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Emmanuel Goldstein

IRL Name: 
Eric Corley
Biography: 

Born in 1959, Emmanuel Goldstein is the founder, editor, and publisher of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. During his time working on the publication, he testified before the US Congress in 1993, lost a legal battle against the MPAA as one of the defendants in Universal VS Reimerdes (Their unsuccessful attempt to squelch DeCSS), was arrested on August 31st 2004 while filming a demonstration against the Republican National Convention for 'disorderly conduct'. (All charges would be dropped in a preliminary hearing.)

Facts

Also hosts two radio shows; Off The Hook and Off The Wall. Both can be downloaded or streamed from 2600's website for those not in the New York area.

Was a creative advisor to Hackers

Rumors

Probably had a shitfit when he saw the finished film of hackers.

Was a part of Dubya's 'Axis of Evil'

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References

http://www.2600.com

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