The Right to Read

Just in case you were interested in pondering some of the darker "what-ifs" related to the digitization of media, here is Richard Stallman's magnificent short story/call to arms "The Right To Read."

Interview - Siva Vaidhyanathan

Here is an awesome interview with Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of The Anarchist In The Library, gripped from Lawrence Lessig's blog. It's a few years old, but the issues he raises (corporate media vs. the creative commons, the post-9/11 erosion of civil liberties, the possibilities for good and evil uses of the internet) are still just as pressing today.