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Stealing The Internet
August 20, 2003TOMPAINE.com – Stealing The Internet by Jeff Chester and Rosenfeld. Aug 04 2003. This commentary argues that communications and media companies want to fundamentally change the way the Internet works. They are proposing and lobbying for changes that will allow them to meter Internet use and monitor Internet content. Chester and Rosenfled say this will [...]
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Sociology of technology
August 20, 2003Probing tech’s heart / Social scientists seek technology’s human side takes a look at Patterns of online interactivity – email rhthyms, usenet and “helio couriers”, very interesting stuff. Points yet again to the importance of social aspects of technology use. [From SFGate via lisnews.com]
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The Myth of Generation N
August 20, 2003Technology Review August 8, 2003, By Simson Garfinkel. Is there a Ònet generation,Ó a “Generation N,” that grew up immersed in digital technology and is naturally adept and comfortable with technology? Alas, this is yet another myth that overlooks the millions of kids who do not have Internet access, do not have a high school [...]
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Open Source Controversy at WIPO
August 20, 2003Technology Daily PM Edition August 19, 2003 (subscription required). How controversial is open source software? Even a discussion of it can prompt major opposition from software companies. National Journal’s Technology Daily has two stories on the controvery that arose when the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) considered holding a meeting next year on open and [...]
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List of Semantic Weblogs and Sites
August 19, 2003Semantic Weblogs From Dave Beckett: a collection of weblogs or sites with Semantic Web topics.
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New information ecosystem
August 19, 2003Part 3 of Siva Vaidhyanathan’s series on OpenDemocracy.net entitled, “The new information ecosystem: cultures of anarchy and closure”. Vaidhyanathan has been writing about copyright in the digital age for a while now and offers compelling arguments for peer-to-peer as a key site of contest over freedom and control of information.
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Fair use and DRM
August 19, 2003“Fair use under fire”, from the latest Library Journal, talks about the consequences of digital rights management on fair use. This is a critical issue that doesn’t get talked about at all in the midst of the RIAA PR juggernaut against “pirates”. (props to the shifted librarian!)
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email alert services from Government Agencies
August 18, 2003Legal Research Guide: Government Alerts and Current Awareness Services A list of mailing lists. No RSS yet…
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Dim bulb in white house…
August 18, 2003Power Outage Traced to Dim Bulb in White House. This has been posted all over the internet (1,250 hits on google!). Liisten to a debate on Democracy Now with Greg Palast (author of “Dim Bulb”), Fred Smith, president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Jack Casazza, a Former Utility Executive.