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Cyberliberties

Is there such a thing as Internet politics?

In 2004, one of my favourite Machinima, “Red vs Blue”, released a short called “Real Life vs the Internet” showing the disparities between our online and offline existence. One of my favourite sections is the discussion on politics. In real Read more…

By Andres, 6 months4 months ago
Privacy

Should we have any expectation of privacy in public spaces?

Some time ago I was going through my social media feeds when something caught my eye. A person I barely knew posted a selfie with himself and partner, both facing the camera and making a surprised face, with an older Read more…

By Andres, 7 months7 months ago
Copyright gone mad

What can the Copyright Directive vote tell us about the state of digital rights?

As we have been covering in the last couple of articles, a controversial EU Copyright Directive has been under discussion at the European Parliament, and in a surprising turn of events, it voted to reject fast-tracking the tabled proposal by Read more…

By Andres, 7 months7 months ago
Copyright

Mandatory Internet filtering and The War on Memes

In the last blog post we talked about the nefarious article 11 in the proposed new Copyright Directive, and why most experts agree it is a terrible idea. It is now the turn to look at yet another bad proposal Read more…

By Andres, 8 months5 months ago
Copyright gone mad

Europe on the verge of voting nefarious digital publishing right

I’m not given to grandiose statements, but this headline may actually be understating the threat that we face. The European Union is about to embark on a copyright reform of monumental proportions, one that could change the way we interact Read more…

By Andres, 8 months8 months ago
Sloth
Off-topic

Why you should still support Costa Rica for the World Cup

Perhaps you only follow football every four years. Perhaps you come from Italy / Holland / USA / Jamaica / Chile / China / Greece / Ghana / Ireland [Delete as appropriate]. Perhaps you are disappointed with your own country Read more…

By Andres, 8 months8 months ago
Jurisdiction

The balkanization of the Internet

The Internet was built on a series of relatively simple ideas. Decentralisation, resilience, content and transport neutrality. But from the start, one of the most important elements was that all content would be similarly available everywhere, because there would be Read more…

By Andres, 9 months9 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Robots behaving badly: legal responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence

This is the text for my presentation at re:publica 18. The slides can be found here. I have presented at re:publica for the last couple of years, and usually I try to do so with a work in progress paper Read more…

By Andres, 9 months9 months ago
Games

What is the copyright status in eSports casts?

Some eSports producers have started clamping down on unlicensed casts, and this could have an interesting effect on the profitable business, but it could also give us a hint about the copyright questions surrounding game broadcasting. For those unfamiliar with Read more…

By Andres, 11 months11 months ago
Privacy

Facebook did not kill privacy, it was already dead

The death of privacy is a chronicle of a death foretold. One of my favourite cartoons is the 1970 Newsweek cover that depicts the end of privacy, to me it clearly portrays our fears about loss of control and technologies Read more…

By Andres, 11 months11 months ago

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