Hunter and Associates: Stories We Noticed 2007-08-03

Posted on August 3, 2007
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Game Over: The U.S. is unlikely to ever regain its broadband leadership.

Robert Cringely:

“It is very doubtful, almost impossible, that we’ll catch up to those countries ahead of us in broadband penetration. They are too far ahead and our native demand is simply less because our Internet economies are developing more slowly. Absent some miracle, the game is already over.”

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FCC Commissioner: US playing “Russian roulette with broadband and Internet”

Nate Anderson, Ars Technica:

“When the Internet first exploded onto the scene, people hailed it as a revolutionary communications tool that would allow for the creation of a truly democratic media in which anyone with a message could get the word out to others. Now, Copps notes that most connections to the Internet are controlled by massive corporations who seem eager to prevent any neutrality safeguards from being placed on the networks they manage.”

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Openness, network effects, and competition in social networks

Ross Dawson:

“However it’s possible that the landscape will now evolve far more rapidly, as the shift to openness accelerates. Facebook now has a choice of locking down, as MySpace has done on a number of scores, or going with the broader trend and opening out. Either way, more open players such as Plaxo will be in a good situation.”

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Professional bloggers could get journalist shield

Nate Anderson, Ars Technica:

“A bill that would shield journalists (including bloggers) from revealing their sources today cleared the House Judiciary Committee. The Free Flow of Information Act protects journalistic sources generally, but does include several exceptions regarding terrorism, national security, imminent death, and trade secret leaks.

“The modified bill that passed the committee today included a provision that limits its protections to those who make ‘financial gain or livelihood’ from their journalism.”

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The Trajectory of Ideas in the MediaSphere

Tom Foremski:

“There are several posts recently which seem to have resurfaced. One is my classic: Die! Press Release! Die! Die! Die! A late night rant about putting links into press releases, which is now revolutionizing the PR industry, believe it or not(!) leading to what is also known as the ’social media release.’”

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