I was helping out recently with the final touches of the spanish version of a very cool research (really!) that focus on copyright enforcement, piracy and copy cultures: Media Piracy in Emerging Economies: “By locating piracy within histories of non-elite media practices, we have tried to avoid definitions of piracy as theft or crime and focus instead on how pirate practices weave into existing social relations while at the same time transforming them.” So language is power and when it comes to naming phenomena related to culture, internet and copying, the struggle over language has resulted in interesting misuses that has led to labels like pirates, whom i salute! Those who want to control the way our culture propagate started a very vicious trend years ago by referring to the very normalized practice of copyright infringement as “theft”. There have been many attempts to explain why this is not the case. Many. At this point most people know (even supreme courts!) that infringement does not equal theft — yet there is lot of stuff that makes your eyes bleed and end up distorting the debate. ENFORCE! is a corrective bookmarklet that force your webpage to refer to copyright infringement, copying, monopoly and culture by its proper names. *Drag the bookmarklet to your browser toolbar and enforce at all times needed! ENFORCE!Test ENFORCE! on this classic Lorem Ipsum: You wouldn’t steal a car. You wouldn’t steal a handbag. You wouldn’t steal a mobile phone. You wouldn’t steal a DVD. Downloading pirated films is stealing. Stealing is against the law. Piracy: It’s a crime. Steal the disciplinary code.
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Enforce!
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April 15 2012, 3:30pm | Comments »
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G.R.E.E.D.
Greed powers our economy through restrictive licensing deals and claims of copyright. What enables this demand is the ability to control access or demand incentives as compensation for their work. The Internet, built without these restrictions, is being threatened to include protections for licensed and copyrighted content. G.R.E.E.D. (Glom & Restrict Entities on Existing Domains) demonstrates how a web user’s browsing experience and anonymity can be threatened through restrictions, take-downs, censorship, and monetary blackmail if such license and copyright restrictions are imposed on the Internet. >> Try It Now <<For Chrome, Firefox, and Safari Part of the C.R.E.A.M. exhibition at Art Micro Patronage. Online Artist Talk, April 24th @ 7pm EST, at Art Micro Patronage
April 5 2012, 7:30am | Comments »
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Mittens Romney – Browser Extension
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This a browser extension which turns all instances of Mitt Romney to Mittens Romney on web pages. ( Mitt is short for Mittens!!!! ) I’m convinced that nobody in the US would accept having a president named Mittens, so I am releasing a tool to highlight his real ( and rather cute ) name. Screen shot of the installed extension:
A huffington post article made that bit more silly:
An example google search (before & after installing Mittens):
Install Mittens: What are you waiting for? Get Mittens Now! Click to install Mittens Chrome Extension
Download and Install Mittens Safari Extension ( then double click to install ) Click to install Mittens Firefox Extension Note: Firefox version was automatically made with this tool and isn’t working on google search results. Working on getting it working 100%. You can grab the code or contribute to the project on github: https://github.com/ofTheo/mittens/ Credits: Made by Theo Watson. Thanks to Greg Leuch for Shaved Biever which the Chrome version is based off of. Icon is from the header from this cat heavy Mittens Romney site.
January 12 2012, 2:34pm | Comments »
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Occupy The Internet, Phase 3
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While webmasters are able to support the OccupyInter.net protest on their sites, the other 99%* of netizens out there also need a way to armchair participate. For those netizens like you, we are offering browser extensions to take over a show your protest for sites across the web while being able to see the volume of other netizens also protesting your favorite sites. Download the browser extension for your browser, tell your friends, and continue to support the Internet Occupation! Chrome Firefox Safari New features for Chrome and Firefox include the ability to right-click to see the number of protesters that have occupied the current page, as well as selection options to control the loudness of the protesting crowd! Code by Greg Leuch and Theo Extensions code: github.com/gleuch/occupy-internet-extensions Server code: github.com/gleuch/occupy-internet-server Concept development by Theo, Jerry, Jamie, Greg, Evan and Aram. License under MIT License
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October 21 2011, 7:53am | Comments »
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Occupy The Internet, Phase 3
http://fffff.at/occupy-internet-extensions/
While webmasters are able to support the OccupyInter.net protest on their sites, the other 99%* of netizens out there also need a way to armchair participate. For those netizens like you, we are offering browser extensions to take over a show your protest for sites across the web while being able to see the volume of other netizens also protesting your favorite sites. Download the browser extension for your browser, tell your friends, and continue to support the Internet Occupation! Chrome Firefox Safari New features for Chrome and Firefox include the ability to right-click to see the number of protesters that have occupied the current page, as well as selection options to control the loudness of the protesting crowd! Code by Greg Leuch and Theo Extensions code: github.com/gleuch/occupy-internet-extensions Server code: github.com/gleuch/occupy-internet-server Concept development by Theo, Jerry, Jamie, Greg, Evan and Aram. License under MIT License
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October 21 2011, 7:53am | Comments »
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The Googlher
The Googlher is a device which plugs into your computer and triggers a bullet vibrator any time that Google pings your web browser (with the aid of The Googlher Firefox Add-on). By doing so, The Googlher translates Google’s pervasive reach into highly stimulating vibrations for vaginal or anal web browsing. Mistrust and fear Google’s omnipotent ways no longer as the web giant profoundly soothes, touches, and moves you. This is perhaps the biggest thing to happen to augmented reality since the invention of methamphetamine.
The Googlher was produced with both open source software and hardware. For full instructions on how to make your own, visit the instructions page. The Googlher Firefox Add-on is based on Jamie Wilkinson’s Google Alarm.
October 11 2011, 1:44am | Comments »
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Shaved Bieber Updates
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Having problems keeping your lower regions shaved from Bieber? Are your browser versions growing too fast? Get the updated versions of Shaved Bieber to keep yourself tidy and clean! Shaved Bieber now works with latest versions Chrome and Firefox. Updates include faster rending and auto-updates for future updates. Chrome …or… Firefox Developed by Greg Leuch (@gleuch)View Code Source
September 13 2011, 5:03pm | Comments »
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China Web Boycott (China Blocker Browser Extension)
The notorious artist Ai Weiwei has been detained by Chinese authorities with very little known information about his status and wellbeing*. He has been detained for many days, upsetting many in the art world for the treatment of an expressive artist in a country where outspoken expression is largely oppressed. We, as artists and art viewers, should not let this happen. Protest the Chinese detention of Ai Weiwei. Boycott! Protest! Block Chinese sites until Ai Weiwei is released by preventing yourself from surfing into Chinese web territories. Download Now!Available for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browsers. Download the China Web Boycott extension for your browser and boycott Chinese websites whenever artists, like Ai Weiwei, are detained without explanation or justification. Be alerted when he is released, as well as when other artists are detained in China, and boycott Chinese web sites only when artists are being held in detention! China Blocker concept and code by Greg Leuch (@gleuch).
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May 31 2011, 8:15am | Comments »
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