net neutrality
The Internet without Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality - the principle that all websites are created equal, and are treated equally by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - has been the basis for the free development of the web since, well, pretty much the creation of the web. But many ISPs have been attacking net neutrality: For if they charge extra for […]
Mesh networks & “over the top” services to fly under the Net Neutrality radar
Like Skype & basically all file-sharing networks, Joost streams its content via peer-to-peer technology. Shelly Palmer has some good notes about the disruptive powers “over the top” services, peer-to-peer, and particularly wireless mesh networks, could (and hopefully will) have on mainstream media. Especially for the TV guys, interesting times should be coming up…
3) By the […]
internet phones, censorship and net neutrality
Recently, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) stated that Skype has signed a contract with the Chinese government stating that Skype would block out certain keywords. (Probably all the daaaangerous stuff, such as freedom, democracy or Mao comics. Kidding. Anyway.) For links and info, see my old post here. Now, this is pretty bad, obviously. Blocking keywords […]
Net Neutrality: Lessig & Crumley
Two brief videos about net neutrality:
Arin Crumley’s “Human Lobotomy”
…which features a fair deal of Larry Lessig, so here’ Lessig in an interview with netzpolitik.org’s Markus Beckedahl, too.
Larry Lessig on singing in the shower
Markus got a hold of Lawrence Lessig and has put up some pretty cool videos of their interview.
As a brief sample, Larry Lessig on singing in the shower:
“It is important that there be use of culture free of the regulation of copyright law. And the job of copyright law is to draw the parallels between […]
State of the Blogosphere (and Forrest Gump)
While I was offline for a few days, Dave Sifry, weblog ranking chief honcho and founder of Technorati posted his most recent stats about the State Of The Blogosphere, in which he regularly shows trends and stats about the development of the blogging scene.
So what do we learn? First, weblog growth is stable, if a […]
Wizards of OS
Yochai Benkler and Rishab Aiyer Ghosh on the Wizards of OS panel in Berlin today. The conference’s motto is “Information Freedom Rules”. Yochai’s talk was amazing. I feel really lucky I got the chance to interview him. The video will be linked from here soon.
(The bar at Columbiahalle looks pretty funky, too. Never expected […]
Lawrence Lessig on Fair Use and Network Neutrality
Lawrence Lessig (Copyleft Ubermensch and heavily involved in Creative Commons, Save The Internet) has posted some interesting points on the connection between Fair Use and Network Neutrality, a connection one has to recognize to make the discussion about both Fair Use (FU) and Network Neutrality (NN) more worthwhile:
The something to recognize is that in a […]
net neutrality
The net neutrality debate campaigns are going into the second round:
Pro net neutrality: Save the Internet, a wide alliance of open-source, academic, activist, blogger and open knowledge people around Lawrence Lessig. (Watch their video.)
Contra net neutrality: The telkos. (Watch their flash animation.)
The basic principle of net neutrality is simple. Internet-Guru David Weinberger (Author of the […]
My name is Peter Bihr. I live in Berlin, Germany. As a freelancer, I consult on web strategies, communities, blogging and social media. In this weblog, I jot down random thoughts, ideas and news. Hopefully, you'll find some are interesting for you, too. 