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Can the web help fight corruption?

Posted on October 21, 2007 by ian

Lessig turns his keen insight and trademark presentation style towards the analysis of corruption as he steps away from 10 years of focusing on intellectual property issues and their impacts on culture, creativity and innovation. I wish him luck as … Continue reading →

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We are the internet – so take back the internet!

Posted on December 22, 2006 by ian

Bob Frankston hits the “network neutrality” nail squarely on the head in his article “Our Internet!” We are the Internet…We don’t need be given “Internet” by a central authority because the defining principle is that we can and must connect … Continue reading →

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Freeconomics and the copybot: consequences for intellectual property

Posted on November 28, 2006 by ian

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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Canadian Network Neutrality

Posted on November 6, 2006 by ian

Canadian internet “watchdog” Michael Geist points out that there are forces at work threatening so-called “network neutrality” or as I prefer to frame the issue: internet freedom. Of particular concern is Videotron’s president Robert Depatie who proves he just doesn’t … Continue reading →

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