She had plenty of funding. And if a great service/movement like Groklaw had to shut down, we suck.
The current trend is completely and utterly anti-American. Fuck them. And fuck us for letting them. On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:49 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > email was never safe. She's just now saying that this is so? C'mon. > > She probably had to shut down the site because she ran out of money, and > used this as convenient cover to look like a martyr. > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It is quite sad how this issue is destroying the internet. Cloud > companies > > estimate they have lost about 50m USD in business from overseas so far, > and > > say they could lose even more. > > > > Companies that provide secure or encrypted email services have closed > > entirely as they cannot operate within the United States. > > > > Almost everyone's data passes through the US at some point, so everyone > > falls victim to the blanket collection of information, with no clue as to > > how this information will be used in the future. > > > > It's quite insane. It removes the ability for people to have frank and > open > > discussions across a medium that has done more to further such > discussions > > than anything else in modern history. > > > > > > > > > http://gizmodo.com/essential-legal-site-groklaw-shuts-down-rather-than-fac-1171125087 > > > > "For the last 10 years, if you wanted to understand a complex legal issue > > in the news, your first stop was Groklaw. A free, open source exchange of > > theories and ideas, Groklaw has been an invaluable resource for lawyers > and > > laymen alike. Last night, its owner pulled the plug. It was a matter of > > privacy. > > > > In an emotional post last night, Groklaw founder Pamela Jones laid out > her > > reasons for shuttering her internet legal salon. In the face of > government > > pressures placed on email providers like Lavabit and Silent Circleóand > > those sites' decision to shut down rather than give up their clients' > > information to the fedsóshe decided to pull the plug preemptively. > Groklaw > > couldn't operate, she explained, without email. And email is no longer > safe > > (if it ever was): > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366515 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
