You can’t go around correcting the Internet–but you can disagree with arguments. Google Privacy Practices Worse Than ISP Snooping, AT&T Charges (Wired) “If anything the largely invisible practices of ad-networks raise even greater privacy concerns than do the behavioral advertising techniques that ISPs could employ, such as deep-packet-inspection,” AT&T wrote. Wired gets it right in …
CTV.ca | Copyright crusaders to launch cyber campaign Here’s another article about the anti-Canadian-DMCA movement and the crucial role that Michael Geist has played. I’m all for communities of interest, but it’s really tough to get something like this off the ground without a passionate spokesperson.
Merlin Mann breaks a personal rule and lists some elements he sees as indicitive of a good blog. I’ll admit, I don’t put enough energy into Thinking Out Loud to make it a good blog, but hopefully it at least has some kind of voice and communicates some of my obsessions. I regret there are …
“End of the Blog” for Patry – I’ll really miss this one MPAA: Don’t limit our ability to close analog outputs – Even though some judges would tell you this is the “legitimate” way to get access to a copyrighted work? FBI seizes local Md. library computers – no comment 2008 Mozilla Summit Affected By …
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."
(For more on this idea and why I blog, please see this category.)