Governments Want to Control the Internet
No surprise there. Freedom of expression threatens would-be (and actual) tyrants. The Economist has some analysis.
No surprise there. Freedom of expression threatens would-be (and actual) tyrants. The Economist has some analysis.
I think one of the questions we should ask about politicians seeking office is whether they have a grasp of modern technology and its impact on society. By this I don’t mean that they can identify a few social media sites, but rather that they understand how these things work. Obviously, different skills are needed,…
WebProNews quotes a long answer to the question many advertisers are asking about organic reach via their pages on Facebook. Facebook spokespeople have been trying to answer this question for a long time, and advertisers just aren’t satisfied. I have a number of problems with Facebook, which I will outline below, but the way they’re…
When I first started a Twitter account for my company Energion Publications (@energion), I wanted to communicate to anyone who used it that Energion was on Twitter to be a good social media citizen, communicate, and yes, of course, sell books when possible. The problem is that many people have a hard time telling the…
Today in my inbox, which often overflows with notifications about open source software, I received two separate notifications which I plan to combine in one blog post. The first was a list of command line clients for Twitter for use under Linux. My main office machine runs Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak), and I date from…
As a publisher (at Energion Publications) I am very conscious of the copyright wars and discussions about fair use. Recently AP has raised quite a fuss. But as WebProNews reports, Reuters is taking a much more constructive stance. I personally hope they gain business from their more reasonable attitude. At the same time, while I…
I’ve often wondered about this, and now there’s a discussion going at TechDirt. I suspect the commenter who points out that suing your customers is generally a bad decision, referencing the RIAA. I think that it’s very likely that one will make money via information delivery much more than by simple generation, and if artists,…
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