An Atlas of Cyberspace?

Some nice imagery of global internet activity: http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/martin/atlas/geographic.html .

Google Sued

Google Sued: "

Google has been sued by the Authors Guild, and a number of individual authors. This follows similar threats hinted at by the American Association of Publishers. The authors and the publishers consider Google’s latest fantastic idea, Google Print — a …

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Viral, And We Don't Mean Influenza

Viral, And We Don't Mean Influenza: "

Freebies, tooAnd for bloggers who love to read those New York Times columnists but can't cough up the $49.95 for the new Times Select pay-to-read program, bloggers are already cutting-pasting columns found elsewhere (for free) for others to share, spurring a discussion led by (Never Pay Retail, today's 37th top link). As the blog's author John Tabin is says: ""The right to run your business into the ground is inalienable... I created Never Pay Retail to mock the Times's cluelessness, not to correct for it." (As a longtime print subscriber, am I old-fashioned for paying for what I consume?)

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Network Neutrality: More on the economics

Network Neutrality: More on the economics: "

Barbara van Schewick has a fantastic new paper about the economics of network neutrality. As she nicely demonstrates, there is a severe threat of discrimination without network neutrality regulation, and that discrimination will reduce application-level …

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No one can say if warming caused Katrina, Rita

No one can say if warming caused Katrina, Rita: "

Scientists say it's not easy to tell if global warming caused hurricanes Katrina and Rita but on Monday they forecast more unpredictable weather as Earth gets hotter.

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Rob Stavins on the gas tax

Rob Stavins on the gas tax: "

Rob Stavins' fourth column in his An Economic Perspective series from The Environmental Forum deals with the gas tax. Coincidence? Maybe. Strange, but true? Mos' def'. Here is my favorite excerpt from A Tale of Two Taxes, A Challenge to...

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The Quincy Library Group: Grassroots Collaborative Decision-Making

The Quincy Library Group: Grassroots Collaborative Decision-Making: "

When economists talk about environment decision-making, they are usually referring to techniques such as cost-benefit analysis, tradable pollution permits, and contingent valuation. But when non-economists – biologists, foresters, land managers, …

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Reporters sans frontières - Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents

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Tips for the Crusading Blogger

Tips for the Crusading Blogger: "

Bloggers may be effective in getting information out, but in certain countries the price they pay for doing it can be high. Now there's a guide that tells them how to operate effectively while minimizing their risk.

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EFF Legal Guide for Bloggers

Για να γνωρίζουμε τα δικαιώματα μας όταν θέλουμε αναδημοσιεύσουμε κάτι.

Electronic Frontier Foundation is a nonprofit group working to protect your digital rights.

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