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A possible solution to toxic internet comments
Also on point to today’s online harassment discussion, Tablet Magazine is apparently trying to combat offensive comments by imposing a nominal fee to post comments to its articles. http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2015/2/9/8007483/tablet-magazine-comments Logistically, I doubt this would work in the context of real-time gaming but it’s an interesting approach that essentially regulates “free” speech by not making it […]
Combating online harassment
Came across with this piece relevant to our discussion on online harassment today: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/116590-online-harassment-is-a-serious-problem.html Based on this article, it seems that government intervention may not be a good solution to this problem. The author states that many states (in the US) already have laws that apply to some forms of online harassment, however enforcement is […]
Online harassment and “digital rape”
I came across this article which was cited in one of our assigned readings earlier in the course and found it really interesting. http://www.juliandibbell.com/articles/a-rape-in-cyberspace/ It’s pretty relevant to what we talked about in class today so I thought I would share it. Basically, the author describes an early version of online trolling/harassment in which a […]
Keurig’s attempt to “DRM” their new coffee maker
Here is a link to the article mentioned in class today about Keurig’s attempt to “DRM” their new coffee machine and the general public dissatisfaction with this approach. http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/5/7986327/keurigs-attempt-to-drm-its-coffee-cups-totally-backfired Something I noticed upon re-reading the article is that they are actually being sued by some competitors for anti-trust violations after releasing this new machine (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/22/lawsuits-claim-k-cup-maker-violates-antitrust-laws/8028197/). […]
Results of Paper Airplane Study
Class presentation from last week, including results of our in-class exercise. For those of you who missed it, this was the class we made paper airplanes. Empirical Exercise in Philosophical Underpinning of IP
This American Life – Online Trolling as a Limit on Expression
Interesting piece referred to in class today, about a blogger and how she was impacted by online trolls. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/545/if-you-dont-have-anything-nice-to-say-say-it-in-all-caps?act=1#play
DailyDirt: Paper Airplanes For Fun And Profit | Techdirt
After last weeks festivities it’s a bit hard to ignore this piece from techdirt: DailyDirt: Paper Airplanes For Fun And Profit | Techdirt. jon
News of the Week Top 5; February 4, 2015
1. Why Does Facebook Censor Gay Images?: Photographer Michael Stokes, among others, says his work is regularly censored by Facebook even when the images clearly don’t break the rules. Who makes these decisions? 2. When Musicians Unintentionally Steal: Sam Smith’s hit single sounds an awful lot like a Tom Petty song, but that doesn’t make him some kind […]
Feb. 10 Class Presentation
For my presentation on Tuesday we are going to be looking at some of the ways in which online harassment impacts digital creativity. In terms of readings I would very highly recommend The Development and Failure of Social Norms in Second Life, published by Phillip Stoup in the Duke Law Journal. For anyone feeling particularly […]
Copyright term extensions might be coming to Canada
This jumps off our discussions from last week. According to this post by Michael Geist, a law professor at the University of Ottawa and one of the foremost Canadian experts in this area, it looks as though Canada may be considering extending its copyright terms as part of its negotiations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty (TPP): “If […]