In “The Lonely End of a Cyberjunkie” (paywall), The Sunday Times all but blames games like World of Warcraft for the death of Robin Williams. The article says: “On the surface, Williams had everything: a beautiful wife and three children Read more…
You are just waking up from a 28-day coma, the world is a desolate wasteland, the zombie apocalypse has come unleashed by the release of the new U2 album Songs of Innocence. At least this is the idea that you Read more…
For many of us interested in Internet Regulation, cyber-libertarianism is that wacky and archaic theory that is described at the start of a presentation, sort of like Geocities pages and Myspace profiles. “Look at what those naïve early Internet theorists Read more…
I have attended the 9th Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul, which is a body that arose from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005, and which has the stated aim of discussing “public policy issues related to Read more…
Melissa de Zwart from Adelaide Law School sent Yours Truly the following call for papers, and I could not resist posting it here. Call For Papers Media and Arts Law Review Law and Law Breaking in Game of Thrones The Read more…
The popular press and the blogosphere are going ape over the news that Wikimedia has refused a take-down request by photographer David Slater of the self-portrait of a macaca monkey, arguing that it is in the public domain (I promise Read more…
Here is the draft Gikii 2014 programme, visit the Gikii website for more details. This event is sponsored by CREATe Draft programme. Sunday 31st August 6.30 pm. Pre-conference drinks Fortune of War, Brigthon, BN1 1NB. September 1st 9.30-10 Read more…
The UK Government’s senior adviser in intellectual property issues, MP Mike Weatherley, has made the news by suggesting that theft of articles in online environments should be prosecuted just like theft in the real world. He asked the following question Read more…
This weekend there was a sports event which was watched by 10,000 people live at a sports arena in Seattle, boasted millions of viewers online, was shown on ESPN, and the winners won an astounding $5 million USD. This was Read more…
The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) has published a set of open access licences (thanks to David Prosser for directing me to the licences). As a person who once drafted an open access licence for fun, Read more…