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- Information is the Good, the Currency, and the Era
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- On Virtual Travel
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- Laws for the Virtual Universe
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- Richard Stallman came to Vancouver, and I upset him
- Does WOM or Social Network Marketing Create Agency?
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Tag Archives: Information Technology
Research in Motion’s Opportunity to Promulgate Freedom
Several countries, none of which is a finalist in the Freedom to the People sweepstakes, are considering blackballing the BlackBerry for being too secure… The better route for BlackBerry is to work with these governments to reshape their privacy policies in favour of citizen rights. Continue reading
Posted in Business, Civil Liberties, Communications
Tagged blackberry, Business, Civil Liberties, Communications, encryption, Information Technology, Privacy
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The Speciation of Web Sites
I saw a headline the other day in someone else’s newspaper: Days of Static Website Over. Not that I was on the bus and read the headline from several yards away and didn’t read the article at all. My first … Continue reading
Technology (law) is everywhere!
At the firm where I’m working, I deal a lot with wills & estates, family law, and small business. “But wait!” you say. “Where’s the intellectual property and information technology?”
And I answer, “Everywhere.” Continue reading
Information is the Good, the Currency, and the Era
I’m reading “Business @ the Speed of Thought,” by Bill Gates. (Chapters-Indigo Link Here) He wrote it ten years ago, which allows me the critical distance I prefer when reading a book that prognosticates. Say what you will about MS … Continue reading
Who carries your Web 2.0 banner?
What’s at stake when you let others step in your online footprint? Goodwill has to do with the perception of your enterprise, and liability has to do with getting into real legal trouble. How are they connected by this Web 2.0 stuff? … Being obnoxious, opinionated, or siding with one side of a contentious debate will not likely create more than a bad taste in the reader’s mouth. Being wrong, when you carry a banner of knowing better, can create a problem. Continue reading
Richard Stallman came to Vancouver, and I upset him
Richard Stallman was in Vancouver two weeks ago. He performed, if I may describe his lectures like that, three times; I caught the first. I asked Stallman a question after it was over, and thoroughly annoyed him. I know that I annoyed him because he grew flustered, stamped his feet, turned away from me to the rest of the crowd and yelled at me. Continue reading
Does WOM or Social Network Marketing Create Agency?
With WOM and social network marketing, we move from getting people to wear branded clothing to transforming them into fans banding together to pontificate, not on the merits of your product, but on the social imperative of being a fan of the brand. … We do have something that looks a lot like agency… Once you let someone use the stuff you’re supposed to be protecting, and you let them use it to an extent that gives them a fair bit of potential power because of the near-instantaneous and viral nature of the networks used, you’re actually handing over some pretty hefty reins. Continue reading
Software IP and Games – which model applies?
At the moment, video games, because they are software, are covered by copyright. But traditionally, games were covered by patent. Hmm. I’ve argued before that software should be sui generis, governed by a hybrid model of patent and copyright: The … Continue reading
How to make the Massive Tech Show into a massive tech show
I’ve been critical of the Vancouver Massive Tech Show both here and on Tazzu. I’ve branded it as boring, uninspired, a waste of an afternoon, and anything but either massive or a show. I’ve been challenged to propose something better, … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Privacy, Video Games, Virtual Worlds
Tagged Information Technology, Massive, Tazzu, tech show
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