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19 August 2011
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Category Archives: Internet
17 August 2011
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Arrogant Twits
One of the limitations of Twitter is that it’s hard to tweet a URL without exceeding the 140 character limit. A result of that has been the growth in URL shorteners, such as bit.ly, is.gd, ow.ly and so on. Last … Continue reading
13 August 2011
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Number crunching WhatDoTheyKnow
I’ve mentioned before that I’m a big fan of WhatDoTheyKnow.com, the mySociety website which makes it easy for anyone to submit a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to any organisation which is obliged to respond to them. One thing it … Continue reading
6 August 2011
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Happy birthday, World Wide Web
Today, 6th August 2011, is the 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web (not the Internet, as has wrongly been reported by far too many media sources already, but that’s another story). The first public website went live on this … Continue reading
30 July 2011
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A balanced approach to copyright
Following my article yesterday on the legacy of Labour’s approach to copyright, Ed Vaizey was kind enough to compliment it via Twitter: @MarkGoodge Another useful post. My position simple. Balance between enforcement and rights holders adapting to new environment I … Continue reading
29 July 2011
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Mandelson’s toxic copyright legacy
In yesterday’s “Open letter to Ed Vaizey” post I made the point that much of what is bad about our current Intellectual Property regime stems from the previous Labour regime’s willingness to let themselves be to the media industry’s tool … Continue reading
27 July 2011
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Meltwater and the copyright wrong
“UK Ruling Classifies Millions as Copyright Offenders” is the headline of a press release from, appropriately enough, the Public Relations Consultants Association (or PRCA as they’re usually known). I suggest that you take a minute to read the press release, … Continue reading
12 July 2011
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Julian Assange: “I’ll blackmail News Corp”
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is reported as saying that he’s got loads of files on Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation. According to the Guardian: Assange refers to these specific cables as “insurance files” that will be released “if something happens … Continue reading
10 July 2011
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Googlebombing the government
Moving away from phone hacking and plagiaristic journalists for a minute, there’s an interesting article tucked away on page 4 of today’s Sunday Times. Unfortunately, the Sunday Times’ policy on hiding away their online content means I can’t link to … Continue reading
5 July 2011
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Hacking through the NOTW knot
One of the things that’s missing from nearly all the reports into the NOTW phone hacking scandal is that it doesn’t really involve hacking at all, in the sense usually meant by the term. Certainly, it’s nothing like the hacking … Continue reading