The End of Internet Exceptionalism – Or Why the Pirates Bet on the Wrong Horse »

11 November 2017 | Per Strömbäck

Once upon a time there was a new political movement. It had a bold vision of a future where the old systems had no place. It had a new language and a confident attitude. It had activism. It had an ide... »

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21 Mitos Digitales – A Call Against Resignation »

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1 November 2017 | Per Strömbäck

“Cherish the moment” I told myself. I mean, I’ve had my work translated before. I once wrote the manuscript for a video game that was released in fourteen languages (it failed fourteen times). But thi... »

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Secret Recipe for Programming Skills #CodeWeek (You’re already doing it every day) »

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9 October 2017 | Per Strömbäck

Do you know how to program computers? Have you ever changed your profile picture on social media? Selected a ring tone on your mobile phone? Installed an app? Good, so you know how to program computer... »

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Will Commission Proposal Stop Abuse of Power Online? »

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2 October 2017 | Per Strömbäck

Netopia first started in Sweden in 2010, but in 2013 moved to Brussels and changed language to English. There were two reasons. First, the future of the digital society is a global conversation and it... »

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Phantom Pains in the Industry that Lost €100 Million per Day »

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28 September 2017 | Per Strömbäck

It used to be that the internet would bring knowledge, democracy, growth, jobs and freedom to the oppressed. But yesterday, telecom organization ETNO upped the ante: now the internet will fix climate ... »

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Having a Bubble Bath or Why the “Buried” Piracy Report Got It All Backwards »

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24 September 2017 | Per Strömbäck

DISCLAIMER: The following text may contain sarcasm Conventional wisdom says if you pour cold water into a hot bath, the temperature of the bath water will fall. New research, however, challenges th... »

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The Digital #SOTEU »

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21 September 2017 | Per Strömbäck

It was a surprise that President Juncker’s state of the European Union address last week barely touched on the digital issues. The speech talks about digitisation of industry as a side-note, a little ... »

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Backpage.com and Charlottesville – Who Decides Where to Draw the Line for Content Online? »

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12 September 2017 | Per Strömbäck

What kind of responsibility should the intermediaries of digital media have? This question is key to how the online world develops. Different intermediaries have come to different conclusions. Most ad... »

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Should the Internet Be Regulated? »

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3 July 2017 | Per Strömbäck

It’s a trick question. The internet is already regulated, except poorly and by coders rather than lawyers. Author Douglas Rushkoff makes this point in a long read by Charles Arthur in The Guardian. Th... »

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Can Anti-Trust Save Competition Online? »

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28 June 2017 | Per Strömbäck

The European Union is probably the only level of government that has institutions powerful enough to have a real capacity to enforce rule of law online. The US is likely more interested in protecting ... »

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