Remember the tragedy of the commons? One of the problems was that nobody wants to clean up common areas. Sometimes, the work falls on an individual–like this guy who has been watching Hillary Clinton’s Wikipedia entry during the election season: Schilling is the man who protects Hillary’s online self from the public’s hatred. He estimates …
WordPress 2.5 is finally out. Hopefully the reader won’t notice any difference, even though it took quite a bit of tweaking to get the style to work :/ Lots of nice things on the back end including AJAX slickness, easy ways to add media to a post, and an asthetically pleasing interface. I’ve been watching …
This quick article about a government loan to promote rural broadband scratches the surface of a connection I’d like to hear more about–how are we doing on investing in public Internet infrastructure today, when compared with past projects like highways? It turns out that it’s a difficult thing to track, but I’d agree with the …
Winny copyright infringers ‘should be identified’ : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE Japan is figuratively considering bringing back the stocks for copyright infringers: a report on copyright violation issues concerning the person-to-person file sharing software Winny, proposing that Internet service providers should be required to disclose the identity of customers who have used the software to illegally …
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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