[liberationtech] The Real Cyber War: The Political Economy of Internet Freedom

2015-03-11 Thread Shawn Mathew Powers
We are pleased to announce the release of The Real Cyber War: The Political Economy of Internet Freedom (University of Illinois Press, 2015, http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/83cdd9wm9780252039126.html) by Shawn Powers (https://gsu.academia.edu/smp) and Michael Jablonski

Re: [liberationtech] The Real Cyber War: The Political Economy of Internet Freedom

2015-03-11 Thread Yasha Levine
Have to say that I share David's enthusiasm. The book looks great and is extremely timely. On Mar 11, 2015, at 12:08 PM, David Golumbia dgolum...@gmail.com wrote: wow. thanks for sharing this. from where I sit, that looks like hitting a nail on the head that has needed such a direct hit

Re: [liberationtech] The Real Cyber War: The Political Economy of Internet Freedom

2015-03-11 Thread Shawn Mathew Powers
Hi! Thanks for the query below! Thrilled that folks are excited about the book. Happy to talk about it at length... Rebecca and Evgeny both wrote excellent books, as have others. The Real Cyber War differs in a few ways that may be interesting to LibTech folks. For example, it: • Outlines the

[liberationtech] Considerations on Wassenaar Arrangement Proposals for Surveillance Technologies

2015-03-11 Thread Collin Anderson
Libtech colleagues -- On Monday, Access released my paper regarding the Wassenaar Arrangement's controls on Intrusion Software and IP Network Surveillance equipment. Since the release of the changes over a year ago, there has been a great deal of confusion about their scope, and the paper seeks