James from the New America Foundation sez,
The latest Fault Lines documentary from Al Jazeera English is a must see. The piece argues that Internet policy debates – from copyright to cybersecurity – are about centralized control versus “the ability to share information across the world without traditional boundries or regulations.”
My colleague Sascha Meinrath argues that these SOPA and Protect IP were demonstrative of RIAA and MPAA investments in political power and the documentary notes that these were “not about pirated entertainment but how do we live in the digital age and who gets to decide what we do.” Sascha argues that these bills were demonstrative of RIAA and MPAA investments in political power.
The documentary wades into current cybersecurity debates and how they are fundamentally at odds with core conceptualizations of Internet freedom. Sascha argues that we are heading towards a world that requires a surveillance mechanism to support a locked down system where choice of applications, services, or speech is controlled.
Clearly, the folks at Fault Lines understand what is at stake.
Fault Lines : Controlling the web
(Thanks, James!)