Which isn't what's happening here. What's being transferred to the EFF is not the whole service, but one specific piece of client software which interacts with the service.
If you find yourself with the opportunity to see Bradley Kuhn speak I'd highly recommend it. I met Bradley at the Linux Fest North West event this year in April and it was one of my favourite and most formative moments of the year. I'm proud to be a financial supporter of the Conservancy with all the work that they do to protect and promote Free Software.
Noisetor (sub-project of the Noisebridge hackerspace in SF) received an identical subpoena, and had the same results. We contacted our legal counsel and subsequently the FBI to explain the whole "we can't provide this information because tor" at which point they dropped our requirement to testify.
I'd recommend Cory's latest book: "Information doesn't want to be free" where he addresses the problems presented by DRM and other copyright issues. It's a short read but hugely valuable for folks creating digital content. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00R4ZJTMO?btkr=1
The book is recommended (and the print version is surprisingly attractive). It may be somewhat disappointing if you've been following Cory for a while though as the book doesn't really tread any new ground from his previous works, speeches, etc.
That said, he seems to be trying to hit a different audience with this book and his message is communicated simply enough to make an impact. It seems that hitting a broader audience would be a core mission of this "1201" project with the EFF.
I agree, but would put a more positive spin. The book didn't break open for me any new ideas about the topics that Cory's been super eloquent on in the past... but it was marvelous in it's simplicity and encapsulation of concepts. I felt better for reading it, if only because it provides new ways of communicating these arguments to others.
The positive spin is more fair and accurate. I didn't intent to come off so negative. Part of the reason I've kept reading and listening to Cory is because, as you note, he provides new ways of communicating arguments and it was interesting to see him work to direct this at a broad audience at the same time. For example, at the end of a long section talking about the fluidity between the roles of creator, investor, intermediaries, and audiences in the introduction he closes with: "...and some of the most dedicated audiences are made up of creators themselves (which is why authors are usually photographed standing in front of a wall of other people's books.)"
It's not fully represented in this quote, but when you read that closing line it instantaneously becomes obvious how blurry the lines have always been and how silly many of the distinctions truly are. We're talking about something bigger.
Is anyone else having issues with this stopping every 30 seconds or so? I can't get a continual stream going at all w/ VLC. The site flash players load nothing for me either.
I feel the same about Google Voice at the moment. It's killer feature for me right now is the ability to text and call people from my Google Voice account from OS X. I use GrowlVoice[1] extensively. It's easily one of my favourite menubar applications.
If TextSecure could replace this functionality it'd cause me to seriously reconsider GV
Super excited to see this news and what the CircleCI team have planned. Can't overstate how much I love CircleCI or how much easier it makes my life. Definitely one of the best services I use day to day.
This is worrying as my Mum's iPhone just bit the dust and we replaced it with an Android phone. I'm hoping that she doesn't experience the same issues with her friends and family (many of whom use iPhones).
