Info wars
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Info Wars is a 2004 film which shows the mechanics of modern information warfare and media hacking. The featured stories are intertwined but circle around the central subject of the film: How the modern mass media
can be used (and is used) to reach certain ends by all involved parties.
The film is named after the Ars Electronica
title of 1998.
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
can be used (and is used) to reach certain ends by all involved parties.
The film is named after the Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica is an organization based in Linz, Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art, technology and society that was part of the International Bruckner Festival. Herbert W. Franke is one of its founders. It became its own festival and a yearly event in 1986. Its director until 1995...
title of 1998.
See also
- Digital Millennium Copyright ActDigital Millennium Copyright ActThe Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization . It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to...
(DMCA) - Content-scrambling system (CSS)
- 2600: The Hacker Quarterly2600: The Hacker Quarterly2600: The Hacker Quarterly is an American publication that specializes in publishing technical information on a variety of subjects including telephone switching systems, Internet protocols and services, as well as general news concerning the computer "underground" and left wing, and sometimes ,...
- Jon Lech JohansenJon Lech JohansenJon Lech Johansen , also known as DVD Jon, is a Norwegian programmer famous for his work on reverse engineering data formats....
- IP JusticeIP JusticeIP Justice is an international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property laws and freedom of expression in a digital world.IP Justice was founded in 2002 by cyber-rights attorney Robin Gross...
(IPJ) - Electronic Frontier FoundationElectronic Frontier FoundationThe Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...
(EFF)