Free to Be Free »

3 February 2015 | Per Strömbäck

Never call musicians Luddites, here is one who has launched his own music service. No, I’m not talking about Dr Dre’s and Trent Reznor’s “Beats”, but Fleet Foxes-drummer J. Tillman. SAP (I know, the b... »

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Disappear Here »

26 January 2015 | Per Strömbäck

Is the “internet of everything” the tipping point for the conversation of regulation of online? This is certainly Netopia’s mission, as has been expressed over and over in the blog you’re reading, but... »

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“People love choice, but hate to choose” »

23 January 2015 | Per Strömbäck

This week was the third LetsGoConnected Brussels and this humble blogger had the honour of hosting it. It is a digital media event, and while Netopia’s focus is broader, digital media is a perfect ill... »

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Is #PirateBayDown the End of File-Sharing Piracy? »

15 December 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Is this the end of file-sharing piracy? We have learned to think about file-sharing as a law of nature, almost. Something that cannot be stopped. The tide of the digital ocean, to which content creato... »

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European Parliament’s Contradiction on Search and Network Neutrality »

5 December 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Network neutrality is great – it can mean whatever you want it to. When the European Parliament made network neutrality into law this spring, it said all internet traffic should be treated equally reg... »

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Spam from the Future – Netopia Goes to China »

4 December 2014 | Per Strömbäck

This writer was invited to speak at a couple of events in Hong Kong and Beijing this week, and of course, as any Westerner, I find the culture differences fascinating. Take Hong Kong, designer handbag... »

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Will Artificial Intelligence Be the End of Mankind? »

4 December 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Will Artificial Intelligence be the end of mankind? We should be worried, at least if the world’s smartest scholar, Stephen Hawking, is to be trusted. It is the speed of change that may unleash the Sk... »

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Doctorow’s Three Laws: One Problem, Zero Solution »

26 November 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Cory Doctorow is most known for his science fiction novels and his “internet activism” (he used to be the European Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation), in a keynote speech at Stockholm’s I... »

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Mariam Kirollos to visit Netopia on Human Rights Day »

25 November 2014 | Per Strömbäck

Long-term Netopia-readers will recall Mariam Kirollos’s thought-provoking piece “The Revolution Beyond 140 Characters” from last summer. While the rest of us were following the so-called Arab Spring f... »

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Permissionless innovation = endless litigation »

4 November 2014 | Per Strömbäck

The book Permissionless Innovation by Adam Thierer is an intro to “cyberlibertarianism” according to Netopia’s review by Waldemar Ingdahl. The book aside, permissionless innovation is a concept often ... »

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