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Robots Take Over The Web

SteveAndersonMedia
This is a truly crucial time for the Internet, the most powerful and interactive medium humans have ever seen. Recent actions by Facebook to monitor activity on the web and share our private information with our personal contacts and marketers, tells us quite clearly that the new media giants cannot be trusted.

For more information about the campaign to take back the web, visit http://freespeech.org/ourweb To find an alternative, non-commercial media-sharing and social networking site, visit http://community.freespeech.org

Background info: http://coanews.org/article/2007/our-web-not-theirs


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Written, Produced and Directed by
Steve Anderson

Editing and Audio Production by
Emma Hendrix at the
VIVO MEDIA ARTS CENTRE

Narration by

Marc Lindy at Vancouver Co-operative Radio

Music in order of appearance

"Is She Crying" by Lzn02

"The day the strawberries will arrive"
by Omars Attacks

"The Death of an Equestrian" by Savium
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  • SteveAndersonMedia
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      SteveAndersonMedia  

    • Yes I do believe firefox gets a lot of it's revenue through Google. This is not ideal obviously, but compared to IE it is best - it is open-source and owned by a non-profit foundation, and allows users to build on it.

      I really wish the wiki-search project were non-profit, but even having an open-source for-profit search competitor to the others would be good - especially considering the project does have a bit of a public service orientation.

      It's hard to find a perfect alternative to the big corporations but we do have at least some lesser evil options. If FireFox and Wikia were the worst applications on the web we'd be much better off.

    • 4 years ago
  • bstein
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      bstein  

    • This is a great animation about and important topic but I have a couple questions about the Freedom Trons.

      Doesn't Firefox get all it's revenue via that little Goozle search bar in the upper right hand corner?

      What about Jimmy's for profit Wikia Project?

    • 4 years ago
  • coragouscat
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      coragouscat  

    • I love the way you did that. I hope it gets a high profile.
      Many people do not realize what is happening. They are too busy working and trying to pay bills and then the corporations regulate and take control and before you know it, someone will own the web and we will have to pay and we won't be free to express our feelings and thoughts about, "HOW THIS HAPPENED" They are having iptv summits right now trying to regulate what is now free. People need a wake up call. The rich get richer and stay in control if we don't act!

    • 4 years ago
  • mischabarrett
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      mischabarrett  

    • What a great pod! If this leaves you wanting to find out more check out this little vid, all about who controls the internet - in a similar vein, but more in-depth and less cute. Worth a watch!

    • 4 years ago
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