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November 29, 2007

Legal Aspects of Web 2.0 Activities

"Legal Aspects of Web 2.0 Activities: Management of Legal Risk
Associated with Use of YouTube, MySpace and Second Life
"(pdf), considers general issues created by these social networking sites as well as specific issues created in each case. (via The House of Commons)

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Posted 29th November 2007 by David Jacobson in Legal

November 18, 2007

McAfee Avert Labs Top 10 Threat Predictions for 2008

McAfee Avert Labs Top 10 Threat Predictions for 2008 (pdf): risks to IM, VOIP,Vista, Virtualware, web 2.0.

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Posted 18th November 2007 by David Jacobson in Web/Tech

November 10, 2007

Lessig at TED: are we heading for a “read only” culture?

I saw Professor Lessig speak in Brisbane 2 years ago. He has a distinctive presentation style.

At TED this year he distilled his argument into an entertaining, but persuasive, 20 minute presentation on the nature of copyright, youth culture and technology. Do we want a "read only" culture (where use of original material is restricted) or a "read/write culture" (where original material can be adapted)?

Watch the video here.

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Posted 10th November 2007 by David Jacobson in Legal