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Category Archives: Law
Do We Need a New Internet?
The New York Times recently asked, Do We Need a New Internet? …there is a growing belief among engineers and security experts that Internet security and privacy have become so maddeningly elusive that the only way to fix the problem … Continue reading
Is the Internet broken?
As amazing as the Internet is for commerce, communication, and education, it might have been better. Imagine opening your email and not finding any spam. Imagine your children or your little brother not happening into any pornography. Pete Ashdown spoke … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Law, Pornography, Speech, Tech
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Harmful to Minors
Even the libertarian and most ardent proponent of free speech should care that we continue to allow pornography to run rampant on the Internet. Here’s why. A proposal by Larry Lessig called H2M (“Harmful to Minors”) would help parents protect … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Internet, Law, Main, Pornography
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The Patriot Act and Customer Service
I. Mac and Linux computers come with a command called “rsync” that makes backup and synchronization easy. Every morning before work I synchronize my 4 year old dying Powerbook to my iMac at work. When I get home, I synchronize … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Government, Law, Main, Tech, Unix
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Berkeley Course on Open Source
If you’d like to learn more about “open source software” — what it is and how it fits into society — Berkeley has a new course entitled Open Source Development and Distribution of Digital Information: Technical, Economic, Social, and Legal … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Main, Open source, Tech
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