Comments on: Balkanizing the Web http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/ Media, Tech & Business Models Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Four short links: 1 June 2010 - O'Reilly Radar http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-27360 Four short links: 1 June 2010 - O'Reilly Radar Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:34:26 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-27360 [...] Balkanizing the Web — The very absurdity of the global digital system is revealing itself. It created all the instruments for global access and, then, turned around and arbitrarily restricted its commercial use, paving the way for piracy. Think about it: our broadband networks now allow seamless streaming of films, TV shows, music and, soon, of a variety of multimedia products; we have created sophisticated transaction systems; we are getting extraordinary devices to enjoy all this; there is a growing English-speaking population that, for a significant part of it, is solvent and eager to buy this globalized culture and information. But guess what? Instead of a well-crafted, smoothly flowing distribution (and payment) system, we have these Cupertino, Seattle or Los Angeles-engineered restrictions. The U.S. insists on exporting harsh copyright penalties and restrictions, while not exporting license agreements and Fair Use, so the rest of the world gets very grumpy. tags: Big Data, copyright, Crowdflower, crowdsourcing, gov2.0, Hadoop, social graph, xml $(".button.print a").click(function () { jQuery.cookie('thePostID', "39984" , {expires: 1, path: '/' }); }); [...] [...] Balkanizing the Web — The very absurdity of the global digital system is revealing itself. It created all the instruments for global access and, then, turned around and arbitrarily restricted its commercial use, paving the way for piracy. Think about it: our broadband networks now allow seamless streaming of films, TV shows, music and, soon, of a variety of multimedia products; we have created sophisticated transaction systems; we are getting extraordinary devices to enjoy all this; there is a growing English-speaking population that, for a significant part of it, is solvent and eager to buy this globalized culture and information. But guess what? Instead of a well-crafted, smoothly flowing distribution (and payment) system, we have these Cupertino, Seattle or Los Angeles-engineered restrictions. The U.S. insists on exporting harsh copyright penalties and restrictions, while not exporting license agreements and Fair Use, so the rest of the world gets very grumpy. tags: Big Data, copyright, Crowdflower, crowdsourcing, gov2.0, Hadoop, social graph, xml $(".button.print a").click(function () { jQuery.cookie('thePostID', "39984" , {expires: 1, path: '/' }); }); [...]

]]> By: The Digital Piracy Problem Is Riddled With Hypocrisy — paidContent http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-24993 The Digital Piracy Problem Is Riddled With Hypocrisy — paidContent Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:22:41 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-24993 [...] one key obstacle remains: the balkanized internet (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web), i.e. the country zoning system. By slicing the global audience in regional markets, both the [...] [...] one key obstacle remains: the balkanized internet (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web), i.e. the country zoning system. By slicing the global audience in regional markets, both the [...]

]]> By: Piracy is part of the digital ecosystem | ComWeb,E20&co http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-24930 Piracy is part of the digital ecosystem | ComWeb,E20&co Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:17:46 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-24930 [...] right direction. But one key obstacle remains: the balkanized internet (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web), i.e. the country zoning system. By slicing the global audience in regional markets, both the [...] [...] right direction. But one key obstacle remains: the balkanized internet (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web), i.e. the country zoning system. By slicing the global audience in regional markets, both the [...]

]]> By: The Digital Piracy Problem Is Riddled With Hypocrisy — Tech News and Analysis http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-24900 The Digital Piracy Problem Is Riddled With Hypocrisy — Tech News and Analysis Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:23:43 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-24900 [...] one key obstacle remains: the balkanized internet (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web), i.e. the country zoning system. By slicing the global audience in regional markets, both the [...] [...] one key obstacle remains: the balkanized internet (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web), i.e. the country zoning system. By slicing the global audience in regional markets, both the [...]

]]> By: La pirateria è parte dell’ ecosistema digitale | LSDI http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-21556 La pirateria è parte dell’ ecosistema digitale | LSDI Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:49:20 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-21556 [...] un ostacolo chiave resiste: la balcanizzazione di internet, (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web), ossia l’espandersi del regionalismo della rete. Suddividendo il pubblico globale in mercati [...] [...] un ostacolo chiave resiste: la balcanizzazione di internet, (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web), ossia l’espandersi del regionalismo della rete. Suddividendo il pubblico globale in mercati [...]

