Operation Payback (...is a bitch): Hacktivism at the Dawn of Copyright Controversies

Operation Payback (…is a bitch):

Hacktivism at the Dawn of Copyright Controversies

Burcu S. Bakioğ[email protected]

@PaleFire

PiracyCulturesProduction

ConsumptionDistribution

REGULATIONCorruption

Criminalization of

societyPrivacy

SurveillanceThreat to creativity

Network Societyhorizontal modes of communication

alternative strategies of resistance

Sites of Struggle

Hacktivism

Operation Payback is a Bitch

Operation: Payback is a bitch – Wikileaks "the future of cyber protests"

Outcome:

Porn industry = leading piracy war Companies not interested in stopping

piracy but exploiting it ISPs not following Data Protection Act

(Privacy violation) IP = Person

Surveillance

Burcu S. Bakioğ[email protected]

@PaleFire