Ultimos Posts 1. 25/11/2009 03:13 - The great intermediary war When the history of the Internet is written down (again), the annals of the years 2009 and 2010 will describe the consolidation of social media, the rise of Twitter, but more importantly, it will be known as the period when regulators and industry tried to tackle intermediaries. This has been some time coming. At some point in the past three years, content owners discovered that su... 2. 22/11/2009 05:08 - Freedom to be obnoxious? Nobody knows how it happened, but Stephen Fry was declared sometime last year the King of the Internet. However, His Royal Tweetness seems to have lost some of the vibrant love for all things participatory during a social networking conference. He is quoted as saying : “I don’t know about you but whenever I read a blog I do not let my eye drop below half the screen in c... 3. 20/11/2009 12:42 - Digital economy bill and orphan works So, the Digital Economy Bill has been unleashed upon an unsuspecting public (if we exclude the twittering and blogging classes of course). The Bill is already being scrutinised by various parties, and the veredict seems to be worrying, as it implements three strikes disconnection, as well as other seemingly abusive provisions. I will be going through it in more detail in the next c... 4. 19/11/2009 04:15 - Queen announces disconnection for file-sharing As anticipated, Her Majesty the Queen has announced the implementation of measures against file-sharers, including notices and disconnection. The measures will be part of the Digital Economy Bill, which also proposes tougher classification for video games, and new powers to Ofcom regarding local news services. While the Bill’s text is not yet available, Parliament has publish... 5. 18/11/2009 09:17 - Academia v business And while we are talking about academic life, here is the latest xkcd :... | Estadisticas Ver Codigo HTML Posicion del Blog en Nuestro Ranking Hits Semanales Hits Mensuales |