Eric Gordon Corley (born December 16, 1959), also frequently referred to by his pen name of Emmanuel Goldstein, is a figure in the
hacker
A hacker is a person skilled in information technology who achieves goals and solves problems by non-standard means. The term has become associated in popular culture with a security hackersomeone with knowledge of bug (computing), bugs or exp ...
community. He directs the non-profit organization 2600 Enterprises, Inc., publishes a magazine called ''
2600: The Hacker Quarterly'' (which has associated monthly meet-ups around the world), and hosts the hacker convention
Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE). His pseudonym is derived from the fictional
opposition leader in George Orwell's
dystopian novel ''
Nineteen Eighty-Four''.
In 1993, Corley testified before the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...
Subcommittee on Telecommunications. Corley was questioned in relation to the content of ''2600'' as part of discussions concerning the Digital Telephony Bill; also known as the
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.
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: The Hacker Quarterly'' 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-FM. While ''Off the Hook'' often includes a panel of guests and is frequently centered on technological topics, ''Off the Wall'' is usually narrated by Eric Corley himself and has covered a wide range of topics. ''Off the Hook'' has been on the air since 1988.
Filmography
Corley directed the 2001 film ''
Freedom Downtime'', a
documentary
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
about the
incarcerations of
Kevin Mitnick
Kevin David Mitnick (August 6, 1963 – July 16, 2023) was an American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker. In 1995, he was arrested for various computer and communications-related crimes, and spent five years in prison ...
and
Bernie S that also examines alleged distortions in mainstream media coverage of Mitnick's case.
A second movie from 2600 Films, Speaker's World has been discussed on previous episodes of Off the Hook.
References
Further reading
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* 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 .
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* ''The Best of 2600''
* ''Dear Hacker. Letters to the Editor of 2600''
External links
2600 Magazine*
emmangoldstein on TwitterCorley: "WikiLeaks is Not One Person, We Are All the Threat"– video interview by ''
Democracy Now!''
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Living people
2600: The Hacker Quarterly
American magazine editors
American magazine publishers (people)
Stony Brook University alumni
Ward Melville High School alumni
Chief executives of computer security organizations
American talk radio hosts
1959 births
American documentary film directors
People from Setauket, New York