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WTMI ? Part II. EMR 12 February 10, 2011. 9 Ways to Lose Information. Digital death Political censorship Market collapse Homophily Intellectual property lockdown Ownership convergence Fighting privacy infringement Social censorship The war on terror. U.S. Content Convergence.
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WTMI?Part II EMR 12 February 10, 2011
9Ways to Lose Information • Digital death • Political censorship • Market collapse • Homophily • Intellectual property lockdown • Ownership convergence • Fighting privacy infringement • Social censorship • The war on terror EMR 12
U.S. Content Convergence • Disney • News Corp • Time Warner • Viacom own • all the broadcast networks • 90% of cable networks • 75% of prime time programming • 70% of prime time TV share EMR 12
U.S. Carrier Convergence • 1960s: 1500 cable systems, 1 million subscribers • 1972: 10 cable systems had 40% of market • 1996: 5 cable systems had 2/3 of market • 2010: In most areas, one cable system Cable carriers increasingly control Internet access • 90% of new Internet subscribers sign up for cable rather than telephone access EMR 12
We Have Been Here Before 1883 EMR 12
9Ways to Lose Information • Digital death • Political censorship • Market collapse • Homophily • Intellectual property lockdown • Ownership convergence • Fighting privacy infringement • Social censorship • The war on terror EMR 12
EMR 12 NY Review of Books 10/28/2010
We treat IP addresses as Non-Personal Information • We reserve the right to share Non-Personal Information with affiliates and other third parties. EMR 12
Supreme Court Supports Disclosure “When a Washington voter signs a referendum petition …, he is acting as a legislator. … I do not look forward to a society which … exercises the direct democracy of initiative and referendum hidden from public scrutiny and protected from the accountability of criticism.” “Privacy of association is protected under the First Amendment.” Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
9Ways to Lose Information • Digital death • Political censorship • Market collapse • Homophily • Intellectual property lockdown • Ownership convergence • Fighting privacy infringement • Social censorship • The war on terror EMR 12
8 Ways to Lose Information • Political censorship • Market collapse • Homophily • Intellectual property lockdown • Ownership convergence • Fighting privacy infringement • Social censorship or, “think of the children” EMR 12
Massachusetts G.L. Part IV, Ch. 272, Section 28 • Whoever disseminates to a minor any matter harmful to minors … shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years. • “Matter,” any handwritten or printed material … EMR 12
Massachusetts G.L. Part IV, Ch. 272, Section 28 • Whoever disseminates to a minor any matter harmful to minors … shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years. • “Matter,” any handwritten or printed material … or any electronic communication … created by means of use of the Internet or wireless network … EMR 12
9Ways to Lose Information • Digital death • Political censorship • Market collapse • Homophily • Intellectual property lockdown • Ownership convergence • Fighting privacy infringement • Social censorship • The war on terror EMR 12
“Fix” the Internet? • “We need to re-engineer the Internet to make attribution, geo-location, intelligence analysis and impact assessment — who did it, from where, why and what was the result — more manageable.” – Michael McConnell, former director of intelligence EMR 12
“Fix” the Mails? • “We need to re-engineer the Postal Service to make attribution, geo-location, intelligence analysis and impact assessment — who did it, from where, why and what was the result — more manageable.” EMR 12
Cyber-Armageddon? • The basic idea of the Internet began to form in the early 1960s, and the Internet as we know it today is deeply imbued with the sensibilities and campus politics of that era … it is really the product of now aging hippies … EMR 12
9Ways to Lose Information • Digital death • Political censorship • Market collapse • Homophily • Intellectual property lockdown • Ownership convergence • Fighting privacy infringement • Social censorship • The war on terror EMR 12
Lessons • Information monopolies are always dangerous • Don’t fear information • Education is the only answer EMR 12
Lessons • Information monopolies are always dangerous • Don’t fear information • Education is the only answer EMR 12
Lessons • Information monopolies are always dangerous • Don’t fear information • Education is the only answer EMR 12
Lessons • Information monopolies are always dangerous • Don’t fear information • Education is the only answer EMR 12