Eric Corley
Encyclopedia
Eric Gordon Corley, Born December 16, 1959, also frequently referred to by his pen name of Emmanuel Goldstein
, is a figure in the hacker community. He owns a non-profit organization
2600 Enterprises, Inc., and publishes a magazine called 2600: The Hacker Quarterly
.
Corley has also testified before the United States Congress
.
Corley is the editor of The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey which was released July, 2008. The book consists of articles from the magazine 2600 set in chronological order to show the evolution of the internet and technology. A follow-up book, Dear Hacker. Letters to the Editor of 2600, was published in 2010.
Corley is the host of both the weekly radio programs Off the Hook on WBAI
-FM and Off the Wall on WUSB-FB. While Off The Hook often includes a panel of guests and is frequently centered around technological topics, Off the Wall is usually narrated by "Emmanuel" himself and has covered a wide range of topics. Off the Wall has been on the air since 1988.
Emmanuel Goldstein
Emmanuel Goldstein is a character in George Orwell's classic dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is the number one enemy of the people according to Big Brother and the Party, who heads a mysterious and possibly fictitious anti-party organization called The Brotherhood...
, is a figure in the hacker community. He owns a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
2600 Enterprises, Inc., and publishes a magazine called 2600: The Hacker Quarterly
2600: The Hacker Quarterly
2600: The Hacker Quarterly is an American publication that specializes in publishing technical information on a variety of subjects including telephone switching systems, Internet protocols and services, as well as general news concerning the computer "underground" and left wing, and sometimes ,...
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Corley has also testified before the United States Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
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Corley is the editor of The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey which was released July, 2008. The book consists of articles from the magazine 2600 set in chronological order to show the evolution of the internet and technology. A follow-up book, Dear Hacker. Letters to the Editor of 2600, was published in 2010.
Corley is the host of both the weekly radio programs Off the Hook on WBAI
WBAI
WBAI, a part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station, broadcasting at 99.5 FM in New York City.Its programming is leftist/progressive, and a mixture of political news and opinion from a leftist perspective, tinged with aspects of its complex and varied...
-FM and Off the Wall on WUSB-FB. While Off The Hook often includes a panel of guests and is frequently centered around technological topics, Off the Wall is usually narrated by "Emmanuel" himself and has covered a wide range of topics. Off the Wall has been on the air since 1988.
Further reading
- United States District Court Southern District of New York (2000). Decision in UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC, et al. v. SHAWN C. REIMERDES, et al. (PDF from MPAA) p. 12–13
- 2600 Website (2004) Off The Wall. Retrieved June 16, 2005.
- CNN Q&A with Emmanuel Goldstein of 2600 (Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
). - The Best of 2600 ISBN 978-0470294192
- Dear Hacker. Letters to the Editor of 2600 ISBN 978-0-470-62006-9
External links
- 2600 Magazine
- RNC '04 Ordeal
- emmangoldstein on Twitter
- Corley: "WikiLeaks is Not One Person, We Are All the Threat" - video interview by Democracy Now!Democracy Now!Democracy Now! and its staff have received several journalism awards, including the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television; the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship, on the Chevron Corporation and the deaths of...