Archive for the 'A2K' Category
Feds Sought Identities of Book Buyers; Amazon Resists
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Recalling the (in)famous DOJ v Google matter, where Google resisted attempts by government to obtain thousands of user search queries, we learn today that federal prosecutors had sought the identities of thousands of people who bought used books from Amazon, but the online bookseller resisted, with the court ruling in their favor. From the AP […]
Kronberg Declaration: Knowledge acquisition is changing radically
Sunday, August 5th, 2007UNESCO has released an important assessment of the nature of knowledge acquisition in our technologically-mediated age. The “Kronberg Declaration on the Future of Knowledge Acquisition and Sharing” (PDF) recognizes that…
Knowledge is the key to social and economic development;
Creation, acquisition and sharing of knowledge have been going through dramatic changes because of rapidly emerging […]
Google Shareholders Reject Anti-Censorship Proposal
Friday, May 11th, 2007Unfortunately, Google’s shareholders have rejected the anti-censorship proposal that aimed to ensure that the important human value of access to knowledge would be adhered to by the company who pledges to “do no evil.” To say I’m not surprised is an understatement.
Career Announcements
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007Motived by recent events, I’m pleased to announce that I have completed and filed my dissertation, “The Quest for the Perfect Search Engine: Values, Technical Design, and the Flow of Personal Information in Spheres of Mobility.” All that awaits is the oral defense (please be kind, Siva).
Assuming the defense goes well (/knocking on wood), I’m […]
Jack Balkin: What is Access to Knowledge?
Friday, April 21st, 2006Jack Balkin has posted his opening remarks at the Access to Knowledge conference at Yale Law School. In them, he makes three points about the theory of access to knowledge:
First, Access to Knowledge is a demand of justice.
Second, Access to Knowledge is both an issue of economic development and an issue of individual participation and […]
Access to Knowledge
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006This weekend I will be attending an international conference on Access to Knowledge hosted by the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. From their site:
In the digital era, most multinational corporations and policymakers are of the view that the current trend characterised by increasing intellectual property rights and corporate control over knowledge best […]
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