October 3, 2002
SJ Mercury: Apple stands firm against entertainment cartel.
Dan Gillmor. I wonder, now that I've published this, whether an upcoming version of the DVD Player will remove this user-friendly feature. Which leads me into some other questions: Can Apple's distinctly pro-customer approach continue in the face of Hollywood's ire and the entertainment industry's clout in Congress?
Clay Shirky: Weblogs and the Mass Amateurization of Publishing.
A lot of people in the weblog world are asking "How can we make money doing this?" The answer is that most of us can't. Weblogs are not a new kind of publishing that requires a new system of financial reward. Instead, weblogs mark a radical break.
Wired News: Fighting Net Censorship Abroad.
Rep. Chris Cox introduced a bill Wednesday that would establish an Office of Global Internet Freedom to foster development of censorship-busting technology for users in countries including China and Saudi Arabia. The bill would allocate $50 million each for 2003 and 2004.
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