Archive for November, 2009
Week 12 – The Future(s) of Internet Communications
NOTES
Kevin Kelly Web 3.0
Embodied – mobile web/iphones is it a trend?
Restructured Data – linking ideas together
Co-dependency – I Web therefor I am?
RFID chips are reprogrammable, is there possible an issue with privacy?
Google Wave
conversation = content
Is Google Wave just another version of a messageboard?
Google Social Search allows real time searching with SNS
Author: Cynthia Verspaget
Date: Friday, November 13, 2009 9:59:15 AM WST
Subject: Official Thread: Activity discussionFor this weeks activity you are asked the following:
This final week has given you some ideas about future directions the
web might take. Pick one, or more, of these predicted changes and
think about how your experience of life online might be different in
five years time. And what will Google (and its competitors) have to
say about you at that time?
A few years ago while doing a Microsoft Course we were discussing IPv4 and the future of IPv6, how these new IP address would change how the whole world works. The discussion was how buildings will soon be built with each light, soap dispenser, toilet roll holder etc having its own unique IP address. Most likely using a RFID tag or a sensor of some kind on each item within the whole building. The amazing thing that will happen is if with server tools set correctly to alert when certain network traffic occurs a person will know instantly if a light globe has burnt out, no soap or no toilet rolls. The exact location and problem will be known most likely before the incident has occurred.
That’s 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 rolls of toilet paper.
Author: Cynthia Verspaget
Date: Friday, November 13, 2009 10:03:20 AM WST
Subject: Official Thread: Reflection on IdentityIn this thread, we would like you to reflect upon where your identity fits into the web
– as you have experienced beginning the construction of a web presence how do you think this works as a platform to anchor your identity online?Will you keep your web presence once
the unit is over? How useful is the
concept of web presence in understanding the emerging social web? Reflect upon these things with your experiences of your on line presence construction in mind…
Initially while throwing around ideas about my web presence I was thinking of removing it after the course was done, however, I found a topic I was willing to share with the world so I decided that once all said and done I will keep it going. A few changes like removing the exegesis, but the essence would stay.
Week 11 – Social Me(dia) Rivers
Author: Sky Croeser
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009 6:36:55 PM WST
Subject: Official Thread: FriendfeedSign up for a Friendfeed account and aggregate the RSS feeds from the Twitter and delicious accounts you’ve signed up for during the unit; also add in the RSS feeds from any other services you have accounts with. Now that a look at the resulting ‘feed’ that results. If you can, post your Friendfeed details on the discussion board and take a look at each others’.
* How does that feed represent you or your interests? (And how would that work if you have more posts using the individual services?)
* What sense of other people do you get from their feeds?
http://friendfeed.com/sabres21
This is rather interesting to see what comes together when you add all sites into one. I would say that friendfeed is what Web2.0 is all about. Its a one stop shop for social networking.
- content seperate from form
- RSS
- user participation
- ability to have connections with friends.
I do not think I would use this site, however, I can see the appeal of having all info in one spot.
Author: Sean PryorDate: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 4:51:15 PM WST
Subject: RE: Official Thread: Readings
I agree that it is sometimes difficult to see the importance of twitter. I have found it to be incredibly useful as a study tool as I follow many social media and web 2.0 people. But I also have made some personal connections with people that have similar interests.
Author: Sky Croeser
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009 6:38:57 PM WST
Subject: Official Thread: ReadingsTama Leaver (2007) ‘It’s a Small World After All: From Wired’s Minifesto to the Twitterati’
* Is small still ‘the new black’? If so, why? If not, what’s the newest fashion online?
* What are the implications of the shift to packaging online information in smaller sizes, both for us as consumers of that media and as producers? How does it change the kind of information we put online?
* Do you agree with Lawley’s answer to claims that tweets can be important?
Is small still ‘the new black’? If so, why? If not, what’s the newest fashion online?
I cannot help but think that Twitter is popular currently because you are able to use phones; it’s a mobile service which makes it easy and trendy.
What are the implications of the shift to packaging online information in smaller sizes, both for us as consumers of that media and as producers? How does it change the kind of information we put online?
The messages are much straighter to the point; however, I still feel that these micro messages are nothing more than spam if from a business or self serving exhibitionism if from a person. Like the Twitter In Real Life video I cannot help but think ‘who cares’.
