Privacy
Klout is not illegal
There has been quite a lot of talk in social media in recent days about Klout. This has been prompted in large part by an adjustment in Klout scores, which saw a huge drop in influence (10 points in my Read more
Conferences
Enabling Creativity in the Digital Environment
For some time now Creative Commons has been increasingly engaging with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). You can read an update on the activities at the CC Blog. This is part of a more active engagement from Creative Commons Read more
Conferences
Creative Commons statement at WIPO Committee on Development and IP
Read by Yours Truly at the 8th Session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP). (Geneva, November 14, 2011) Thank you Mr Chairman for the opportunity to make a statement; we would like to join other delegates in Read more
Enforcement
Stop Online Piracy Act: Putting the extra in extraterritoriality
The Internet has been abuzz with the latest attempt to regulate the Internet, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). I’ve finally managed to read the proposed bill, and it really is as bad as everyone is talking about. To quote Read more
Hacktivism
The problem with Anonymous
Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot. We see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! It is a heartening example of our age (or a sad indictment, depending on your world view) that one Read more
Open source
Open source is winning where it counts, so where to next?
When Microsoft stated last year that they loved open source, the first thought that crossed my mind was that Free and Open Source Software had won the war, and that the rest would simply be a race to determine who Read more
Technophobia
Technophobia as regulation
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that stem cell methods are not patentable. This is not a particularly exciting piece of news in itself, but I have taken notice because this is yet another example of regulation which Read more
Default
Enabling Creativity in the Digital Environment
Last week Yours Truly attended a WIPO conference in Geneva on Enabling Creativity in the Digital Environment. There will be a full report of the presentations and the event at the Creative Commons blog, so for now I will only Read more
Apple
A week to reflect on openness versus walled gardens
I was not going to mention the sad early departure of Steve Jobs, the media and the blogosphere are already saturated with coverage of his death. Of all the words uttered in the last few days, I think that xkcd’s Read more
Cases
Dutch ruling sends intermediary liability back to the 90s
A civil court in Amsterdam has delivered a throwback ruling that reverses a decade of legal practice in intermediary liability. The BREIN Foundation is an anti-piracy group in the Netherlands, and it sued News-Service.com Europe (NSE), one of the largest Read more