Seriously. There is essentially no other way to interpret this data from Pew Research, which emphasizes the number of people who haven’t yet realized that their photos are somewhere on the web. Much more revealing than the photo statistic is the one about “Home Address.” If you have ever had a phone line or a [...]
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Alternate Title: 65% of Internet Users Have Never Searched For Their Own Name
Posted in education, internet, media, privacy, public domain, technology, tagged pew research on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s Not How The Internet Works, Part II
Posted in advertising, copyright, dissent, economics, education, ethics, fair use, free speech, internet, media, public domain on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, a judge in California issued an order to remove the DNS listing for the Wikileaks server. Wikileaks is a public internet site that functions on the wiki model, where any person can post content. Wikileaks purported to specialize in hosting incriminating documents that could do damage to their owners if they became public [...]
(Here’s Hoping That) The Emotional Center Cannot Hold
Posted in advertising, dissent, economics, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, internet, media, private press, public domain, technology, tv, tagged GE, NBC, net neutrality, tv news is crap, Wired on January 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is a gripping account of what goes wrong when the reporting of public news is made into a private corporate profit center. It’s long, and it’s worth the read, because it goes a long way towards explaining what is wrong with the institution of TV news in this country:
This was one in a series [...]
Kitzmas is Coming
Posted in education, ethics, internet, public domain, science, tagged creationism, evolution, FSM, Kitzmas, Kitzmiller v. Dover on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sure, everyone knows that a big [pagan] holiday is just around the corner. You only have 11 shopping days left, and if you’re ordering something from Amazon, you’d better do it soon or else face the agony of wondering whether it will show up in time. But before we get to Santa and opening presents, [...]
EFF Creates Expert Witness Fund
Posted in civil procedure, copyright, dissent, economics, education, ethics, fair use, free speech, internet, media, property, public domain, tagged EFF, MAFIAA, Ray Beckerman, riaa on November 19, 2007 | 5 Comments »
This is the endgame for the record industry. No more “making available.” No more “downloading is de facto infringement.” As one of my law school profs notably said, “if you have to say it in latin, your argument is a bunch of bullshit.” The EFF is getting on board a growing trend: as Ray Beckerman [...]
See How You Measure Up
Posted in education, free speech, internet, media, public domain, tv on September 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Take the Pew research quiz here. I got all 12 questions right, which probably means I need to spend more time reading for class.
Short Software Links For Monday Morning
Posted in contracts, copyright, economics, education, ethics, fair use, free (or not) software, internet, privacy, property, public domain, technology on September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
SCOX files for Chapter 11. IBM should pierce the corporate veil and seize the assets of SCO’s executives. Disclosure: Like many of the folks at Groklaw, I made the only rational investment and shorted SCOX stock during the initial months after the lawsuit against IBM was filed. I made some money as their stock price [...]
