SECUR> Internet activism, file sharing, and counterculture in the 21st century
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- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 07:45:28 -0600
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MotherJones.com / News / QA
Cognitive Dissident
John Perry Barlow, the man who coined the term 'cyberspace', discusses the
Total Information Awareness project, online activism, file sharing, and the
prospect of a digital counterculture.
Tim Dickinson
February 3, 2003 Does the government need a search warrant to read your
private email? Do you have a right to anonymity online? Is computer code
protected by the first amendment? On all three counts the answer is yes, and
for that you can thank the Electronic Frontier Foundation -- and by
extension, John Perry Barlow -- for staking out those rights in court.
The EFF is a digital civil liberties union, co-founded by Barlow in 1990 to
fight for free-speech and privacy rights in cyberspace -- a term which
Barlow coined. A self-described "classic boomer," Barlow is still best known
for his first career, songsmithing for the Grateful Dead, with classics like
"Cassidy," "Estimated Prophet," and "A Little Light" to his credit. After a
go as a back-to-the-land cattle rancher, Barlow, 55, is now starring in a
digital third act, one that may well fulfill his ultimate aspiration: "To be
a good ancestor."
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When I first met John Perry Barlow, he was sporting a black ascot, a
turquoise pendant, and a hands-free cellular device that dangled,
secret-service style, from his left ear; he was wired and buzzed, working
the unabashedly geeky crowd at the EFF's holiday open house in San
Francisco's Mission district. Afterward, I pressed Barlow for his take on
the Total Information Awareness project -- the Bush Administration's
Big-Brotherish effort to preempt terrorism by analyzing our purchasing
habits and other previously private data -- as well as his thoughts on
Internet activism, file sharing, and counterculture in the 21st century.
<http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2003/06/we_268_01.html>
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