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WTMI?PART II
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9 Ways to Lose Information
1. Digital death2. Political censorship3. Market collapse4. Homophily5. Intellectual property lockdown6. Ownership convergence7. Fighting privacy infringement8. Social censorship9. The war on terror
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U.S. Content Convergence
Disney News Corp Time Warner Viacomown all the broadcast networks 90% of cable networks 75% of prime time programming 70% of prime time TV share
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U.S. Carrier Convergence
1960s: 1500 cable systems, 1 million subscribers
1972: 10 cable systems had 40% of market 1996: 5 cable systems had 2/3 of market 2010: In most areas, one cable system
Cable carriers increasingly control Internet access
90% of new Internet subscribers sign up for cable rather than telephone access
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We Have Been Here Before1883
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9 Ways to Lose Information
1. Digital death2. Political censorship3. Market collapse4. Homophily5. Intellectual property lockdown6. Ownership convergence7. Fighting privacy infringement8. Social censorship9. The war on terror
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We treat IP addresses as Non-Personal Information
We reserve the right to share Non-Personal Information with affiliates and other third parties.
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Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture 16
Supreme Court Supports Disclosure
“When a Washington voter signs a referendum petition …, he is acting as a legislator. … I do not look forward to a society which … exercises the direct democracy of initiative and referendum hidden from public scrutiny and protected from the accountability of criticism.”
“Privacy of association is protected under the First Amendment.”
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9 Ways to Lose Information
1. Digital death2. Political censorship3. Market collapse4. Homophily5. Intellectual property lockdown6. Ownership convergence7. Fighting privacy infringement8. Social censorship9. The war on terror
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8 Ways to Lose Information
1. Political censorship2. Market collapse3. Homophily4. Intellectual property lockdown5. Ownership convergence6. Fighting privacy infringement7. Social censorship
or, “think of the children”
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Massachusetts G.L. Part IV, Ch. 272, Section 28
Whoever disseminates to a minor any matter harmful to minors … shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years.
“Matter,” any handwritten or printed material …
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Massachusetts G.L. Part IV, Ch. 272, Section 28
Whoever disseminates to a minor any matter harmful to minors … shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years.
“Matter,” any handwritten or printed material … or any electronic communication … created by means of use of the Internet or wireless network …
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9 Ways to Lose Information
1. Digital death2. Political censorship3. Market collapse4. Homophily5. Intellectual property lockdown6. Ownership convergence7. Fighting privacy infringement8. Social censorship9. The war on terror
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“Fix” the Internet?
“We need to re-engineer the Internet to make attribution, geo-location, intelligence analysis and impact assessment — who did it, from where, why and what was the result — more manageable.” – Michael McConnell, former director of intelligence
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“Fix” the Mails?
“We need to re-engineer the Postal Service to make attribution, geo-location, intelligence analysis and impact assessment — who did it, from where, why and what was the result — more manageable.”
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Cyber-Armageddon?
The basic idea of the Internet began to form in the early 1960s, and the Internet as we know it today is deeply imbued with the sensibilities and campus politics of that era … it is really the product of now aging hippies …
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9 Ways to Lose Information
1. Digital death2. Political censorship3. Market collapse4. Homophily5. Intellectual property lockdown6. Ownership convergence7. Fighting privacy infringement8. Social censorship9. The war on terror
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Lessons
1. Information monopolies are always dangerous
2. Don’t fear information3. Education is the only answer
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Lessons
1. Information monopolies are always dangerous
2. Don’t fear information3. Education is the only answer
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Lessons
1. Information monopolies are always dangerous
2. Don’t fear information3. Education is the only answer
February 8, 2011
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Lessons
1. Information monopolies are always dangerous
2. Don’t fear information3. Education is the only answer
February 8, 2011
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