Off The Hook - 27 February 2008

Mar 1, 2008

This is the synopsis of Off The Hook that aired on 27 February 2008.

In the studio: Emmanuel, Mike, Redbird, Not Kevin, Lazlo
On the phone: Bernie S in Philadelphia, Bill Pollack from No Starch Press
Via Skype: Jon Erickson, author of Hacking: The Art of Exploitation

The last week of fundraising.

Emmanuel plays a clip from 30 November 1999 where Amy Goodman was covering the WTO protests in Seattle, which he cites as the beginning of the independent media movement on the internet. He relates a story of Shapeshifter, 2600’s layout artist, who was arrested in Philadelphia after police saw him talking on a cell phone and accused him of organizing the protests. Shapeshifter later won a suit against the city for wrongful arrest, since his using a telephone was the limit of their evidence.

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