]]> By: Piracy is part of the digital ecosystem « News « iShaper http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-21422 Piracy is part of the digital ecosystem « News « iShaper Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:53:43 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-21422 [...] right direction. But one key obstacle remains: the balkanised internet (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web) – ie, the country zoning [...] [...] right direction. But one key obstacle remains: the balkanised internet (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web) – ie, the country zoning [...]

]]> By: Piracy is part of the digital ecosystem | Monday Note http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-21378 Piracy is part of the digital ecosystem | Monday Note Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:16:27 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-21378 [...] right direction. But one key obstacle remains: the balkanized internet (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web), i.e. the country zoning system. By slicing the global audience in regional markets, both the [...] [...] right direction. But one key obstacle remains: the balkanized internet (see a previous Monday Note Balkanizing the Web), i.e. the country zoning system. By slicing the global audience in regional markets, both the [...]

]]> By: Evan http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-16357 Evan Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:31:01 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-16357 I believe that technological control over the web is the most powerful force. I disagree with the idea of the segmentation of the web of this kind. But in a sense this struggle to gain control over the web could create opportunities online. Transitions of this kind always do. In other words, Balkanization had both its winners and losers. I believe that technological control over the web is the most powerful force. I disagree with the idea of the segmentation of the web of this kind. But in a sense this struggle to gain control over the web could create opportunities online. Transitions of this kind always do. In other words, Balkanization had both its winners and losers.

]]> By: bird houses for sale http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-15492 bird houses for sale Tue, 24 May 2011 01:39:54 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-15492 hey there, I would like ot thank you for posting such a useful outline hey there, I would like ot thank you for posting such a useful outline

]]> By: roy http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-5345 roy Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:24:18 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-5345 thank's for the information that yo made... thank’s for the information that yo made…

]]> By: fajar http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-4811 fajar Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:51:22 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-4811 Thank you for the link Thank you for the link

]]> By: Noterat – June 8, 2010 « A System apart http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3935 Noterat – June 8, 2010 « A System apart Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:41:19 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3935 [...] Balkanizing the Web | Monday NoteJune 1, 2010 – Intressant artikel om balkaniseringen av internet. Dock vill jag pålysa att Bruce Sterling var först med teoriseringen runt fenomenet 1996, The well och diskussionstråden “islands in the net” (som även den är en antologi) [...] [...] Balkanizing the Web | Monday NoteJune 1, 2010 – Intressant artikel om balkaniseringen av internet. Dock vill jag pålysa att Bruce Sterling var först med teoriseringen runt fenomenet 1996, The well och diskussionstråden “islands in the net” (som även den är en antologi) [...]

]]> By: Fred Rocha http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3865 Fred Rocha Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:30:08 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3865 "most of us are global consumers who want one thing: being able to flash our credit card and buy every single piece of dematerialized cultural or informational good we want." Geez, you're such a *consumer*. Think about refraining, consuming less and enjoying more. “most of us are global consumers who want one thing: being able to flash our credit card and buy every single piece of dematerialized cultural or informational good we want.”

Geez, you’re such a *consumer*. Think about refraining, consuming less and enjoying more.

]]> By: Noterat – June 2, 2010 | A System Apart http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3839 Noterat – June 2, 2010 | A System Apart Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:17:20 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3839 [...] Balkanizing the Web | Monday Note – Intressant artikel om balkaniseringen av internet. Dock vill jag pålysa att Bruce Sterling var först med teoriseringen runt fenomenet 1996, The well och diskussionstråden “islands in the net” (som även den är en antologi) [...] [...] Balkanizing the Web | Monday Note – Intressant artikel om balkaniseringen av internet. Dock vill jag pålysa att Bruce Sterling var först med teoriseringen runt fenomenet 1996, The well och diskussionstråden “islands in the net” (som även den är en antologi) [...]

]]> By: Karl Fogel http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3805 Karl Fogel Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:17:56 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3805 It's not just about passively absorbing the goods -- people want to share them with each other, reuse them, remix and modify them. Most common concluding line I use when giving talks for http://QuestionCopyright.org is: "We just got done building a cheap, worldwide copying and editing machine. Now are we going to let ourselves use it or not?" It’s not just about passively absorbing the goods — people want to share them with each other, reuse them, remix and modify them. Most common concluding line I use when giving talks for http://QuestionCopyright.org is: “We just got done building a cheap, worldwide copying and editing machine. Now are we going to let ourselves use it or not?”

