Why Netopia Says #Bremain! »

23 June 2016 | Per Strömbäck

Netopia started six years ago in Swedish. (You can still check out the original site here: www.netopia.se) While it was a great project in many ways, it was also frustrating to talk about a global iss... »

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Netopia in #DDoS attack »

7 June 2016 | Per Strömbäck

On Monday night, Netopia.eu was the victim of a DDoS-attack which took down the site for about ten hours. We have no idea of the motive for this action, nor who orchestrated it. Perhaps it was part of... »

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The EU Advocate General Breaks the Internet »

21 April 2016 | Per Strömbäck

Europe’s highest legal authority is looking to redefine some of the internet’s most basic infrastructure. At least that is the reality should Advocate General Wathelet’s absurd opinion on hypertext li... »

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Do Your Wikipedia Donations Fund a Crusade on Intellectual Property Rights? »

5 April 2016 | Per Strömbäck

Sometimes on Wikipedia, there’s a polite request for donations. Obviously, it costs money to operate a big website like that with no ad revenue or anything, so it relies on its users’ generosity. Exce... »

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The Internet as We Know It »

24 March 2016 | Per Strömbäck

One can have many opinions about the European Commission’s plans for a Digital Single Market, some of them may “need some more work”, such as the fixation on limiting territorial exclusivity for conte... »

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Suicide Bombs in Brussels — May the Open Society Conquer Fear »

22 March 2016 | Per Strömbäck

About a year ago, this writer expressed sympathy for the victims of the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and their families. This morning, terror came to Brussels, Netopia’s home base. Bombs in the metro and ... »

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Making the World a Better Place – One Buzzword at a Time »

18 March 2016 | Per Strömbäck

What do you get if you cross SXSW with the the Game Developers Conference? Substance misuse! That is, from the hollows of Austin where anything goes, and material substance is unquestioned (all that g... »

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Apple vs FBI – More Democracy, Not More Technology, Is the Answer »

17 March 2016 | Per Strömbäck

Should Apple yield to FBI:s demands and disable the function that deletes all content on an Iphone after 15 unsuccessful login attempts? If you’re a cybersecurity expert, the answer is no. The more en... »

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What if the next Silicon Valley is not in California? »

9 March 2016 | Per Strömbäck

Europe has failed to bring any competitive internet companies. If pressed, we think perhaps of Skype or Spotify, but nothing on the scale of Google or Amazon. This is an identity crisis for a continen... »

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Bitcoin Will Save Copyright Online »

2 March 2016 | Per Strömbäck

Former Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge is famous for two things: trying to end copyright and changing all his money into Bitcoin. Both of them can be thought of as a digital rebellion of sorts, but... »

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