September 22nd, 2013 |
by zittrain |
published in
Future of the Internet | 23 Comments
Kendra Albert, Larry Lessig and I are finishing up a study of link rot, available at http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2329161. Link rot is the phenomenon by which material we link to on the distributed Web vanishes or changes beyond recognition over time. (Wiki discusses link rot here.) This is a particular problem for academic scholarship, which is increasingly linking […]
August 12th, 2013 |
by shailinthomas |
published in
Future of the Internet | Comments Off on The generativity of programming languages: Why “open source” is about expressive power
[I feature this thoughtful contribution from Leonid Grinberg, who’s been working with me this summer at the Berkman Center.] In his famous dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell conceived “Newspeak,” a language specifically constructed to make it impossible to express any thoughts that are contrary to the interests of the state. One can think of […]
May 31st, 2013 |
by bsobel |
published in
Future of the Internet | 2 Comments
In early March, the online retailer Solid Gold Bomb provoked outrage when customers discovered that its Amazon store, which featured apparel bearing dozens of variants on the famed “Keep Calm [and Carry On]” slogan, included a t-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Solid Gold Bomb generated the shirts, and Amazon offered them […]
May 29th, 2013 |
by bsobel |
published in
Future of the Internet | Comments Off on Rethinking Online Culpability: The Amazon “Keep Calm” Shirts Controversy (Part 3: (Un)supervised Algorithms)
In early March, the online retailer Solid Gold Bomb provoked outrage when customers discovered that its Amazon store, which featured apparel bearing dozens of variants on the famed “Keep Calm [and Carry On]” slogan, included a t-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Solid Gold Bomb generated the shirts, and Amazon offered them for sale […]
May 27th, 2013 |
by bsobel |
published in
Future of the Internet | Comments Off on Rethinking Online Culpability: The Amazon “Keep Calm” Shirts Controversy (Part 2: the Extension of Branding)
In early March, the online retailer Solid Gold Bomb provoked outrage when customers discovered that its Amazon store, which featured apparel bearing dozens of variants on the famed “Keep Calm [and Carry On]” slogan, included a t-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Solid Gold Bomb generated the shirts, and Amazon offered them for sale […]
