Continue reading Heartbleed and Passwords

review⇒ WE ARE LEGION: The Story of the Hacktivists

May 2, 2012 Laurel L. Russwurm copyright Anonymous, Arthur C. Clarke third law, attorney Stanley Cohen, Brian Knappenberger, documentary, Gabriella Coleman, Guy Fawkes mask, Hot Docs, masks, McGill University, Mercedes Haefer, Preventing Persons from Concealing Their Identity during Riots and Unlawful Assemblies Act, Private Member's Bill C-309, Toronto, Toronto HotDocs Festival, virtual sit-ins, WE ARE LEGION: The Story of the Hacktivists

The Internet and its attendant technology has ushered in change more dramatic than any previously seen in human history. Even worse, this technological revolution has happened with blinding speed. Even though we’ve reached a point in Canada where most of us — from toddlers to seniors — use the Internet in our daily lives, most … Continue reading review⇒ WE ARE LEGION: The Story of the Hacktivists

My Byron Sonne Articles ~ #FreeByron

March 24, 2012April 23, 2013 Laurel L. Russwurm copyright, FreeByron

I should be doing self publishing things, like finishing my second novel, writing special features in my Inconstant Moon serialization blog, establishing my self publishing Imprint, getting my website set up to sell digital copies of my work, creating the book trailer &tc. But there are vital issues like copyright and civil rights are important … Continue reading My Byron Sonne Articles ~ #FreeByron

Smashwords Censorship: Unintended Consequences

March 11, 2012 Laurel L. Russwurm censorship, copyright 1984, authors, copyright infringement, DMCA, ebooks, EFF, erotica, George Orwell, Mark Corker, PayPal, rape, responsibility, safe haven, self publishing, Smashwords, Techdirt, Unintended Consequences, Youtube

Smashwords distributes eBooks created by self publishing authors to the various proprietary eBook platforms. Recently PayPal has told Smashwords that it must: “..remove fiction that contains themes of bestiality, rape and incest” — Smashwords Member Alert – March 5, 2012 Is censorship ever advisable? Ratings systems have long proved an effective method for preventing people … Continue reading Smashwords Censorship: Unintended Consequences

Copyright and Sharing Music

December 13, 2011April 23, 2013 Laurel L. Russwurm copyright "name your own price", Allison Crowe, Alo Django, Bill C-11, Canadian DMCA, CC by-sa, CC downloads, CC-by, CD, copyright, copyright modernization, Creative Commons Attribution only, Creative Commons License, CRIA, Don McLean, Huey Lewis, indentured servitude, iTunes, Jamendo, Janis Ian, Jesse Brown, Josh Woodward, Megamutiny, Music Canada, Ogone, Paul Simon, PayPal, radio, This Magazine

Shared from an email I’ve just written: The radio used to be how I discovered new music. Probably twenty years ago I stopped listening to the radio altogether because there would be maybe one song I liked an hour. So I just started listening to tapes then CDs all the time. I wore out the … Continue reading Copyright and Sharing Music

Inconstant Moon: Halfway!

August 5, 2011April 23, 2013 Laurel L. Russwurm Inconstant Moon Christie University, Digital Content, DRM, eBook formatting, illustration, Libreleft Books, novel serialization, PayPal, self publishing, Smashwords

The 70th chapter of “Inconstant Moon,” went online today, marking the half way point in my serialization; all told there are 140 chapters. I’m pleased to have kept to my proposed schedule, posting one chapter per day. I’ve been latish a couple of times, and once I posted twice in one day because the chapter … Continue reading Inconstant Moon: Halfway!