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Combating online harassment

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”

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

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

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

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