]]> By: Balkanizing the Web | Monday Note - Viewsflow http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3804 Balkanizing the Web | Monday Note - Viewsflow Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:43:53 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3804 [...] such expansion results in increasing pressure from corporate interests and regulatory nationalisms.Close FB.init({appId: '130434348997', status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: [...] [...] such expansion results in increasing pressure from corporate interests and regulatory nationalisms.Close FB.init({appId: ’130434348997′, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: [...]

]]> By: Henrik Holmegaard, technical writer http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3342 Henrik Holmegaard, technical writer Thu, 13 May 2010 08:39:15 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3342 > we have these Cupertino, Seattle or Los Angeles-engineered restrictions Correct, but at Seybold San Francisco in 1994 when Michael Spindler of Apple and John Warnock of Adobe announced the shift from paper-based exchange with 'Print, then Distribute' to paper-less exchange with 'Distribute, then Print' the audience was wondering how business models might be made from PDF and HTML.For instance, The San Francisco Examiner was free for anyone, anywhere in HTML format. The technical, social and political issue is not that software companies change into publishers, but that as publishers they may put in place censureship policies on publishing of the technical, social and political impact of their products and services. If there is no longer a separation between the publisher and the substance of what is published, the publisher is in position not to publish. Censureship is a challenge in California, as it no doubt also is in China. Henrik > we have these Cupertino, Seattle or Los Angeles-engineered restrictions

Correct, but at Seybold San Francisco in 1994 when Michael Spindler of Apple and John Warnock of Adobe announced the shift from paper-based exchange with ‘Print, then Distribute’ to paper-less exchange with ‘Distribute, then Print’ the audience was wondering how business models might be made from PDF and HTML.For instance, The San Francisco Examiner was free for anyone, anywhere in HTML format. The technical, social and political issue is not that software companies change into publishers, but that as publishers they may put in place censureship policies on publishing of the technical, social and political impact of their products and services. If there is no longer a separation between the publisher and the substance of what is published, the publisher is in position not to publish.

Censureship is a challenge in California, as it no doubt also is in China.

Henrik

]]> By: Elishia Windfohr http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3078 Elishia Windfohr Wed, 05 May 2010 22:14:56 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3078 "This is 2010. Take your private jets and travel a bit" News flash! There tooooo busy sitting in their offices thinking of ways to control us with restrictions on hardware,software,apps, anything! Elishia Windfohr “This is 2010. Take your private jets and travel a bit” News flash! There tooooo busy sitting in their offices thinking of ways to control us with restrictions on hardware,software,apps, anything!

Elishia Windfohr

]]> By: iPad 3G review: my first impressions « Live from Planet Paola http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3077 iPad 3G review: my first impressions « Live from Planet Paola Wed, 05 May 2010 22:12:19 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3077 [...] good we want.”. We need, in short, content owners to take the lead in reversing the Balkanization of the Internet. Apple, as a gatekeeper, is right there with the content owners and shares their [...] [...] good we want.”. We need, in short, content owners to take the lead in reversing the Balkanization of the Internet. Apple, as a gatekeeper, is right there with the content owners and shares their [...]

]]> By: Michael http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3060 Michael Wed, 05 May 2010 04:48:50 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3060 You are blaming business executives, who are responsible for innovation and getting things done, for problems created by government bureaucrats, who have never produced anything. You are blaming business executives, who are responsible for innovation and getting things done, for problems created by government bureaucrats, who have never produced anything.

]]> By: Marcos http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3059 Marcos Wed, 05 May 2010 04:41:44 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3059 What bothers me more is that the very same rules that only let the US to enjoy the fully functional technological / commercial model is the one offshoring the development of these most attractive apps and games to my “backyard” in Buenos Aires. What bothers me more is that the very same rules that only let the US to enjoy the fully functional technological / commercial model is the one offshoring the development of these most attractive apps and games to my “backyard” in Buenos Aires.

