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Domain Tasting: yummy web spam!
I just read a very interesting historical account of the practice of domain tasting, whereby priveleged parties register huge number of expiring domain names and sample their traffic to determine their value, usually determined by monetizing the traffic using AdWords. … Continue reading
Freeconomics and the copybot: consequences for intellectual property
Chris Anderson of Long Tail fame “cheekily” coins freeconomics as shorthand for his more recent thesis on “economics of abundance“. (I should mention that he does so with apologies to Freakonomics) Anderson points out how technology that was once scarce … Continue reading
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Alternatives to DRM? [Updated: YouTube’s perfect storm]
UPDATE: Google has bought YouTube for 1.6+ Billion and there is a hell of a debate going on surrounding Mark Cuban’s criticism of Google’s purchase and the actual value of YouTube given that it does not use DRM, therefore requiring … Continue reading
Solutions to Net Neutrality
I recently discovered Farber’s “interesting people” discussion list: a bunch of fascinating folks debating (primarily) internet issues. A few months back Bob Cringely highlighted Bob Frankston, one of the list members, in one of the most lucid articles about network … Continue reading
Emerging from the Chaos…
Adam over at Emergent Chaos clarifies some Network Neutrality concepts for his readers in his post Innovation, Emerging From Chaos. He points out that “the regulatory apparatus has fairly clearly been captured by the regulated”. Basically the big telecom corporations … Continue reading
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Cory on Neutricide
Cory Doctorow, famed for his debunking of DRM technology, writes an excellent article on the net neutrality issue, or “internet freedom” as I like to call it. He drives home some important points: …there are few industries that owe their … Continue reading
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The Internet Wants to Be Free
In my previous post I argue that internet neutrality legislation could help ease the transition to an internet society and economy. On further thought and debate I’m not really sure that regulation would be the most constructive response to the … Continue reading
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