I am often asked at conferences what I think the future of defamation and copyright and privacy will be, legal-wise. I always feel like a right wally saying “the laws will change, I guarantee it”. It’s the one weak area of my presentation – people understand that change is coming but don’t believe that it will be that drastic. Maybe it will be individuals changing the laws, maybe a “higher power” like government. But I really want to yell out – FACE IT, PEOPLE, IT’S ALREADY CHANGED. We’re just waiting for the laws to catch up. Intel Official: Say Goodbye Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:13 pm Tagged with: AT&T, California, Congress, deputy director of national intelligence, Donald Kerr, intelligence official, Internet site access, Judiciary Committee, Mark Klein, mobile, Online Communities, principal deputy director, principal deputy director of national intelligence, privacy, SAN FRANCISCO, social networks, technician, telecommunications, United States, user generated content, Washington, White House
Facebook is/not a walled garden – Fang and me hosted group on Facebook. Here we go again: Why Facebook sucks Saturday, October 13, 2007 by Dave Winer. Another topic Scoble and I talked about today was Facebook. I said I don’t like Facebook, never have, and I finally figured out why. It’s another one of those user generated content things, only this time I’m building up an address book that I can look at, but can only do things with it that Facebook lets me do. Why exactly do I need Facebook to get inbetween me and my address book? Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:37 pm Tagged with: Dave Winer, Facebook, Google, iphone, Online Communities, privacy, Social Media Australia, social networks, user generated content, walled garden, Yahoo!
Mike *Fang* Seyfang asked an interesting question on Facebook a month or so ago, and got some diverse answers. “Is FaceBook a Walled Garden“. I want to ramble on a lot longer than Facebook let’s me, so am going to think out loud on here. Short Answer: Walled Garden – the host or service provider restricts access to content (e.g. mobile phone content providers), products and services, other members and tends to control navigation. Gated Community – the members restrict or open access to their private profiles, private groups and private products and services by choosing themselves who gets access Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:43 am Tagged with: Amazon, cellular telephone, Etiquette, Facebook, garden of WAP, Google, ISP, Japan, mobile, MySpace, Newscorp, Online Communities, online community, privacy, private products, Rules, social network, social networks, telstra, walled garden, WAP
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