Netopia
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Subscribe For Newsletter

  • 3 Questions
  • Articles
  • Blog
  • Books
  • Cartoons
  • Columns
  • Digital Myths
  • Events
  • Infographics
  • Reports
  • Stories
  • About
Per Strömbäck

Xanadu – The Internet Did Not Have to be Like This

Xanadu was the home and base for comic book character Mandrake the Magician. It ... »

0

Netopia Blog

  • Get to this post

    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 2 hours

    Energy markets & regulators historically distribute infrastructure costs fairly, making high-cost users pay their share. Now Tech giants use economic & political power to disrupt this - the results are catastrophic for consumers. openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
    openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

    The Corner Newsletter: U.S. vs European Actions vs Google, & How AI Drives Up Electricity Bills (September 9th, 2025) — Open Markets Institute

    In this issue, we look at last week’s very different enforcement actions in Brussels and Washington on Google antitrust. And how Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Facebook get you to subsidize their enor...

    openmarketsinstitute.org

  • Get to this post

    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 10 hours

    Strap in folks....
    OpenAI to Launch AI-Powered Jobs Platform, Potentially Challenging Microsoft's LinkedIn.

    www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

    Anthropic backs California bill that could test Newsom on AI

    The ChatGPT rival is backing Scott Wiener’s AI transparency bill after his prior, high-profile effort was vetoed last year.

    www.politico.com

  • Get to this post

    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 10 hours

    Apple sued by authors for using books in AI training w/o consent.

    www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

    Apple sued by authors over use of books in AI training

    Technology giant Apple was accused by authors in a lawsuit on Friday of illegally using their copyrighted books to help train its artificial intelligence systems, part of an expanding legal fight over protections for intellectual property in the AI era.

    www.reuters.com

  • Get to this post

    Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social 10 hours

    "...a deal behind the scenes that will be forced “down the throat of authors.”" 😳

    Netopia.eu

    Judge rejects Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement, citing concerns over class lawyers' covert deal impacting authors. #copyright #ai #genAI #publishing #law news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/anthr...

  • Get to this post

    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 10 hours

    Internet is dead, or not?

    In a September 5 filing in the US v. Google ad tech trial, Google said “the open web is already in rapid decline”, contradicting Google's recent statements www.seroundtable.com/google-open-...

    Google Court Doc: Open Web Is In Rapid Decline

    Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, said in May that web publishing is not dying. Nick Fox, VP of Search at Google, said in May that the web is thriving. But in a court document filed by Google on late Fri...

    www.seroundtable.com

Beyond the Digital Ambulance: The Evolving Economy of Exploitation in the Online World

In our previous article in 2013, we explored in the first "Digital Amb... »

Machine Usefulness – A Compass for Navigating the AI Revolution

Book Review of Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Tec... »

The Trilemma of European Big Tech Regulation

Book review: Werner Stengg, Digital Policy in the EU. Towards a Human-... »

3 QuestionsMore

29 January 2025netopia

Netopia Spotlight: Detlef Eckert – Escaping Digital Policy Déja Vu »

7 June 2024Netopia

Infinite Opportunity – Adding Orange to Europe »

7 May 2024Per Strömbäck

EU Election Interviews: 3Qs to Sabine Verheyen Digital Self-Determination, GDPR Reform and Reduced Bureaucracy »

StoriesMore

14 January 2023Netopia

Technology as the backbone of copyright – Netopia Spotlight: Prof Eleonora Rosati »

8 November 2022Per Strömbäck

Netopia Spotlight: Felipe Buitrago – Orange Is the New Gold »

25 March 2021Per Strömbäck

EU must protect its fundamental values online »

CartoonsMore

InfographicsMore

Digital MythsMore

8 July 2020Per Strömbäck

Digital Myth: Copyright Stands in the Way of the Digital Revolution »

8 July 2020Per Strömbäck

Digital Myth: It’s About the User Experience »

24 October 2017Per Strömbäck

Digital Myth: The Myth of Freedom of Speech »

ReportsMore

Who Is Who?
The Complex World of the  European Digital Consumer

20 June 2018netopia

Report: The Complex World of The European Digital Consumer »

14 October 2016Netopia

Report: Immaterial Value Creation in Europe »

9 July 2016Netopia

Book: 21 Digital Myths, Reality Distortion Antidote »

BooksMore

13 May 2025Ralf Grötker

Machine Usefulness – A Compass for Navigating the AI Revolution »

9 April 2025Detlef Eckert

The Trilemma of European Big Tech Regulation »

17 October 2024Ralf Grötker

Want to become a brain in the cloud? »

EventsMore

30 September 2016Netopia

Event: Cultural and Creative Industries – Jobs, Growth & Europe’s Digital Future, Oct 12 »

11 July 2016Netopia

Event: 21 Digital Myths, Reality Distortion Antidote, Jul 11 »

31 March 2015netopia

Event: Citizens’ Internet, The Many Threats to Neutrality, Mar 31 »

Netopia

© Netopia | Forum for the Digital Society | Editor: Per Strömbäck | stromback@netopia.eu