]]> By: Jack http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3020 Jack Mon, 03 May 2010 23:05:47 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3020 Walls can also keep people in, and that is a prison. If we don't grow up pretty quick our species will fail and none of this will matter. What we have now is fundamentally unsustainable. We all know what happens after the lines are drawn. Walls can also keep people in, and that is a prison. If we don’t grow up pretty quick our species will fail and none of this will matter. What we have now is fundamentally unsustainable. We all know what happens after the lines are drawn.

]]> By: Diagonal » The House That Jack Built http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3019 Diagonal » The House That Jack Built Mon, 03 May 2010 22:13:57 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3019 [...] Balkanizing The Web Um artigo sobre classes, fronteiras e poder na web. [...] [...] Balkanizing The Web Um artigo sobre classes, fronteiras e poder na web. [...]

]]> By: tom b http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3011 tom b Mon, 03 May 2010 14:02:33 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3011 It blows me away that there will soon be more English speakers in China than the US. Not that they will be fluent, right away, but it makes one think. Another metric: more scientific papers come in from "not the US" than from the US now. It blows me away that there will soon be more English speakers in China than the US. Not that they will be fluent, right away, but it makes one think.

Another metric: more scientific papers come in from “not the US” than from the US now.

]]> By: Chandra Coomaraswamy http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-3006 Chandra Coomaraswamy Mon, 03 May 2010 11:49:57 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-3006 I decided to write a book about the iPad. As a British living temporarily in Malaysia, I'm not allowed to buy one or use the iBookStore. It cost me a lot, but the grey market solved the iPad purchase problem I decided to write a book about the iPad. As a British living temporarily in Malaysia, I’m not allowed to buy one or use the iBookStore. It cost me a lot, but the grey market solved the iPad purchase problem

]]> By: Knut http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-2966 Knut Sun, 02 May 2010 20:14:02 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-2966 Yes. Tear down those digital Berlin walls! Knut Yes. Tear down those digital Berlin walls! Knut

]]> By: Mauricio Longo http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-2953 Mauricio Longo Sun, 02 May 2010 15:43:31 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-2953 Same scenario repeats itself all around. In Brazil there is nothing but Apps available on iTunes and even those are restricted in the games sector because Apple could not be bothered to comply with the age rating legislation for video games. That means that no games are available to iPhone/iPod users in Brazil, unless they take the circuitous route of having an account in the US store. In a slight defense of Apple I will say that most restrictions to what they sell where are related to contractual conditions with the copyright holders of the movies, music, books, etc. You are totally correct however in pointing out the consequence: free downloads through peer-to-peer networks. It is naive to the extreme to imagine that the fans of a particular TV series will just wait around for a year to watch the next episode if they can do so in the same day. All this does is to empty the audience numbers for the series when it does go on TV and loose out on the revenue that would come from that digital purchase. Same scenario repeats itself all around. In Brazil there is nothing but Apps available on iTunes and even those are restricted in the games sector because Apple could not be bothered to comply with the age rating legislation for video games. That means that no games are available to iPhone/iPod users in Brazil, unless they take the circuitous route of having an account in the US store.

In a slight defense of Apple I will say that most restrictions to what they sell where are related to contractual conditions with the copyright holders of the movies, music, books, etc.

You are totally correct however in pointing out the consequence: free downloads through peer-to-peer networks. It is naive to the extreme to imagine that the fans of a particular TV series will just wait around for a year to watch the next episode if they can do so in the same day. All this does is to empty the audience numbers for the series when it does go on TV and loose out on the revenue that would come from that digital purchase.

]]> By: fahirsch http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-2952 fahirsch Sun, 02 May 2010 14:42:22 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-2952 Add Argentina. No music Apple Store. And the same with many apps. I can go to tv.com on my Mac but require an app in my iPod Touch that is only available fot the US Add Argentina. No music Apple Store. And the same with many apps. I can go to tv.com on my Mac but require an app in my iPod Touch that is only available fot the US

]]> By: LivePaola http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/02/balkanizing-the-web/#comment-2948 LivePaola Sun, 02 May 2010 13:35:57 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=2670#comment-2948 Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Oslo... May I add Milan? Excellent post. The question is how do we build a global rights regime? Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Oslo… May I add Milan? Excellent post. The question is how do we build a global rights regime?

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