Posts by jon_knox
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I think there is a very good metaphor in here.
(And yes I'm aware that IP is one of the things that makes us a special case).
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"carved-up" could just be a family (or perhaps Norn Iron) term for "cut-off". just had a " where does your father do his barnacles" moment.
Chomsky is bleak, may be on autopilot, but writes thoughtfully and without malice. I appreciate that both Fisk & Chomsky have stuck it out, when it would have been easier to get distracted, or to have given-up. Their views don't seem to change, are quite challenging to some particularly powerful groups and hardly seem like rocket-science, all of which contributes to a lack of media interest.
Much better to encourage people to understand what their options are, to consider making a plan of how to deal with certain uncomfortable situations, rather than to bang on about the need for bigger sticks, more prisons and the like.
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So it's not just filesharing that's responsible for the decrease in commercial value of that IP stuff.
How do we legislate agin that?
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I can't help but feel something is broken when we spend more time on attention seeking from Ralston, than Chomsky on autopilot.
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oh yes, NZ. A land where people overwhelmingly still retain the idea that being carved-up in traffic is a personal insult.
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As all of this cost the ISP time and money
Exactly.
Also consider what is the standard of evidence is required in refuting any allegation of infringement? Who sets those standards & reviews them later to ensure that they are being adhered to? Is there a secondary process allowing either party to appeal the outcome of an allegation that was successfully or unsuccessfully refuted?How is all of this funded?
Who should be paying for the pleasure of the scheme? Should it be the parties deriving benefit, or the ISP via their customers?
Why shouldn't ISP's be able to claim that their core business is data provision, not copyright enforcement?
What will happen to the competitiveness of the ISP market? Will the increased amount of administrative overhead drive some of the smaller players out, pushing more punters to the big players, who sensing the protection of the administrative barrier be more able to dictate terms to consumers?
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I just happened to stumble across a new cache of Clarke & Dawe, this time almost up to the minute, rather than archived material.
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if you were designing the system how would you run it?
I gathered a loose collection of my thoughts upthread.
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I happened to listen to an interview with Prof Philip Tetlock a couple of weeks ago, in which he talks about the insights arising from a longitudinal study on the accuracy of political forecasts, which the BBC subsequently archived (= removed).
So instead of snappy 8 minutes of Prof Tetlock that the BBC have hidden, here's a much more in depth look at the insights and the many wrinkles that exist gathered from nearly 2 decades studying the accuracy of political forecasts.
I think the distinction between hedgehogs and foxes is an important one to understand and develop.
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BBC Radio 4 program on the science of disgust. Also explores the political dimension of disgust.