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[ | 10 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
Britain’s Digital Economy Bill

On the whole, Great Britain’s just-passed digital economy bill seems measured. It sets up a system whereby affronted copyright holders can inform Internet service providers of infringements, and the ISPs in turn notify alleged infringers and the Ofcom regulatory agency that monitors the situation. If Ofcom decides technical measures are needed, Parliament must approve their actual implementation.

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[ | 7 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
Making The Digital Society Work

This week is my start as a visiting fellow at Digital Society, though the interpretation of “at” is a bit tricky because DS is a virtual organization. The Contact Us page has no address, and the closest thing to a headquarters I have seen is the Silver Diner in Arlington, VA, though the old hands [...]