Do you agree with Lawley’s answer to claims that tweets can be important?
I am sure as Lawleys says tweets are important to some people, a simple way to keep in touch with daily activities. For me I prefer a more traditional way of finding out what family and friends are up to by using the phone or email.
Week 10 Board Discussions Pt 3
Author: Gwyneth Peaty
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009 1:25:19 PM WST
Subject: Reading: Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreckdanah boyd’s article raises a number of
interesting points regarding our perceptions of privacy and the
arrangement of personal information online. This is a timely reading,
as those of you with facebook will have noticed that the ‘news feed’
feature has been changed yet again. As always, a few questions to start us
off:- Inadvertent
exposure: boyd addresses how personal relationships are transformed
into quantifiable data online. How do you feel when your daily
interactions, likes and dislikes are presented back to you as a
public ‘news feed’ or list of actions?For those of you who use facebook, have you felt exposed as a result of
the changes in format? Do you think twice, knowing that performing an
action will produce data that is visible to all of your ‘Friends’?Information invasion: boyd comments that “the stream of social information
gives people a fake sense of intimacy with others that they do not
really know that well. If this is true, it could be emotionally
devastating” (p17). Does the constant updating of your facebook
Friends make you feel closer to them? Is this an asymmetrical
relationship? Is it so different from ‘following’ a celebrity on Twitter?
I have no concerns about what I post on Facebook being visible to all, my likes and dislikes being part of the news feed is part of what Facebook is about, for me my only concern is what I post, I am not doing anything that my friends do not already know about me. If I was worried about how things that I am doing are going to look to others, I would not use Facebook.
Week 10 Board Discussions Pt 2
Author: Gwyneth Peaty
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009 1:19:09 PM WST
Subject: ‘Ego Surfing’ – How deep is your digital shadow?
This week Tama asked you to go ‘ego surfing’ using google, Blindsearch and Spezify.
- How did you go? Were you comfortable with the results, did you find information or images that surprised you?
- How were the search engines different? How might the presentation of information alter its impact or meaning?
- Would you be comfortable with an employer or employee searching for you? What about your family members?
- If you did not find much information on yourself, are you happy about this? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having little or no digital shadow?
Doing a quick Google search resulted in my first entry at number 20, and it is my Net11 Blog. I am not surprised this is my only entry since I am very careful what I post online. Back in 1997 I started building websites, I am still self-employed and continue to build sites and do SEO fulltime. Even back then when I knew that I would make a living from being online I was very careful what I would put online, everything I did was in my company name which I used as a brand, my personal name was never mentioned. So the lack of Google results is good for me, what I have hoped to achieve from the get go.
Assignment 4 for this course has given me some cause for concern since we have to create a Web Presence, something I have been trying to avoid for a long time. It took awhile for me to come up with a presence that I would have no issue with sharing with the world.
As far as wanting people to search for me, hopefully the only thing they see are the positive aspects of me and my company. I have nothing to hide I just choose not be out there.
Author: Gwyneth Peaty
Date: Monday, November 9, 2009 2:47:54 PM WST
Subject: RE: ‘Ego Surfing’ – How deep is your digital shadow?Was it your experience with the technical side of things that caused you to be cautious in the early days? Do you remember online privacy being an important issue in the late nineties?
The technical side of the Web was never really an issue with privacy, I would say that the only reason I was especially private was to protect how I was building sites, developing networks and other SEO techniques.
Week 10 Board Discussions
Author: Gwyneth Peaty
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009 1:52:47 PM WST
Subject: “We Googled you”: Should Fred hire Mimi?<!–
In
this reading, danah boyd addresses the question of online reputation
and the passage of time. What does it mean that, instead of writing feverishly in their diaries, teenagers today are publishing their opinions and allegiances for all the world to see? What happens on the internet, stays on the internet. Can, and should, this information be considered by future employers? boyd states that “my generation isn’t as afraid of public opinion as his was. We face it head-on and know how to manage it. We digitally document every love story and teen drama imaginable and then go on to put out content that creates a really nuanced public persona.” Do you agree? Is boyd overemphasising the extent to which young people can design their online image?Feel free to bring up any points you found interesting on the topic.
I have no issue with a company doing some Google research on a potential employee. If I am after a new product of service, I do research online before I pick up the phone, so it makes sense that part of the job application procedure is for the employer to research online.
