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The Fundamental Fallacies of Katy Pearce's Machinopology in Azerbaijan

January 14 2012 youth protest in Baku by Obyektiv TV.

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Why are the Registanis Holding a Conference about Regime Change in Uzbekistan?

Why is Registan having a conference on regime change in Uzbekistan today?!

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Tajik Opticon #6

This is my little blog about Tajikistan that comes out on Saturdays. I had a three-week hiatus during the region's holidays, which I call "The Land of the Eternal Yolka," and my own holidays, which were actually a chance to get some big work projects done. If you want to read past issues, click on "Tajikistan" under the categories. If you have comments leave them here or write me at [email protected] where you can also get on the list to get this newsletter via email.

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Why Alex Stamos is Completely Wrong About Aaron Swartz

Alex Stamos' piece describing the defense he would have given for Aaron Swartz at trial is being widely linked by all the copyleftists and coders mourning the suicide of Aaron Swartz and attempting to turn him into an "Internet freedom" cult hero.

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Professorial Overreach

I've already explained how repulsed I am at the posturing that Prof. Lawrence Lessig is doing around the tragedy of "Internet freedom fighter" Aaron Swartz's death. He claims that "prosecutorial overreach" somehow is to blame for Swartz's death, although as this very good analysis by Volokh Conspiracy's Orin Kerr explains, the law was properly applied.

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The Wall Street Journal Capitulates to Copyleftism

How is this video discussion about Aaron Swartz by the Wall Street Journal any different from the way Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! would cover this same story?

Very little -- okay, well, maybe the suit and ties and the shorter hair, and maybe the quoting of Abraham Lincoln on copyright and patents -- which David Reith, assistant features editor, quotes as saying "add the fuel of interest to the fire of genius".� And sure, there's a vague nod to the need to modernize law but still have some law.

But Mary Kissel -- an Alyona Minkovski-in-training (Minkovski previously served as the Kremlin's RT propagandist and is now at Huffington Post) -- hammers in the copyleftist viewpoint which we should maybe re-dub the copylibertarian viewpoint in their hands. Without referencing at all the 6-month plea bargain actually offered by the prosecution -- which is irresponsible for the newspaper of record and business to be doing on January 16 when this fact is known -- she scarifies with the "35 year sentence" and "up to a million dollar fine" and then goes on to boost the anti-SOPA movement as well.

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Will the Copyleftists Stop Harassing Swartz's Prosecutor Now?

Attorney Carmen Ortiz at her swearing-in ceremony as prosecutor in the state of Massachusetts. "The Internet' has been outrageously harassing her, but she was just doing her job -- and doing it rightly and justly. Office of Governor Patrick. Photo credit: Eugena Ossi/Governor's Office

"The Internet" -- that motley crew made up of Anonymous persecutors, cunning professors and Big IT moguls who know how to dog whistle to the mob -- have been harassing Carmen Ortiz, the prosecutor of the case against Aaron Swartz, the hacker who committed suicide rather than face trial on charges of hacking 4 million documents from JSTOR.

Let's be clear -- suicides always bear the primary responsibility for their deaths and are accountable for them.� Sometimes there are grey areas if a drug overdose or alcoholism are involved, but that doesn't seem to be the case for Swartz. Yes, he was often depressed, perhaps bi-polar or on the autism spectrum, and there is a concerted lobby of "helping professionals" who want no one to ever discuss any political underpinnings to any death (especially if it doesn't fit their own liberal sensibilities) and want depression to be seen in a vacuum, without valid or invalid reasons.

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Attorney Carmen Ortiz at her swearing-in ceremony as prosecutor in the state of Massachusetts. "The Internet' has been outrageously harassing her, but she was just doing her job -- and doing it rightly and justly. Office of Governor Patrick. Photo credit: Eugena Ossi/Governor's Office

"The Internet" -- that motley crew made up of Anonymous persecutors, cunning professors and Big IT moguls who know how to dog whistle to the mob -- have been harassing Carmen Ortiz, the prosecutor of the case against Aaron Swartz, the hacker who committed suicide rather than face trial on charges of hacking 4 million documents from JSTOR.

No, the Copyleftists Won't Stop Harassing Swartz's Prosecutor

If it were up to Mike Masnick and other copyleftists and Anonymous, we would not have the rule of law as indicated here at the swearing-in ceremony by elected Governor Patrick, appointed prosecutor Carmen Ortiz, and Eric Holder, Attorney General under Obama. Photo credit: Eugena Ossi/Governor's Office

I asked whether the copyleftists might now back off their frenzied campaign to blame -- and even harass -- Carmen Ortiz, the US attorney in Massachusetts who was prosecuting the case of Aaron Swartz.

And the answer is -- no, of course not, they will only double down their frenzy until they become distracted with some other thing. But I do hope the rule of law will prevail and eventually they will back off -- however, it is unlikely to occur without some real damage.

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If it were up to Mike Masnick and other copyleftists and Anonymous, we would not have the rule of law as indicated here at the swearing-in ceremony by elected Governor Patrick, appointed prosecutor Carmen Ortiz, and Eric Holder, Attorney General under Obama. Photo credit: Eugena Ossi/Governor's Office

I asked whether the copyleftists might now back off their frenzied campaign to blame -- and even harass -- Carmen Ortiz, the US attorney in Massachusetts who was prosecuting the case of Aaron Swartz.

And the answer is -- no, of course not, they will only double down their frenzy until they become distracted with some other thing. But I do hope the rule of law will prevail and eventually they will back off -- however, it is unlikely to occur without some real damage.

Suspended Bridge in Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan (One at a Time Please)

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