International trade agreements rarely make front page news, and even then only when the agreements are signed, binding the signatory countries to them. Because of this, the standard practice for negotiating these trade agreements is extraordinarily opaque due to press disinterest and the lack of the same open-government laws that many nations have regulating how [...]
Tags: DRM · Politics · Technology Policy · copyright · networks
Just like the debacle with the Scorpion’s album cover on Wikipedia, a controversial image has made the entire Internet archive unavailable to the UK. The heavy handed approach that the UK appears to be becoming more and more comfortable using is looking more and more like the great Chinese firewall, with zero regard for personal [...]
Tags: Politics · Technology Policy · networks
The digital age is challenging the way intellectual property is controlled, and it is the right time for copyright laws and policy to be rethought. The plan that makes the most sense to me is one that addresses the concerns I have heard over and over in many places from many people, including (but not [...]
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