Lit Review 2: Hacking Politics TL:DR

Who
    Aaron Swartz, Alexis Ohanian, Andrew McDiarmid, Brad Burnham, Casey Rae-Hunter, Cory Doctorow, Dave Dayen, David Moon, David Segal, Edward J. Black, Elizabeth Stark, Erin McKeown, Ernesto Falcon, Gabriel Levitt, Huffington Post, John Perry Barlow, Jonny 5, Josh Levy, Joshua Bauchner, Julia O’Dwyer, Kim Dotcom, Larry Downes, Lawrence Lessig, Mark Zuckerberg, Mike Masnick, Nicole Powers, Open Congress, Patrick Ruffini, Ron Paul, The WGAW, Tiffiniy Cheng, Victoria A. Espinel, and Zoe Lofgren.

What
    Hacking Politics: TL:DR

Where
    Hosted on the RIT HFOSS class site here: http://hfoss-fossrit.rhcloud.com/static/books/hackingpolitics_txtwithcvfb.pdf

When
    Published in 2013

The Gist
        The TL:DR of Hacking Politics is a collection of quotes and anecdotes from a variety of hacktivists and politicians who were active in the fight against SOPA/PIPA and COICA. The various contributors talk about the causes, concerns, emotions and issues that surrounded the bills and the campaigns for and against them.

The Good

1. Did a good job of drawing the reader in; it's just a collection of quotes, but it is by no means boring
2. Even if you don't know the names of everyone in the book, their words have no less impact
3. It does what a TL:DR is supposed to, and it does it well. By the end of it you know about the various issues surrounding SOPA/PIPA and what the bills would have actually done

 The Bad

1.  Suffers slightly from obviously preaching to the choir
2. Nothing in the TL:DR is cited or sourced; they're just quotes from prominent figures
3. Felt a bit like it almost wasn't supposed to be read all at once; there was so much jumping around between voices it was a bit confusing.

The Questions

1. The Writers Guild strike is mentioned briefly, I'm curious as to how much that impacted public opinion of SOPA/PIPA
2. How much of the SOPA/PIPA bills were actually drafted/demanded by the entertainment industry's lobbyists?
3. Was the goal of the bills aimed at curbing the 1st amendment or simply to turn a higher profit by attempting to shut down piracy sites.

Your Review
        If you weren't interested in SOPA/PIPA before, you will be now. If the TL;DR of Hacking Politics doesn't suck you into the book then nothing will. An excellent collection of quotes from many of the prominent figures in the fight for free speech and net neutrality. 9/10 Wombats.