What Happens in an Internet Minute
Via Intel:
In just one minute, more than 204 million emails are sent. Amazon rings up about $83,000 in sales. Around 20 million photos are viewed and 3,000 uploaded on Flickr. At least 6 million Facebook pages are viewed around the world. And more than 61,000 hours of music are played on Pandora while more than 1.3 million video clips are watched on YouTube.
All in all, that’s 625 terabytes of information sloshing about the tubes each minute.
If we do some math that’s 878.9 petabytes per day which is a bit difficult to wrap our mind around.
But if we convert that to the universal measurement of the MP3, we get the equivalent of about 235.9 billion songs passing through the internet and mobile networks each day.
Lightning speed that promotes communication and economy, and enhances quality of life.
Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea) (by TEDtalksDirector)
If you are not convinced, watch this easy-to-understand video clip. SOPA and PIPA are just preludes of imminent deluge of attempts to prevent Internet users from producing and sharing contents legally.
SOPA: Statement by Senator John Cornyn
Senator John Cornyn (R) of Texas via his Facebook page:
SOPA: better to get this done right rather than fast and wrong. Stealing content is theft, plain and simple, but concerns about unintended damage to the internet and innovation in the tech sector require a more thoughtful balance, which will take more time.
Post Written by Olive Dove
The Internet community is really serious about protesting Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the Internet piracy bill that is being considered by the U.S. Congress.
If the Congress passes the bill, its impacts would ripple across the world. Most importantly, it would set a precedent on unnecessary interference in Internet freedom via an all-encompassing law. Many countries refer to the U.S. anti-terrorism legislation when they draft their own bill. We may expect other countries to refer to SOPA when they introduce Internet piracy law. If SOPA causes fears and panics in the U.S. that practices relatively good rule of law, SOPA equivalents in less democratic countries could create unthinkable consequences and possible persecution.
Just notice how Google protests without going blackout like Wikipedia.
Here’s the bill’s full text: http://is.gd/QRwQRd
Picture: My own screenshot.
As you may know, Wikipedia and several other sites, including Reddit and BoingBoing, are protesting SOPA with a scheduled blackout on January 18th. If you rely on the online encyclopedia for work or study and can’t bear to be without it for even a day, don’t worry.
I believe the government should not intervene in the freedom of Internet. The Internet is best left as a self-regulated medium and let the stakeholders, users and service providers behave like people in a democratic country with free market economy.
“The Internet is the only place where people can learn about what really goes on in the country: the corruption, the lawlessness and the abuse,” said blogger Anna Arutiunova. “If it wasn’t for the Internet and a handful of opposition print media, we wouldn’t know most of the things we know now.”
Tyrants hate Internet for it unveils scandals & truths.
