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So Diebold has hit new lows. After threatening anyone who posts information necessary to evaluate the claimed failure of their vote-counting machine, apparently Swarthmore is now caving to DMCA threats by forcing students to shut down mirror sites. Just the strategy for a company that's trying to convince the world that they can be trusted with vote counting.
Thanks to Ernie Miller.
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Hi prof. Lessig, I was wondering what you thought about the electronic civil disobedience that netizens are engaging in to provide a permanently dynamic mirror of the memos? This seems to be a more offensive (as in offense) type of networked political activity.
Isn't it counter to the concept of liberal education for a College to keep students from helping inform the public of a potential subversion of the public interest?
That sort of mirror does exist, at least partially. It's called "Freenet", and theoretically, no one knows where it is, and no one can take the material down.
The Ninth Circuit 's latest opinion on touch screen voting.
Please see this essay on my blog for a slightly more nuanced picture.
Neither candidate Edwards nor his staff apparently thought to read over this blog before making a "guest appearance". It seems to me that this is a key indicator of what to expect from an Edward's presidency, i.e. write-only--with no concern for the obvious issues.
That sort of mirror does exist, at least partially. It's called "Freenet", and theoretically, no one knows where it is, and no one can take the material down.