Today, January 18th has been declared Internet Freedom Day by internet users and supporters all around the U.S. Why is this important? Because we have to protect the FREEDOM TO CONNECT.
As Fight For The Future reminds us:
When SOPA and PIPA were first introduced in Congress, things looked grim for the internet. Widespread censorship seemed imminent, and Internet supporters everywhere were worried about the massive blow that was about to be dealt to freedom.
The Innovation Policy Summit is live from CES this week and if you’re not in Las Vegas you can still check out the panels being streamed right here courtesy of our friends at the Consumer Electronics Association and The Innovation Movement.
Watch these important panels on issues affecting innovation including the technology economy, e-waste, pro-innovation policy, facial recognition, job creation, mobile, patents and copyrights [featuring our own Hank Shocklee on the panel - Beyond SOPA: Creating a Pro-Innovation, Pro-Artist Copyright Policy - Tuesday, January 8th at 2:00pm PST].
If you’re in town for the show, make sure to stop by!
One year ago, a digital sleeping giant suddenly awoke. Millions of Americans called, emailed, and wrote their members in Congress in defense of Internet Freedom. The ground had shifted, and Washington would never be the same. To mark the anniversary of this great moment, The Celebration of Internet Freedom will take place on January 15th at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Don’t miss Shocklee at the 2013 International CES if you’re venturing out to Las Vegas for the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow January 8-11, 2013. We’ll be there previewing the future of tech innovation before it hits the market, 1.3 million square feet of show floor and hottest new products – we’ll be there will our cameras snapping pics!
We’re mashing up the worlds of music, technology and policy on Tuesday March 13th in Austin, Texas for a SXSW party showdown with THE CRAZIEST GUESTLIST of people you want to know if you’re involved in music, tech or policy.
Today is American Censorship Day, a day of protest against SOPA [the Stop Online Piracy Act], a controversial bill currently being reviewed by congress that if passed, will essentially blacklist some of your favorite websites such as Vimeo, Flickr and Etsy just to name a few. This bill would kill the internet as we know it by censoring and blocking access to these sites and many more from within the U.S. SOPA is a serious threat to the future of many businesses and the development of innovation and technology in the U.S. Here’s some info on what’s going on and how you can spread the word on this serious matter.
You probably heard about the new freedom threatening acronym floating around the news. So what is 
