Wednesday, April 14, 2010
I’ve never warmed up to Jonathan Zittrain’s use of the term “generativity” but understanding its meaning is critical to understanding why the Internet grew as it did over the past twenty years. The Internet’s open protocols and platform enabled creation of what now must be hundreds of thousands of applications that expanded the Internet’s utility. [...]
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Next Tuesday, March 3, from 7:00-9:00 PM in the School of Management auditorium I am moderating a panel discussion–titled “What Lies Ahead”–on the future of the music industry. Audience Q & A will follow the moderated discussion. For more information see the event website or the poster below. Register for the event by joining the [...]
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Torrent clearing-house Pirate Bay is on trial in Sweden for copyright theft. If convicted its owners could be imprisoned for up to two years and fined $145k. The plaintiffs, producers of movies, music, and video games, are also seeking over 10 million Euros in damages. Pirate Bay’s defense is that it does not host any [...]
Today’s flurry of posts is the product of two weeks of focus elsewhere: grading hundreds of papers, cooking for Thanksgiving, spending time with friends and family. Now it is back to clearing out the inbox. . . Internet Attacks Are Growing More Potent and Complex presages the type of cyber 9/11 that Jonathan Zittrain has [...]
As the blog train begins powering up for the fall, a few news articles have caught my wandering attention: 100,000 Gone Since 2001 (Bob Herbert, The New York Times 14-Aug-07) 100,000 people have been murdered in the U.S. since 9/11. “No heightening of consciousness has accompanied this slaughter, which had nothing to do with terrorism. [...]
Because you can’t get the milk for free. YouTube is cleaning up its act–and it already gives a cold shoulder to copyright-infringing videos. A few weeks ago Google announced that it will purchase YouTube for $1.6 billion. A week later YouTube, at the request of a Japanese entertainment industry trade group and with considerable press [...]