Note: Brendan Ballou is solely responsible for the content of this article. It is not necessarily endorsed by Professor Zittrain Our little corner of the blogosphere has been lit on fire by the recent article in the Wall Street Journal claiming that Google was coming out against Net Neutrality. Now, there are plenty of problems […]
By Brendan Ballou Some of you may know that the FCC is auctioning off the 2155-2175 MHz (AWS-3) band of spectrum later next month, which could open up a whole host of new wireless technologies to consumers. Right now the commission is considering a number of public-interest requirements for the eventual winner of the auction […]
New legislation being considered in Congress would prevent US companies from aiding the censorship and surveillance operations of repressive foreign governments. The Global Online Freedom Act (GOFA), sponsored by Chris Smith (R-NJ), would track foreign Internet monitoring and blocking efforts under a new Office of Global Internet Freedom and would prevent US tech firms from […]
A new study by Future Source Consulting reports that 1/3 of US residents have copied a DVD in the past six months. This number, high as it is, might not be surprising. What is surprising is how little action the television and film industries (at least in comparison to the recording industry) have taken in […]
Larry Lessig’s generous review of the Future of the Internet makes an interesting point: “Whether a single event, or a coordinated event, whether intentional, or accidental, it is simply a matter of time before a catastrophic network event happens. And when it happens — think of it as a kind of i9/11 event, but the […]
The new iPhone was released today at AT&T and Apple stores around the country. For people who missed the phone the first time around, or who didn’t want to pay $599 and a two-year contract, or who just really want a GPS system, this may be important. But for developers, the new iPhone won’t change […]
Tom Standage of the Sunday Times makes an interesting point in his review of The Future of the Internet: “Zittrain insists that generativity at the code level is the most important kind, but it is not clear that this is really under threat. In the early days of home-computing, most enthusiasts learnt the essentials of […]
