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Apple vs. the Bloggers: How It Unfolded and Where It Stands Now Publish Date: Jun. 13, 2006
When AppleInsider and PowerPage published apparently purloined confidential documents from Cupertino, Apple sued their ISPs to find out who inside the company was leaking. This set into motion a series of court proceedings that helped define the rights of bloggers and privacy for those who use the Internet. Richard Koman reports.
U.S. Patent Reform Bill: An Interview with Mark Webbink Publish Date: Sep. 16, 2005
Richard Koman talks with Mark Webbink, deputy general counsel for intellectual property at Red Hat, about the state of patents, the patents commons idea, and the patent reform legislation working its way through Congress.
Will Congress Ban Municipal WiFi? Publish Date: Aug. 3, 2005
The recently introduced U.S. Senate bill, called the Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act of 2005 , may spell the end for municipal wireless. Among other things, the bill says that when there is a case of competing bids between a private company and local government, preference will be given to the private company. Richard Koman reports on the implications of this bill and what it could mean for consumers long-term.
An Interview with John Markoff Publish Date: Jul. 20, 2005
John Markoff is the author of What the Dormouse Said . In this interview, John expands on the idea he presents in his book that the counterculture shaped the evolution of the computer industry. He touches on all the players here: visionaries like Doug Engelbart and his team at SRI, John McCarthy and the people at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory), activist Fred Moore, and roleplayers like Stewart Brand and Ken Kesey.
An Interview with Ourmedia.org's J.D. Lasica Publish Date: Jul. 15, 2005
The volume of people who are now documenting their lives with digital video, audio, and photography, and sharing them on public media sites like Ourmedia.org is yet another example of the exploding grassroots media movement. Richard Koman interviews J.D. Lasica, cofounder of Ourmedia.org, on what's actually on Ourmedia, how it came to be, how it works, and what it portents for the future of videocasting.
Inside Odeo with Evan Williams Publish Date: Jul. 1, 2005
Now that iTunes 4.9 has cast an even brighter light on podcasting, you might be interested in learning more about Odeo, the podcasting service from Noah Glass and Evan Williams (creator of Blogger.com). Here's an inside look at Odeo, as described by Williams himself.
An Interview with Cory Doctorow Publish Date: Mar. 4, 2005
Cory Doctorow fits the old adage: "Need something done? Ask a busy person." The European Affairs Coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a
co-editor of Boing Boing, and a renowned science fiction
writer, Cory is also on tap to speak at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference . In this interview, Cory talks about his latest book and his work as a science fiction writer.
Remixing Culture: An Interview with Lawrence Lessig Publish Date: Feb. 24, 2005
What do you get when you mix P2P, inexpensive digital input devices, open
source software, easy editing tools, and reasonably affordable bandwidth?
Potentially, you get what Lawrence Lessig calls remix culture. He explains in this extensive interview. The concept of remixing culture is the topic of his keynote as well, at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference (March 14-17 in San Diego).
Stewart Butterfield on Flickr Publish Date: Feb. 4, 2005
Not even a year old and still in beta, Flickr is a revolutionary photo storage, sharing, and organization application boasting roughly 270,000 members. Richard Koman catches Flickr CEO Stewart Butterfield for a few words on what has made Flickr so revolutionary and where it may be headed.
Ernest Miller on What's Wrong with the Induce Act Publish Date: Aug. 20, 2004
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch has sponsored a bill before Congress, called the Induce Act, which would leave people who haven't directly infringed copyright, but who provide tools or support for people who do infringe copyright, to be open to lawsuits for the infringement. Richard Koman sits down with Ernest Miller to discuss what's wrong with the Induce Act and its potentially debilitating impact on technological innovation. The two also discuss a number of technologies that will never get off the ground if Induce is passed.
Free the Orphans: A Look at the Case of Kahle v. Ashcroft Publish Date: May. 6, 2004
Richard Koman examines the suit in Kahle v. Ashcroft, brought by two digital archivists intending to free in-copyright, out-of-print media, known as "orphan works," from oblivion. Richard talks with lead attorney for the case, Chris Sprigman, where he discusses how this case takes an entirely different angle from the recent copyright term extension suit, Eldred .
The Uganda Digital Bookmobile Publish Date: Feb. 26, 2004
Inspired by his experience on the road with the Internet Bookmobile , Richard Koman, along with Brad deGraf, founded Anywhere Books , an organization dedicated to deploying the bookmobile approach in development contexts. In turn, Koman and deGraf partnered with the National Library of Uganda to create the Uganda Digital Bookmobile. Koman writes about his experience in Uganda with this project, which included the set up of scanning stations and a printing system at the National Library in Kampala.
Incredible Movies -- Free! Publish Date: May. 30, 2003
Almost 2,000 ephemeral films (industrial, educational, and advertising) from the early 1900s through the 1960s are available for free on the Net, thanks to film archivist Rick Prelinger.
Geeking in the Third World Publish Date: May. 12, 2003
Geekcorps volunteers work in third world countries helping companies become technically competent IT businesses. Richard Koman interviews Geekcorps founder Ethan Zuckerman.
Spam Busters Publish Date: Apr. 16, 2003
Spam has become a $10 billion problem for American businesses, and liability concerns could push that amount even higher. To help enterprise recipients fight back the rising tide, ActiveState convened a task force of open source spam fighters to address the problem.
