The NSA Takes Out Another Copyfighter

Today at 2:40 AM Groklaw went dark. Not because of DDOS, or because of any of the host of actions that individuals or corporations have threatened over time. Groklaw went dark for the same reason that Lavabit and Silent Circle have shut down - staying in business under the present pervasive spy state is impossible.

In a way, this is sort of odd. We are no less private, no more spied upon, than we were before Edward Snowden made us aware. But knowledge cannot be un-known and sights cannot be un-seen. Pamela Jones (PJ) writes in her farewell essay about the similarities in feeling of violation of having someone burgle her apartment and someone rifle through her email. Read it.

I found Groklaw during its extensive coverage of the SCO ownership-of-Unix debacle and have read there often. We will miss the voice and insight Groklaw brought.