University of Florida News – Study: Abandoning net neutrality discourages improvements in service and Study: No net neutrality, no ISP incentive A game theory study out of the U Florida decision and info science department found a number of factors to support network neutrality. Based on the reports of the forthcoming article, many of the …
The C-Span copyright issue was one I had meant to blog about, but missed the window of opportunity. Thankfully, C-Span has opened their window of allowable use of their expression to include attributed, non-commercial use on the web. This will likely take care of most of the demand for use, but I’m wondering if there …
This is unbelievable. YouTube just can’t catch a break.  Viacom Demands YouTube Pull 400,000 Ex-TV Viewers From Its Site NEW YORK—In a cease-and-desist letter sent to Google’s attorneys last week, media conglomerate Viacom demanded that YouTube immediately pull 400,000 ex-TV viewers from its industry-leading video-sharing site..
Berners-Lee pushes Congress on nondiscriminatory Web | CNET News.com Berners-Lee testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee is interesting in itself, but his comments on copyright and DRM were surprising to me. After being asked how creators might be compensated in a world free of DRM, the following exchange ensused (pardon the long quote): …
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.
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