As Big Content continues its assault on network neutrality, privacy, personal and digital freedom, and stacks government with industry friendly insiders, President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor should be heavily scrutinized regarding her stance on intellectual property and copyright issues.
Twitter Cofounder Takes Stance Against Advertising
As people talk about what they’re having for lunch, their favorite show’s season finale, and LOLcats, other Twitter users shouldn’t have to worry about seeing ads for Subway, "Lost," and Friskies anytime soon. Twitter cofounder Biz Stone recently distanced himself from the idea of turning to ads for revenue.
Fighting Google’s Paid Link Stance With Robots.txt
Andy Beard has hit upon a compromise between removing text links from his site and being summarily punished by Google for selling them.
Google Challenged On Patent Reform Stance
The latest contribution to the Google Public Policy blog, on the topic of patent reform and Google’s stance, received a pointed rebuttal from a Brookings Institution guest scholar.
Google Clarifies Paid Link Stance
Google has updated its Webmaster Guidelines to include definitions of commonly used terms for shady practices and clearer language about the penalties associated with black and gray hat SEO tactics.
Record Labels Soften Stance on Podcasting
When Podcasting burst onto the scene in 2004, the music industry hardly embraced the format with open arms. Sony BMG, however, has decided to cross the invisible line of demarcation and license its content for podcasting purposes.
Apple’s Stance on DRM Is Rotten to the Core
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates invited a slew of influential Web 2.0 bloggers to a one-hour, anything goes summit meeting this afternoon. While a bevy of topics were discussed, one item that rose to the forefront of discussion was the controversial topic of Digital Rights Management (DRM).