Editing Eric Corley

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| birth_name    = Eric Gordon Corley
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'''Eric Gordon Corley''' (born December 16, 1959), also frequently referred to by his pen name of '''Emmanuel Goldstein''', is a figure in the [[Hacker (programmer subculture)|hacker]] community. He directs the non-profit organization 2600 Enterprises, Inc.,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_token=AC27CD70330F23B846CD6FA0E715CAB8FE0E858DD8E294F1BEA07FF7B42A264B877C575ABB300372528D32688EC4B3EE&p_nameid=E279CB55DCDA1D2D&p_corpid=EF262CCF81F3A040&p_captcha=14997&p_captcha_check=F33905429BEA74BB&p_entity_name=2600%20enterprise&p_name_type=A&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=0 |title=NYS Corporation |publisher=Appext20.dos.ny.gov |date=March 19, 1984 |access-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> 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 [[Emmanuel Goldstein|opposition leader]] in George Orwell's [[utopian and dystopian fiction|dystopian novel]] ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.

In 1993, Corley testified before the [[United States House of Representatives]] 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2600.com/offthehook/1993/0693.html |title=Off The Hook June 1993 |publisher=2600 |access-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GEQlEx3XUWoC&q=emmanuel%2520goldstein%2520testified%2520congress%25201993&pg=PA550|title=The Best of 2600, Collector's Edition: A Hacker Odyssey|last=Goldstein|first=Emmanuel|date=January 26, 2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780470474693|language=en}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/10734 |title=THE BEST OF 2600 |publisher=2600.com |date=June 11, 2008 |access-date=March 31, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217062504/http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/10734 |archive-date=February 17, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> A follow-up book, ''Dear Hacker. Letters to the Editor of 2600'', was published in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lp.wileypub.com/DearHacker/ |title=Dear Hacker. Letters to the Editor of 2600 |publisher=Lp.wileypub.com |access-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008120609/http://lp.wileypub.com/DearHacker/ |archive-date=October 8, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Corley is the host of both the weekly radio programs [[Off the Hook (radio program)|''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wusb.fm/node/15993 |title=Off the Wall &#124; WUSB 90.1 FM Stony Brook, New York |publisher=Wusb.fm |access-date=September 30, 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==

Corley directed the 2001 film ''[[Freedom Downtime]]'', a [[documentary film|documentary]] about the [[incarceration]]s of [[Kevin Mitnick]] and [[Bernie S]] that also examines alleged distortions in mainstream media coverage of Mitnick's case.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309614/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1|title=Freedom Downtime (2001)|website=IMDb|access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref>

A second movie from 2600 Films, Speaker's World has been discussed on previous episodes of Off the Hook.

==References==
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==Further reading==

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* {{Cite book |last1=Schell |first1=Bernadette H. |title=The Hacking of America: Who's Doing It, Why, and How |date=2002 |url=http://archive.org/details/hackingofamerica0000sche |language=en |isbn=978-1-56720-460-5 |publisher=Quorum Books |location=Westport, CT |df=mdy-all }}
* {{Cite book |last1=Sterling |first1=Bruce |title=The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier |date=1992 |language=en |isbn=978-0-553-56370-2 |publisher=Bantam Books |location=New York |df=mdy-all |title-link=The Hacker Crackdown }}
* United States District Court Southern District of New York (2000). ''Decision in UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC, et al. v. SHAWN C. REIMERDES, et al.'' ([http://www.mpaa.org/Press/00-08117.pdf PDF from MPAA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924093851/http://www.mpaa.org/Press/00-08117.pdf |date=September 24, 2017 }}) p.&nbsp;12–13
* 2600 Website (2004) [http://www.2600.com/offthewall/ Off The Wall]. Retrieved June 16, 2005.
* CNN {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519071519/http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/specials/hackers/qandas/goldstein.html |date=May 19, 2006 |title=Q&A with Emmanuel Goldstein of 2600 }}.
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/2008/08/the-geekdads-in/|title=GeekDad Interview: Emmanuel Goldstein|date=August 11, 2008|author=John Baichtal|access-date=August 27, 2009|magazine=Wired}}
* ''The Best of 2600'' {{ISBN|978-0-470-29419-2}}
* ''Dear Hacker. Letters to the Editor of 2600'' {{ISBN|978-0-470-62006-9}}

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==External links==
* [http://www.2600.com/ 2600 Magazine]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070718070947/http://www.2600.com/rnc2004/index.html RNC '04 Ordeal]
* {{IMDb name|id=0179969|name=Emmanuel Goldstein}}
* [https://twitter.com/emmangoldstein emmangoldstein on Twitter]
* [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/27/wikileaks_is_not_one_personwe_are Corley: "WikiLeaks is Not One Person, We Are All the Threat"] – video interview by ''[[Democracy Now!]]''

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