Matt Mullenweg

First full day at the Automattic Janitorial meetup in Sayulita.

MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Arent Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought on Techdirt.

Two excellent essays on how Hollywood has completely put our legal system out of whack through years of twisting our legislative process to their ends, or as Shirky put it "imagine the possibility of a longer jail term for streaming a Michael Jackson video than Jackson's own doctor got for killing actual Michael Jackson?" Andrew Bridges on PandoDaily: Forget SOPA, Hollywood Already Had a Field Day with the Justice System. Clay Shirky on his blog: Pick up the pitchforks: David Pogue underestimates Hollywood.

As part of the SOPA Strike, here's the homepage of WordPress.com today. We got started a little bit early, but figured it wouldn't hurt to go more than 24 hours. On WP.com we've activated an option for any of the bloggers there to put a ribbon on their site or black it out entirely, and we'll be pa...

Really great article from my friend Hunter Walk on #Reinventing the Chamber of Commerce, which is especially relevant given how the US Chamber of Commerce has been tending to side with the MPAA and RIAA rather than actual small businesses, startups, and tech communities.