operation payback (...is a bitch): hacktivism at the dawn of copyright controversies
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Presentation given @MIT7TRANSCRIPT
Operation Payback (…is a bitch):
Hacktivism at the Dawn of Copyright Controversies
Burcu S. Bakioğ[email protected]
@PaleFire
PiracyCulturesProduction
ConsumptionDistribution
REGULATIONCorruption
Criminalization of
societyPrivacy
SurveillanceThreat to creativity
Network Societyhorizontal modes of communication
alternative strategies of resistance
Sites of Struggle
Hacktivism
Operation Payback is a Bitch
Operation: Payback is a bitch – Wikileaks "the future of cyber protests"
Outcome:
Porn industry = leading piracy war Companies not interested in stopping
piracy but exploiting it ISPs not following Data Protection Act
(Privacy violation) IP = Person
Surveillance
