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Posts published in January 2012

It Is Time To Stop Pretending To Endorse The Copyright Monopoly | Techdirt

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationThere is a saying in the political discussion in Sweden: “Anything you say before but in a political statement doesn’t count.” We’ve seen a lot of that practice in recent years with increasingly horrendous cultural monopoly…Via www.techdirt.com

Potential Breakthru: Left and right, Congress resists the Stop Online Piracy Act

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationFearing Web censorship, Rep.Darrell Issa tries the open-source alternative…   But some, at least, are coming to the realization that open-source legislation might be the alternative to having legislation foisted upon them by lobbyists.Via www.salon.com

The Fat Trap

Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future In the battle to lose weight, and keep it off, our bodies are fighting against us.   This is a great article that reports on some of the more recent studies on loosing weight. Pretty much all the standard “solutions” are out of touch with the reality that the body will fight hard to…

Your Connected Vehicle Is Arriving – Technology Review

Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future As our cars become networked—to the Internet and to one another—new trends in technology and society will redefine transportation. What’s certain: tomorrow’s automobiles will provide experiences that go well beyond driving.Via www.technologyreview.com

Paul Vixie: DNS Policy is Hop by Hop; DNS Security is End to End

Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation The debate continues as to whether ISPs can effectively filter DNS results in order to protect brand and copyright holders from online infringement.   What were debating now is just whether controlling DNS at the ISP level would work at all and whether the attempt to insert such controls would damage Secure DNS (sometimes called…