Marc Dautlich and Nick Eziefula of Times Online discuss the myriad ways that Web 2.0 is changing our concept of privacy and copyright. From “podcast” to “poke”, “wiki” to “weblog”, the internet generation has a language all of its own. But since web guru Tim O’Reilly popularised the phrase “Web 2.0″ in 2004, even those [...]
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Web 2.0 Reality: Privacy, Anyone?
October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Intellectual Property, Privacy and New Technology, Social Networking
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Smithsonian, Boston, and Other Major Libraries Say No to Google
October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Free Speech, Intellectual Property
The New York Times reports today that several major libraries are saying no to Google: Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections. The research libraries, including a [...]
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To Whom Does the WHOIS Belong?
August 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Intellectual Property
Information Technology Week reports that the “seven-year-old battle over access to WHOIS data – the names, street addresses, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of those who have registered Internet domains — remains a stalemate this week, leaving reforms undone.” addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.privacymaven.com%2Fto-whom-does-the-whois-belong.html’; addthis_title = ‘To+Whom+Does+the+WHOIS+Belong%3F’; addthis_pub = ”;
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