Network Neutrality has, for some time now, been a bit of a hot topic in internet ramblings. The critics of net neutrality would have you believe there’s no need for regulation because there “is no problem.” Proponents warn of tiered internet services and provider control of content over consumers. Will there be a problem? Is there one already? (more…)

“I think there’s one major error by the judge — the jury instructions. It flies in the face of 40 years of case law. … If she were to lose, she would have a great appeal,” he said. “Somehow they sold the judge. Just having the shared files is a copyright infringement.” -Ray Beckerman

The most amazing part is that she was actually found guilty of making the 1700 songs available (on Kazaa) and that it didn’t have to be shown whether or not anyone actually downloaded them.

ABC News Story

OK, don’t get me wrong, here. I have my myspace. I’ve been there since it was cool, but what happened? Why isn’t it cool anymore? Granted, they have a bazillion users, but anyone who’s been there awhile knows that something happened for the worse some time ago. Was it NewsCorp? I don’t think so. I think it was started long before that giant acquisition. Two words: user control. (more…)