Categories
Business Models Internet Pick of the Week Privacy

POW: The Internet’s Original Sin – The Atlantic

    • Pick Of the Week:
      “I have come to believe that advertising is the original sin of the web. The fallen state of our Internet is a direct, if unintentional, consequence of choosing advertising as the default model to support online content and services. Through successive rounds of innovation and investor storytime, we’ve trained Internet users to expect that everything they say and do online will be aggregated into profiles (which they cannot review, challenge, or change) that shape both what ads and what content they see.” (by )

Posted from Diigo.

Categories
Business Models

Dispute Between Amazon and Hachette Takes an Orwellian Turn – NYTimes.com

Posted from Diigo.

Categories
Intellectual Property Piracy Uncategorized

UK Adopts Private Copying Exception | Intellectual Property Watch

Posted from Diigo.

Categories
Uncategorized

Unlocking Your Cell Phone In The U.S. Is Officially Legal Again | TechCrunch

Posted from Diigo