The Power of Ownership – Follow Musk »

6 May 2022 | netopia

There was no shortage of jokes last week, when superstar tech entrepreneur and (maybe) richest man in the world Elon Musk announced his bid to buy all the shares in Twitter. Some of the best jokes wer... »

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Can Copyright Save the Planet? »

26 April 2022 | netopia

Today on World Intellectual Property Day, Netopia asks this question: Can copyright save the planet? The UN’s climate panel recently released its recommendations on technologies that can mitigate c... »

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Will Putin’s War Split the Internet? »

15 March 2022 | netopia

The sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cover many sectors, including online businesses. Either on order from the authorities or from their own initiative, many have ceased or decreased o... »

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The First Casualty of War »

11 March 2022 | netopia

War in Europe, Russia invades peaceful neighbor Ukraine. Or rather, steps up its on-going invasion, eight years on. Many old truths have been reversed, such as: EU sending fighter jets. Germany increa... »

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Facebook’s Myspace Moment »

14 February 2022 | netopia

Big Tech has often responded to various charges by saying things like “competition is just one click away” or pointing to how the once-great Myspace faded away in the face of more modern competitors. ... »

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Turns Out SOPA/PIPA Wouldn’t Have Broken the Internet After All »

26 January 2022 | netopia

Ten years on, Google has voluntarily implemented one of the then-controversial anti-piracy measures that were brought forward in the infamous SOPA/PIPA bills in the US (SOPA “Stop Online Piracy Act” w... »

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Fake Xmas Trees »

12 December 2021 | netopia

No Holiday Season would be complete without some kind of intellectual property infringement going on. Be it knock off designer furniture under the tree or pirate electronics in the Xmas stocking. This... »

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Have You Met a Whistleblower? »

7 November 2021 | Per Strömbäck

Today, November 8,  Frances Haugen will give testimony in European Parliament’s IMCO Committee. Ms Haugen is the latest Facebook whistleblower to call foul on the conduct of the platform. Will this... »

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The (Non-)Democracy Machine – How the Tech Giants Gave in to Kremlin »

27 September 2021 | netopia

There used to be a time when the internet was meant to bring democracy to the oppressed. Swedish foreign aid authority SIDA co-funded anonymization technology. The Arab spring was called a “social med... »

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Deep Fakes in the Uncanny Valley »

29 August 2021 | netopia

How fun to watch deep fakes of old favorite movies! Here is one with the classic 80’s action flick muscle stars Sylvester Stallone’s and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s faces projected on main characters Dale... »

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