Geek Politics

<p>  </p> <p> Since its infancy, Internet contains a powerful political dimension and is now surrounded by issues that are more sensitive than ever : transparency, freedom of information and expression, copyright and intellectual property, technological dependency, among others. Hackers have not waited for Wikileaks and the Arab Spring to dive into policy matters. Too often caricatured as antisocial people only interested in illegally breaking into systems ((the media tend to make no distinction between a cracker and a hacker), the vast majority of the « network wizards » are, in fact, people interested in solving problems, developping clever technical tricks and using technology to improve our societies. They form an infinitely complex community that can be traced to the fifties and sixties.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://www.dancingdog.be/geek-politics/kisskiss/PERSO_circuit%20copie.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.dancingdog.be/geek-politics/kisskiss/PERSO_circuit%20copie.jpg"></a></p> <p>  </p> <p> Today, they're are increasingly getting involved in society issues at a time where governments would like to heavily regulate the web. In Germany, the Chaos Computer Club, recognized by the government as a reliable source of information and advice on technology issues. The Hackerspaces, these areas where the hackers community gets together and plays with matter, are multiplying all over Europe. Pirate Parties have been created in fifty countries to face up the reality of the elections with a policy agenda deeply influenced by the original philosophy behind the net. Geek Politics meets these citizens able to master the intricacies of a network which is now ubiquitous. Most of the interviews are already in English, so even though the webdocumentary will be released in French, a lot of its content will already be watchable by english-speaking people. After the French release, we hope to  quickly complete an English version. </p> <p> The webdocumentary will be distributed in Creative Commons under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" target="_blank">CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 License.</a></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://www.dancingdog.be/geek-politics/kisskiss/tente%20de%20la%20quadrqture.png" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.dancingdog.be/geek-politics/kisskiss/tente%20de%20la%20quadrqture.png"></a></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> Who are we ?</p> <p>  </p> <p> Quentin Noirfalisse : Journalist, author and director. The brain behind Geek Politics</p> <p> Adrien Kaempf : Cameraman, editor.</p> <p> Antoine Sanchez : Graphiste, preneur de son, un peu journaliste. Graphist, sound technician, sometimes journalist.</p> <p> Maximilien Charlier : Camera #2, producer, money hunter.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://www.dancingdog.be/geek-politics/kisskiss/telecomix_egypte_finish%20copie.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.dancingdog.be/geek-politics/kisskiss/telecomix_egypte_finish%20copie.jpg"></a></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p>