Saturday, September 24, 2011

More about "Anonymous"

The "Anonymous" trademark is a Guy Fawkes mask:
http://www.slashgear.com/fbi-crows-anonymouslulzsec-arrests-as-day-of-vengeance-nears-23182216/

[Source: Wikimedia Commons Guy_Fawkes_by_Cruikshank.jpg‎ (327 × 384 pixels, file size: 44 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)]

Here's the back story on Guy Fawkes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

The Guy Fawkes masks work=n by Anonymous activists are copies of the one worn in the Time-Warner film "V for Vendetta." Consequently, the giant multinationally makes money on every one of those masks. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/technology/masked-anonymous-protesters-aid-time-warners-profits.html?_r=1

Herewith, some general background information about "Anonymous":
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/anonymous_internet_group/index.html?inline=nyt-org

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