“Metal, Code, Flesh: Why we need a ‘Rights on the Internet’ Declaration” Aljazeera, Feb. 15, 2012. Nicolas Mendoza picks up on Larry’s controversial “bitroots” declaration from Forbes in light of continued protests over copyright extensions, this time in the form of the ACTA treaty. |
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Forbes/Ditko
“The Last Temptation of Steve Ditko,” Forbes, Feb. 14, 2012. Larry goes somewhat off-script in this screed on Broadway’s Spider-Man musical, the tragedy of “work-for-hire” copyright law, and the Randian philosophy or comic book artist Steve Ditko. |
WebProNews/Lifeline
“FCC Lifeline Program: Will the Revamp Solve the Fraud?,” Web Pro News, Feb. 12, 2012. Larry is interviewed on the reform of the Lifeline program and the FCC’s efforts to transform it without authority from Congress into a broadband subsidy. |
US News/Lifeline
“FCC Wants $25 Million for Cell Phone Subsidy Program ‘Fraught with Fraud’,” U.S. News and World Report, Feb. 8, 2012. Larry is quoted at length in this U.S. News story on the FCC’s efforts to reform the Lifeline program, universally regarded as out-of-control and characterized by waste, abuse, and fraud. |
TC/BB
“Larry Downes: Why Best Buy is Going out of Business (Not so Gradually),” TechCrunch TV, Feb. 7, 2012. Andrew Keen and Larry discuss the future of retailing, and what the spread of Larry’s Best Buy articles say about information flow in the digital age.
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Keen/SOPA
“SOPA: Mob Rule or Direct Democracy,” TechCrunch TV, Feb. 6, 2012. Larry speaks with TechCrunch’s Andrew Keen on the fight to stop SOPA, and what it means for the future of Internet activism.
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