Intelectual Property
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T en minutes into our conversation, Jaron Lanier has a problem. In the echoey restaurant where we are meeting, the sound of the one other diner is unnerving this pioneer of the internet world. “This space might not work . . . .” he says. “Sometimes I have trouble talking when it’s this loud.” <div class="storyvideonojs"><div><p>You need JavaScript active on your browser in order to see this video.
An insider’s warning for the tech industry
T en minutes into our conversation, Jaron Lanier has a problem. In the echoey restaurant where we are meeting, the sound of the one other diner is unnerving this pioneer of the internet world. “This space might not work . . . .” he says. “Sometimes I have trouble talking when it’s this loud.” <div class="storyvideonojs"><div><p>You need JavaScript active on your browser in order to see this video.</p><img alt="No video" src="http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/logo/no_video.gif" /></div></div>
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If there’s one thing that encapsulates what’s wrong with the way government functions today, ACTA is it. You wouldn’t know it from the name, but the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is a plurilateral agreement designed to broaden and extend existing intellectual property (IP) enforcement laws to the Internet. While it was only negotiated between a few countries, it has global consequences.
We Have Every Right to Be Furious About ACTA
Todo lo malo del cierre de Megaupload
Aunque tenía ganas, me abstuve hasta ahora de escribir mi opinión sobre el ciere de Megaupload. Quería estar más informado, y tenía sentimientos contradictorios sobre la cuestión (sigo teniendo algunos). Nunca usé MegaUpload, conocía muy poco de cómo funcionaba, y aunque desconocía la opulenta y extravagante vida (¿no es mundialmente repugnante esa ostentación tan inútil como obscena?)
