Not a series of tubes:
Technology policy, innovation, and the future of
free speech
Rachel Bridgewater, Washington State University Vancouver
Online Northwest 2007, February 16, Corvallis, Oregon
Even as we struggle to understand what emerging technologies like blogs,
podcasting, social networking, and Google's many projects mean for the
services we provide, lawmakers are busy debating laws that could have major
repercussions for users of these services. This means that in addition to
brushing up on our "web 2.0", we also must grapple with a whole new set of
acronyms and buzzwords - DOPA, DRM, Net Neutrality, the Broadcast Flag.
This session will examine current hot topics in technology policy using
plain language, paying special attention to the implications for innovation
and free speech.
Slides (big pdf)
Further reading