A Copyfighter's Musings
A Copyfighter’s Musings mainly focuses on questions about the future of copyright with respect to the Internet and digital media on a biweekly. This blog is authored by one of Google’s public policy analyst, Derek Slater.
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Blogging Again
Just not here so much. More here. Here’s the latest: What if you could own your internet connection? It may sound strange, and it’s certainly not what we’re used to. Today we have a “carrier-centered” model; phone and cable companies spend billions to build,...
Warner Music Hires Jim Griffin
This is a huge turning point. Jim Griffin has been telling everyone to “monetize the anarchy” for essentially the entire decade. This solution was on the table dating back to Napster. The idea has long percolated within the entertainment & tech community (read: the pholist). Many,...
The Copyfight.ca
December 2007: Copyright for Canadians Feb. 13, 2008, Google Public Policy blog: “Here in Canada, where there is an ongoing debate about how to best implement the WIPO Copyright Treaty, Google has joined with a number of other Canadian and international companies who have a shared vision of...
Rep. Markey’s new net neutrality legislation
Today, Rep. Ed Markey and Chip Pickering introduced bipartisan legislation to help preserve Internet freedom and explicitly make “net neutrality” a guiding principle of U.S. broadband policy. The bill would affirm that the Internet should remain an open platform for innovation,...
Rep. Markey’s new net neutrality legislation
Today, Rep. Ed Markey and Chip Pickering introduced bipartisan legislation to help preserve Internet freedom and explicitly make “net neutrality” a guiding principle of U.S. broadband policy. The bill would affirm that the Internet should remain an open platform for innovation,...
Towards a bigger, better broadband future
(Extended cross-post from Google Public Policy Blog) Broadband deployment in the U.S. is at best disappointing and at worst a crisis. The United States lags behind other countries in broadband uptake per capita, ranked 15th in the latest Organisation for Economic Co?operation and Development...
Towards a bigger, better broadband future
(Extended cross-post from Google Public Policy Blog) Broadband deployment in the U.S. is at best disappointing and at worst a crisis. The United States lags behind other countries in broadband uptake per capita, ranked 15th in the latest Organisation for Economic Co?operation and Development...
Google Policy Fellowships: A Dream Come True For Aspiring Tech Policy Wonks
If code is law and architecture is policy, then a Summer of Policy is a natural complement to Google’s Summer of Code. That’s exactly what Google announced yesterday — a new Policy Fellowship program offering $7,000 stipends for undergraduate and graduate students to dive deep...
Google Policy Fellowships: A Dream Come True For Aspiring Tech Policy Wonks
If code is law and architecture is policy, then a Summer of Policy is a natural complement to Google’s Summer of Code. That’s exactly what Google announced yesterday — a new Policy Fellowship program offering $7,000 stipends for undergraduate and graduate students to dive deep...
Katyal’s “Semiotic Disobedience”
If you haven’t already read Sonia Katyal’s “Privacy v. Piracy” and “The New Surveillance,” you should. The articles have proven quite prescient — with the Sony DRM rootkit and AT&T’s announcement about forthcoming ISP-level filtering, the notion...