Appropriate Technology in the Cloud Age
Caption: No thanks Cory Doctorow wrote a book recently called The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation, which I like and think everyone should read. At its core, the book posits a big-picture idea of forcing interoperability on tech giants to lessen their control over society. I think defanging the DMCA anti-circumvention rule, creating real penalties for abusing safe-harbor takedown notices, and just taking the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act out back and shooting it would all be excellent policy.
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Tags: cloud data privacy portability appropriate technology
Caption: No thanks Cory Doctorow wrote a book recently called The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation, which I like and think everyone should read. At its core, the book posits a big-picture idea of forcing interoperability on tech giants to lessen their control over society. I think defanging the DMCA anti-circumvention rule, creating real penalties for abusing safe-harbor takedown notices, and just taking the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act out back and shooting it would all be excellent policy.
read more...
Tags: cloud data privacy portability appropriate technology