With today’s borders being almost nonexistent with business and communication it would be wise to check on an employee’s past. Imagine employing someone who has a heavy past in protesting to free Tibet, and the job involves being a trade negotiator with China. Wouldn’t you want to know that before you employee someone. Whatever you post online you have to be aware of possible future implications.
Author: Michael Nycyk
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009 11:35:12 AM WST
Subject: RE: “We Googled you”: Should Fred hire Mimi?But what about say material that has been archived on the internet or still exists from a decade ago? Do we assume the person is still like they were? Your example is excellent re well if you protest for Tibet of course it is not wise to employ them as a Chinese trade negotiator. Bit like hiring a death metal fan for the position of the head of the Catholic Church. There are obvious exceptions but again a fuller picture of the digital shadow and footprints and not just assuming X did Y in 2009 so we can’t hire them seems sensible. Funny how this hiring issue has only come to the fore as a debate in the last year. What has changed now? Or are hirers simply lazy or busy and fall on Google as an absolute thing to determine your finanical status in society? Google Image Bad = no hire but in turn = company taxes paying for your Newstart while they try to find the perfect person who has never sinned. Good luck employers.
I’m starting to come around to Tama’s arguement to craft an online presence but there is stuff from the past on there for many so surely some degree of flexiblity should be kept in mind when researching?
Photos of someone New Years Eve with a beer in both hands, big deal, it is a party, we have all been there and most likely will again, As an employer I would have no issue with this, its recreational, it shows that the person has a life, they are able to socialise. On the other hand a page from 10 years ago of a teenager talking about guns and how much they hate the world, that would make me think. There are degrees and I would say each case is unique and it comes down to the employers personal views.
I don’t know about you but the next pope being a death metal fan would be funny. You know there would be some great masups from that.
Author: Michael Nycyk
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009 12:05:09 PM WST
Subject: RE: “We Googled you”: Should Fred hire Mimi?LOL Ben yes I’m all for the next Pope being a death metal fan.
Agree with you assertions. At least you are knowing the boundaries of what is posted of your potential employees. Just some, from the debate in the mass media, jump up and down and say they want some perfect employee. Who is going to give up using the internet based on being scared of future employment prospects?
I do not think anyone should stop using the Internet because of the future, having said that maybe a course at High School on Internet Footprints and Digital Shadows would be a beneficial part of someone’s education.
Author: Michael Nycyk
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009 1:19:09 PM WST
Subject: RE: “We Googled you”: Should Fred hire Mimi?In 1999 I studied under Carmen Luke, a major American Education Academic, at the University of Queensland, and back then she argued for digital literacy lessons and ethics to be taught. I do not want to suggest more burdens on teachers and the education system to teach yet another life skill, but a bit more than the US Leader, much like Nancy Regan’s Just Say No Farce with Sex Education, saying don’t post bad stuff on Facebook is needed.
I was fortunate enough to go to a high end secondary college, one thing I remember the school drilling into us even back in the late 80′s was be careful of public perception, what you do now will reflect later in life. That was a valuable life lesson.
NOTES
Unlike Internet Footprint whihc is what you post about yourself a Digital Shadow is what others post about you.
You cant control what others write about you online, that does kind of worry me since the control is not in my hands.
Week 9 Board Discussions Pt3
Author: Sky Croeser
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:01:18 PM WST
Subject: Official ‘Introduction – Your Internet Footprint’ ThreadThis part of the unit encourages you to think about how the online medium affects our communication with others. It will also encourage you think more deeply about how we present ourselves online, and the ways in which information about us accumulates online.
There are plenty of issues that could come out of the lecture, and the topic more generally. Here are a few to start you off, but don’t feel like you have to answer them all. Answer whichever questions are interesting to you, and feel free to raise other issues and ask other questions:
* How important is ‘netiquette’ in our presentation of self online? Why do you think this?
* What does your own Internet footprint look like at the moment?
* Did you try out the MIT personas installation? Were you surprised by the results? What does this tell you about the efficacy of data-mining?
* Do you think carefully about what identity you want to present
online?
* Do you use an avatar online? If you do, why did you pick that avatar?
* Do you agree that the presentation of identity has become technologised? What effects do you think this is having on us as individuals and as a society (or societies)?
* Are there cues or keys that you consistently look for in dealing with people online. What are they? Why are they important? Why are they important online?
