Great quote from the Ars Technica article: “Mark Helprin sets out to single-handedly defend copyright from the barbarian freetard hordes…Where is all this coming from? It turns out that Helprin is kind of—how do I say this in terms he might understand?—an asshole.” – Nate Anderson, Ars Technica
Ars Technica: Free culture or “digital barbarism”? A [...]
Ars Technica: European publishers want a law to control online news access. Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP).
Gartner: Consumer location-based services market will more than double in 2009. $2.2 billion in 2009!
O’Reilly Radar: Really fantastic article. Recovery mapping ARRA spending across the US.
New Scientist: When advertising meets surveillance. Systems that can scan, estimate numbers, demographics.
Nieman Journalism [...]
In the first part of the Guardian Tech Weekly’s podcast, Chris Anderson, editor of Wired, discusses the notion of content being freely available online, and how that business model works for the content creators.
For more on the Free Debate there’s a fantastic Squidoo debate created by Seth Godin.