The Communication Commons
"A community will evolve only when a people control their own communication" - Frantz Fanon. Aaron John Peters on social media and the communication commons.
A forgotten man and a bowl of Japanese goldfish
Wendy M. Grossman on the difficulties of managing data online
On internet history and regulation
Gilbert Ramsay on the history of the internet and the role of governments
You get what you measure
Milena Popova looks at how Google and cinemas are giving people incentives to pirate
Is the internet a human right? No, but....
... disconnecting internet access violates the right to freedom of expression. Saskia Walzel explores the link between the internet and human rights law
Mixed media
After attending BigTentUK and OpenTech 2011, Wendy Grossman reflects on the relationship between technology and the law
Curtis over-simplifies in episode two of AWOBMOLG
Alasdair Thompson reviews episode two of Adam Curtis' 'All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace' and argues that Curtis over-reaches in his conclusions
The internet natives are revolting
Loz Kaye responds to President Sarkozy's proposal of a 'civilised internet'
A law unto itself
Milena Popova asks, in light of recent controversies on Twitter and Facebook, how do you manage the internet?
Review - All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Alasdair Thompson reviews Adam Curtis' new series 'All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace'
The world we thought we lived in
Wendy M. Grossman on the way technology is portrayed on TV
George Osborne’s open data moment
Reflecting on Osborne's speech on open data, by Chris Taggart
Power seeks to extend control over internet
Call for creative action in protecting the internet, by G8 vs Internet
The danger of the Kindle lending library
Ian Clark on why he is afraid of Amazon
Lay down the cookie
Wendy Grossman argues that targeting cookies in the fight to protect privacy is not the right approach
Criminal prosecutions for file-sharing continue
'Rights-holder groups became effectively that of investigators, witnesses and experts in their own case,' by David Cook
Verdict on new cloud-based music lockers
What do the new cloud-based music locker services offered by Google & Amazon mean for fans and artists?
Radical media fail
Activists protest Radical Media's offices after receiving cease and desist letter
Double exposure
Wendy Grossman looks at the recent wikileaks cables that expose US interference in other countries intellectual property laws & enforcement, and looks at why the US needs to change, for its own sake too
Changing the course of the debate on piracy
Joe Karaganis, lead author of the report on Media Piracy in Emerging Economies, speaks to ORGZine about his work
Searching for reality
Wendy M. Grossman on supercomputers and how much more we can expect from them in the future
Middle East conflicts continue to target journalists
ARTICLE 19 Executive Director Dr Agnes Callamard on the current situation in the Arab world
Happy Birthday! Linux turns 20 this month
Graham Armstrong celebrates Linux's 20th birthday
Applesauce
Wendy M Grossman looks at the iPhone tracking 'scandal' and argues that it is just a symptom of a wider problem!
A slippery slope towards censorship
Jag Bahra examines Governments' use of web blocking and the threat it poses to the open internet
The open zone
Wendy M. Grossman looks at the accessibility of fixing your own computer & the changing PC market
Education, education, education
Confiscating students mobile phones & deleting 'inappropriate material' is just another misplaced step in Michael Gove's plans to improve school discipline, argues Milena Popova
The copyright battle in Australia
Colin Jacobs of Electronic Frontiers Australia gives an overview of how the copyright battle is going down under
Shut-out
Ian Clark looks at the future accessibility to information in light of net neutrality & library closures