* Do you agree that social media is a fundamental shift in how we communicate?
* How actively do you ‘read’ others’ profiles online? Do you look for clues as to who other Internet users are in their online content?
Netiquette is very important, the number of times you get an email and its all caps, you just know that the person behind the text does not care. It is very impolite not to exercise netiquette and I believe it can tell you about a person just by their type. Just like in real life you are rude, abuse and yell you will not get very far, whereas if you are polite and show respect you will get a lot more out of people.
Currently I do not have much of an Internet footprint; I use Facebook and was using MySpace for wahile before leaving that. I just did a quick Google search and found my Net11 Blog and my Facebook page, that’s about it. On the other hand my company name has 100’s of listings in Google. (what I am after, so thats good)
I did try the MIT personas installation, took quite awhile, I cannot say I was suppressed by the results, it knows me so well with the large percentage in fashion. From this data-mining has a long way to go and I am sure that the algorithm behind the script would require a great deal of tweaking.
I am very careful of what I post online or send in an email. With my use of social networking sites I have to be aware of what I post online, since I run an online business I do not want to get involved in a colliding network.
I have never used an avatar, however, I do use a nickname for MSN and ICQ, strangely after meeting some people after communicating online with instant messaging they still call me by my nickname.
Week 9 Board Discussions Pt2
Author: Sky Croeser
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:30:21 PM WST
Subject: Official Reading Thread: Döring, ‘Personal home pages on the Web’This reading was a review of the literature on personal home pages, and one of its main arguments was that we need to expand our concept of a home page. There are a few questions below to kick off
discussion. You don’t need to answer them all: just pick those that are most interesting to you, and
feel free to raise other issues and ask new questions:* Has our notion of a ‘personal home page’ changed since this article was written? Personally, my impression is that fewer people have stand-alone home pages these days, and more have a web of connected pages (mostly on different SNSs). Do you agree? How would you define a ‘personal home page’, and how important do you think they are today?
* Are Döring’s recommendations on how to find/sample personal homepages still relevant (web directories, web rings, link lists)?
* Do you have a homepage? what is it for?
* What do you think of Döring’s argument that: “No other medium seems more exactly suited than the personal home page to fulfilling the present-day demands of identity work on the charged field of differentiation on the one hand and construction of coherence and meaning on the other [...] Personal home page construction promotes the systematic answering of the identity-critical “Who am I?” question and supports the internalization of the individual answers.”
* One study cited by Döring found that users often use their home page as a way to store useful links, and refer to it often. Who is the ‘audience’ for home pages? Are home pages more useful to their creators than others?
* How relevant are the findings of this essay today? What did you find most useful? What do you think needs updating?
* Döring argues that “a collage-like process of publication is to be read as meaningful self-construction in the opinion of postmodern identity theorists”. How much are our current online identities dependent on the repurposing of other online content?
* Döring notes that gender representations are reproduced in online colour schemes chosen for personal home pages, among other factors. How important is gender in our representation of our selves online? Is this changing?
* Do you agree with Döring’s division of homepages into ‘instrumental’ and ‘expressive’ categories? What are the differences between each?
* Do you agree with Döring that we need to expand our definition of what counts as a personal home page and recognise that “explicit self-presentation is not the only and quite often not even the most important personal home page function”As well as issues raised by this reading specifically, there are some
issues that you may want to reflect on in relation to all of the
readings. These include:* Research methodology: was the study concerned conducted in such a way
that you have faith in its results? Can you see any ways in which the
results might have been biased? Was the research carried out in an
ethical way?* Did you agree with the interpretation of the study’s results?
* Is the study still relevant today? Are there aspects of it that need to be updated?
This was a very interesting paper, at times a time warp. I remember late 90’s everyone was creating a website on Geocities or their ISP’s server. It was a big selling point back in dialup days of getting 5M web hosting. I cannot say that I have seen personal websites today like those back in the late 90’s, nevertheless, if I was to guess at what those sites had evolved into I would, Blogs, Myspace and other social networking sites.
I do not recall seeing a webring around for a very long time, webrings were useful in circling the surfers around. When I used to go looking for personal pages I would head to the ISP and browse through their link list of users and their websites. It was often a good way to waste a few hours.
