Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Monday, September 9, 2002

[Item Permalink] Future of copyright -- Comment()
How should copyright be enforced online?: "Spiked Online, a UK tech site, is hosting a debate about the appropriate way for copyright infringement to be dealt with online." [Boing Boing Blog]

This is a discussion which should be higly prominent in media, but so far there hasn't been too much of discussion, just arguments. Of course, within a few years we'll see what the decision were and what kind of world we'll live in. A prisoner cage, or a creative paradise?


[Item Permalink] Watching over you -- Comment()
Feds plan cybersecurity center. The world of Big Brother and Brave New World is getting close. Some day the authorities will know better than you what you have done today? Where do you want be watched today? Is this the world we wanted to build with our technology?


[Item Permalink] The Brain as a User Interface -- Comment()
The Brain as a User Interface. Would you like Microsoft to install their new YQ terminal in your head? It seems that the world of science fiction (see The Last Rebel Coders) is increasingly becoming a reality.