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What is it? You'll have to wait and see, but the idea is to bridge the physical and digital world to create an interactive experience for all conference participants. In creating frogHub, we were inspired by the science fiction futures of author Cory...
Google can spin it all it wants, but we’ll side with the Journal on this one, as I imagine most folks would. Google’s “work-around” was arrogant to begin with. The company’s statement just exacerbates that. Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow says this: In the...
Cory Doctorow, science fiction novelist, blogger, and technology activist. Photo by Paula Mariel Salischiker, pausal. co.uk, CC-BY. View Photo »
If you want an Internet where human rights, free speech and the rule of law are not subordinated to the entertainment industry's profits, I hope you'll join us
Mid-January 2012 marked a major inflection point for digital copyright policy in the United States: On Saturday, January 14th the White House issued a policy statement in response to an online petition against pending anti-piracy legislation signed by...
As NM investigated the complex relationships between coal seam gas drillers and well-connected lobbyists, serious questions arose about the clarity and currency of the NSW lobbyists register, reports Calliste Weitenberg Both major parties say the...
Our freedoms depend on it!” ACTA (Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement) is a global trade agreement that’s like SOPA except that it’s secret and does not require legislative approval. TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement) is a secret 9-country deal...
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Kodak, the maker and inventor of the digital camera, has closed its digital camera and pocket video cam business today. Reuters reports the move as part of its bankruptcy filing and cost cutting. It immediately brings to mind Cory Doctorow's book,...
The MPAA and RIAA would love to associate piracy with terrorism, massive theft, and the decay of Western Civilization and, in a way, that’s their right. Their goal is to sell as many widgets as possible. A pirate’s goal is to see content that is...
Cory Doctorow (born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian blogger, journalist and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favor of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of their licenses for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital... Full Article
If you want an Internet where human rights, free speech and the rule of law are not subordinated to the entertainment industry's profits, I hope you'll join us
Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.
