Brief post today with an update on an important case that I wrote about last year: the federal prosecution of Barrett Brown. As I wrote back then, linking is the essential building block of the web. Criminally prosecuting someone for linking threatens this foundation. I am therefore relieved that yesterday the prosecution decided to drop these charges. While this is great news it is important to point out that Barrett Brown has been imprisoned since the fall of 2012 – that is not a typo. The ...

Brief post today with an update on an important case that I wrote about last year: the federal prosecution of Barrett Brown. As I wrote back then, linking is the essential building block of the web. Criminally prosecuting someone for linking threatens this foundation. I am therefore relieved that yesterday the prosecution decided to drop these charges. While this is great news it is important to point out that Barrett Brown has been imprisoned since the fall of 2012 – that is not a typo. The ...