Blockchain
Copyright and the blockchain
If we define the blockchain as an immutable decentralised database, then it could be easy to see some potential uses of the technology for copyright, and in particular for the creative industries as a whole.
Meme
The Internet is making us stupid
We have access to more information than ever, yet disinformation is more widely available than ever before and we seem to be regressing . How is this possible? Can the Internet really be making us stupid?
Cyberliberties
Is there such a thing as Internet politics?
In 2004, one of my favourite Machinima, “Red vs Blue”, released a short called “Real Life vs the Internet” showing the disparities between our online and offline existence. One of my favourite sections is the discussion on politics. In real Read more…
Privacy
Should we have any expectation of privacy in public spaces?
Some time ago I was going through my social media feeds when something caught my eye. A person I barely knew posted a selfie with himself and partner, both facing the camera and making a surprised face, with an older Read more…
Copyright gone mad
What can the Copyright Directive vote tell us about the state of digital rights?
As we have been covering in the last couple of articles, a controversial EU Copyright Directive has been under discussion at the European Parliament, and in a surprising turn of events, it voted to reject fast-tracking the tabled proposal by Read more…
Copyright
Mandatory Internet filtering and The War on Memes
In the last blog post we talked about the nefarious article 11 in the proposed new Copyright Directive, and why most experts agree it is a terrible idea. It is now the turn to look at yet another bad proposal Read more…
Copyright gone mad
Europe on the verge of voting nefarious digital publishing right
I’m not given to grandiose statements, but this headline may actually be understating the threat that we face. The European Union is about to embark on a copyright reform of monumental proportions, one that could change the way we interact Read more…
Off-topic
Why you should still support Costa Rica for the World Cup
Perhaps you only follow football every four years. Perhaps you come from Italy / Holland / USA / Jamaica / Chile / China / Greece / Ghana / Ireland [Delete as appropriate]. Perhaps you are disappointed with your own country Read more…
Jurisdiction
The balkanization of the Internet
The Internet was built on a series of relatively simple ideas. Decentralisation, resilience, content and transport neutrality. But from the start, one of the most important elements was that all content would be similarly available everywhere, because there would be Read more…
Artificial intelligence
Robots behaving badly: legal responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence
This is the text for my presentation at re:publica 18. The slides can be found here. I have presented at re:publica for the last couple of years, and usually I try to do so with a work in progress paper Read more…