John Petersen is Back on His SOPA Box
Yes it's true - Carl and Richard are talking to John Petersen about piracy again. In the wake of show 736 on SOPA, a lot more information has come to light on other methods of attacking piracy - using international treaties. And once again, there are problems with the implementation that create nasty side effects for the public.
Guests:
John Petersen
John Petersen has been a developer for about 20 years - from dBase and FoxBase + to FoxPro 2.0 to VB 3 to Visual FoxPro, then .NET! He has written several books and spoken at developer events such as TechEd and Developer Days.
In 2004, he graduated from the Rutgers University School of Law with a Juris Doctor Degree. Although he never completely stopped, several years ago he returned to software development on a full time basis. Today, John is writing for CoDe Magazine again and is active on the MSDN Forums.
He actively participate in the Philly SQL Server, .NET, ALT NET and XAML user groups.
Links:
- Kevin McNeish iElection Day http://www.appolicious.com/education/apps/406063-ielectionday-oak-leaf-enterprises-inc
- ACTA on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement
- The Text of ACTA http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/i_property/pdfs/acta1105_en.pdf