I was contemplating the nature of copyright as a commons today (not that I’m the first), and it occurred to me that it might make more sense to think of copyright as a technology policy. This may make it possible to equate it to other cases of information/transportation commons structures. If copyright is thought of …
I take it back… A couple of posts ago, I partially retracted my feelings on the effects of computer-mediated distractions in light of greater research (finally got that link too). I’ve come to a point where I can’t deny the fact that the news scrolling by on my Google Desktop 2.0 sidebar, the urge to …
Regular readers (are there any) might know that I’ve had a lot of trouble with my iBook in the past. A recent “repair” fixed a hard drive crash, but weakened wireless reception. I decided the other day that this was worth the hour drive to the Milwaukee Apple Store, knowing that the Genius Bar people …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
John doesn't update his blog often, and many of the thoughts are probably half-baked. While the web has sort of an eternal memory, the current and future reader is urged not to take all of this too seriously.
Think of this blog as "John thinking out loud."
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