Comments on Ascent of Media
Privacy
Who should own personal data on web sites such as addresses, birthdays, photographs ? At present if posted on a social networking site it is there forever.
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Net Neutrality
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Should all content providers be allowed the same access to the internet and be asked to pay the same price for bandwidth?
 Columbia University professor Tim Wu has warned of the dangers of not protecting net neutrality |
Copyright
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Digital files are exact replicas of the original - in effect "clones". In the analogue world making copies cost money and often lost quality. In the digital environment we need a new legal regime to protect copyright.
James Murdoch has become a staunch campaigner for the importance of copyright. As an example his speech reported by the Stationer's Company in Novermber 2010 |
Paywalls
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Is it possible to charge for content on the web?  Alan Rusbridger, Editor of The Guardian, argues that paywalls will not work for web sites offering news .... |
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