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Aaron Swartz's Work, Computer Crime Law, And "The Internet's Own Boy"

April Glaser | Electronic Frontier Foundation | August 27, 2014

It’s been more than a year since Aaron Swartz’s tragic death, and now Aaron’s life is the subject of a new documentary, The Internet’s Own Boy, directed by Brian Knappenberger. The documentary has received much acclaim and deservedly so...

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Federal Regulators Issue Proposed Rules That Would Kill Open And Equal Internet Access

Steven Rosenfeld | San Diego Free Press | May 17, 2014

The Federal Communication Commission has begun to kill the Internet as most people know it, adopting proposed rules Thursday to create a caste system allowing the giant Internet service providers to segregate users by delivery speeds and ability to pay...

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Industry Voices: In Pursuit of Scientific Hive Mind

David Steinberg | FierceBiotechIT | April 17, 2012

A vocal and active scientific community is clamoring for unrestricted access to scholarly works, a movement known as "open access", while journal publishers largely resist the call...But why is open access important? And even if it becomes a reality, what will we do with all of that information once we get it? Read More »

Is Roz Diane Lasker, MD on Your Radar Screen?

Max Hardy | GovLoop | July 4, 2012

This resource-rich post comes from NCDD member Max Hardy,
 Director of Twyfords
 — a prominent consultancy that works throughout Australia and New Zealand.  Max is co-author of the just-published book The Power of Co: The Smart Leaders’ Guide to Collaborative Governance.  Is Roz on your radar screen? Read More »

Open Source Hardware Came to DC!

Michael Weinberg | Public Knowledge | May 9, 2012

Last month the world of Open Source Hardware descended on Washington as part of OH/DC.  The goal of the event was to begin to introduce policymakers to the Open Source Hardware movement.  Enthusiasts, educators, businesspeople, and academics came together on panels and during demonstrations to explain just what Open Source Hardware is all about. Read More »

TPP Treaty Could be a Serious Threat to US Public Health System

While trade agreements may seem to be another, albeit international species of wonkery, these agreements could have major effects on patients' and the public's health.  Since these concerns have been essentially ignored by the US medical and health care literature, (although they have appeared in UK journals, Australian, and New Zealand journals in English), they I will discuss them below. Worthy of further discussion is the possibility that these potential threats to health care and public health may arise not just from ideological disagreements, but also from health care corporations' increasing capture of government, facilitated by the conflicts of interest generated by the revolving door. Read More »

Will Trump Administration Back Rules Treating Health Insurance as a Utility, Not Luxury?

Howard Green | LinkedIn | June 18, 2016

On June 14, 2016 a Federal Court ruled that broadband internet is as essential to American as phones, electricity, water and sewer systems and should be available to all Americans as a utility, rather than a luxury that doesn’t need close government supervision. In the United States, public utilities are often natural monopolies because the infrastructure required producing and delivering a product such as electricity or water is very expensive to build and maintain. As a result, they are often government monopolies, or if privately owned, the sectors are specially regulated by a public utilities commission which severely limits the profits for the private utility company and the associated costs passed on to consumers of that utility...

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