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Personalised power cuts and pricey meat: Grey Britain in 2030
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One of the few surviving cows gives its opinion of the Climate Change Act It’s full steam ahead for a low carbon Britain, the UK Committee on Climate Change says in its fourth report [1], published today. The CCC is the Government’s primary advisory panel on cutting CO2 and was established in the 2008 Climate…
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Theft scribe picked for Intellectual Property review
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Five advisers have been appointed to Ian Hargreaves’ review into intellectual property growth, the IPO announced yesterday. Two of the choices may cause consternation among creators’ rights representatives. One is Scottish legal academic James Boyle, founding board member of Creative Commons, and co-author of two rabble-rousing comic books. One portrays Lawrence Lessig as the Statue…
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Wikileaks pay to play? – Cryptome
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Wikileaks has always been a commercial enterprise hiding behind a narcissistic “public interest” PR, says Cryptome operator John Young in a scathing critique of the site. Whistleblower site Cryptome began publishing documents in 1996, incurring the wrath of UK and US governments. The archive endures. Young was invited to be the “public face” of Wikileaks…
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Nyah! Google is the Kevin the Teenager
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“Nyah” For years, Google has been the Stroppy Teenager Kevin when it comes to copyright – full of attitude, and refusing to tidy up the bedroom. But do yesterday’s concessions make any difference? No.…
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Times bullish: no longer throwing money down web toilet
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It’s too early to say whether the Times paywall is a success or not. But it’s done wonders for conferences about newspapers. In place of the usual hand-wringing and Kumbaya pipedreams, we’re getting quite a bit of decent discussion. The Telegraph is next to ask for your dosh – probably with a “metered” model used…