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Gunning for the Copyright Reformers

August 14, 2011 – 8:36 pm

TweetGoing after copyright reformers is risky business. To digital zealots, defending copyright is like advocating the return to the typewriter. (I personally like typewriters; I own several and I recommend a wonderful 1997 Atlantic piece on them at Longform.org). Going after sworn copyright opponents is what Robert Levine does in his just-published  book Free Ride [...]

By Frédéric Filloux | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments (13)

Read, Share and Destroy

April 24, 2011 – 5:36 pm

TweetThe social web’s economics are paradoxical: The more it blossoms, the more it destroys value. In recent months, we’ve seen a flurry of innovative tools for reading and sharing contents. Or, even better, for basing one’s readings on other people’s shared contents. In Web 2.5 parlance, this is called Social Reading. For this, the obvious [...]

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Flipboard: Threat and Opportunity

April 17, 2011 – 6:26 pm

TweetEvery media company should be afraid of Flipboard. The Palo Alto startup epitomizes the best and the worst of the internet. The best is for the user. The worst is for the content providers that feed its stunning expansion without getting a dime in return. According to Kara Swisher ‘s AllThingsD, nine months after launching [...]

By Frédéric Filloux | Posted in design, online publishing | Tagged , , | Comments (67)

RSS Lenin’s Rope

March 13, 2011 – 6:25 pm

TweetAs I write this column, I wonder: Am I slipping into schizophrenia? My right brain is frying, overloaded by a never ending whirlwind of new digital tools, from hardware to internet applications. My left brain, which powers both my current daily job and this Monday Note, is cooler, skeptical. Both sides look on as the [...]

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