Monday offered an opportunity for interaction with the European Commission’s Vice President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip, a twitter chat hashtagged #AskAnsip. Ansip’s main message was th... »
The idea that there is a single truth, with no interpretations or shades of grey, seems to be at the heart of the digital promise. Wikipedia is one example, with it there is no need for multiple encyc... »
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 ... »
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... »
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... »
Is this the end of file-sharing piracy? We have learnt 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 creator... »
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... »
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 cultural differences fascinating. Take Hong Kong; designer handba... »
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... »
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... »