tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post8055257329627219469..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Mass Media’s Global Monopoly and the Legal Freedom to LieUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-42668419390173237942008-07-17T14:23:00.000-04:002008-07-17T14:23:00.000-04:00I think there are definitely net neutrality concer...I think there are definitely net neutrality concerns. <BR/><BR/>However censorship concerns on sites like myspace, youtube, flickr, livejournal, (even blogspot), are out of place in my opinion.<BR/><BR/>If I want to write or post what I am within my legal bounds of posting (no copyrighted material, no kiddie porn) the ONLY solution is to own your own bandwidth.<BR/><BR/>Now about google. Google is in an interesting position. They indubitably control access to information to the masses and have a social responsibility to ensure that they don't censor it. But what if they do censor the access, like they seem to be doing with Uruknet? Like the original post says, where the hell does that leave us?<BR/><BR/>I don't know.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925668956429842452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-57801082585767826702008-07-17T10:51:00.000-04:002008-07-17T10:51:00.000-04:00here's the link regarding Google and Uruknet. It ...here's the link regarding Google and Uruknet. It is removal of Uruknet from Google News.<BR/><BR/>http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/google-replies-to-uruknet-with-lies/<BR/><BR/>And it looks like Rupert Murdoch's media censorship is escalating to new heights:<BR/><BR/>'Get out of MySpace, bloggers rage at Murdoch'<BR/>"....The 38 million subscribers to MySpace, which News Corp bought for $629m (£355m) last July, discovered that when they wrote to each other about rival video-swapping site YouTube, the words were automatically deleted, and attempts to download video images from YouTube led to blank screens...Mr Murdoch, 74, last week appointed 33-year-old Jeremy Philips to run News Corp's internet strategy and armed him with a $1bn fund to buy more sites..."<BR/><BR/>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/get-out-of-myspace-bloggers-rage-at-murdoch-522013.htmlMyrtle Blackwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427043367624101075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-20334144446568247182008-07-16T10:23:00.000-04:002008-07-16T10:23:00.000-04:00We are seeing more and more attempts to control in...We are seeing more and more attempts to control information on the Internet. There is a new international agreement on enforcement of copyright on the Internet in the works. It sounds scary to me. <BR/><BR/>Among other things, copyright can be used to deny access to information. In a minor example from the science fiction community, an editor who wrote a racist rejection note for a story has claimed that the note is copyright protected and cannot be legally published by the person who got the note. <BR/><BR/>I am swinging over to Dean Baker's position on copyright, though it doesn't work well for non-academic work.Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014586558046317266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-42117655322726963442008-07-15T19:37:00.000-04:002008-07-15T19:37:00.000-04:00My neighbour said that he'd heard that the google ...My neighbour said that he'd heard that the google search engine no longer links to Uruknet. I haven't checked this yet though.<BR/><BR/>I was somewhat taken aback by the lack of information on the Net about Jim Cairns this month. After all, he was the social conscience of the Labor Party in Australia during the 1970s and held key positions of power in Government back then.Myrtle Blackwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427043367624101075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-46000024972061245422008-07-15T16:54:00.000-04:002008-07-15T16:54:00.000-04:00like they aren't working on controlling the intern...like they aren't working on controlling the internet jp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-9857963749023706592008-07-15T11:27:00.000-04:002008-07-15T11:27:00.000-04:00I would be a lot more worried about the monopoliza...I would be a lot more worried about the monopolization of mass media without the existence of the internet. I think the internet is a workable solution to accessing information that the monopolized media doesn't broadcast.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe I'm wrong.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925668956429842452noreply@blogger.com