I do not currently have a personal website, I have a company one that I run. I do remember that one that I made late 90’s and hosted on Chariot Internet, it was just some links to my favourite sites, pictures and a lot of animated gifs. That does make me wonder if I made the website for myself or for others, most likely a mixture. A nice place to safely store my links (since Windows 95 was not known for stability) and favourite images, also a place I can show friends to in a way ‘show off’ my computer skills.
I found this paper hard to read, a lot of information gets lost in all the numbers and referencing.
Author: Sky Croeser
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:35:12 PM WST
Subject: RE: Official Reading Thread: Döring, ‘Personal home pages on the Web’If you’re having trouble getting through a reading, it can sometimes be helpful to read the introduction and conclusion first and then go back to the body of the text. Of course, some articles are just more difficult reading than others than others.
Returning to our discussions about Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0, do you think that the shift away from the older style of webpages signals a fundamental shift in how the Internet works, or is it just a cosmetic change?
I think there is a shift to some degree, I am seeing that more and more people want to be able to manage their own websites. Content Management Systems are all the rage for that. For example I have a client who gets me to install WordPress and he syndicates over many sites to generate sales and most importantly SE results.
On the other hand today I got a new client who wanted a traditional 5 page static website, therefore, I would say the Web is shifting towards a participatory environment but tradition still plays a role.
Week 9 Board Discussions
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:08:36 PM WST
Subject: Official Reading Thread: DiMicco and Millen, ‘Identity Management’This study looked at how users of SNSs, and Facebook in particular, manage their presentation of identity in a (potentially) professional setting. There are a few questions below to kick off discussion, but feel free to raise other issues and ask new questions:
* What did you think of the three clusters identified: “Reliving the College Days,” “Dressed to Impress,” and “Living in the Business World” (p.2)? Do you think this is applicable to most users you see on Facebook? Does it fit your own experience?
* Do you think SNSs like FB can be effectively incorporated into working life?
* Do you agree with the authors’ recommendations for how to handle the challenges of managing the use of a single site for both professional and non-professional identities?As well as issues raised by this reading specifically, there are some
issues that you may want to reflect on in relation to all of the
readings. These include:* Research methodology: was the study concerned conducted in such a way
that you have faith in its results? Can you see any ways in which the
results might have been biased? Was the research carried out in an
ethical way?* Did you agree with the interpretation of the study’s results?
* Is the study still relevant today? Are there aspects of it that need to be updated?
Whilst reading this article I could easily see myself in one of the groups discussed. I use Facebook daily to keep in touch with family, friends and some people I work with. I do not spend a lot of time joining groups, making networks. However, from my experience on FB I can defiantly see certain groups that are very much based around age and location.
I think that there defiantly is a group on FB that is playing the voyeur, adding friends who they have not seen many years, just to get a look at what they are like now.
I am sure that FB can be used in a working environment, if a company can use hammocks, pool tables, beanbags, massage chairs and guitar hero and still be successful I am sure FB can work as well.
I found it interesting that there are some people who really do not care what they do or leave behind for others to see online. On the other hand there are people who are very aware they might cause issues with their footprint and start to delete any information they do not want to share.
Author: Sky Croeser
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009 5:20:47 PM WST
Subject: RE: Official Reading Thread: DiMicco and Millen, ‘Identity Management’Do you think that there are some people whose lives really won’t change no matter what information is online about them?
I am sure there are those out there who do not care what they digital footprint is, the worse the information the better, it is a badge of honor to some.
NOTES
What you do and leave behind in blogs, SNS etc is called an Internet Footprint, therefore, whatever you do online has the potential to become public. You have to be aware that whatever you post, someone you do not want to see may be able to see it. A colliding network may occur.
Week 8 Excersie
This week we used Flickr and the creative commons license to create something new.
So here it is….
NOTES
Folksonomies – created collaboratively
Taxonomies – created by an authority
Del-ici0-us is a Web2.0 folskonomy
Memes and Mashups, an issue with ownership and copyright may occur.
Flickr have a great search for Creative Commons inmages, different levels of CC.
- Attribution means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work – and derivative works based upon it – but only if they give you credit. - Noncommercial means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work – and derivative works based upon it – but for noncommercial purposes only. - No Derivative Works means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it. - Share Alike means:
You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.
Week 8 Board Discussions
Author: Gwyneth Peaty
Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:09:34 PM WST
Subject: Official Thread: Readings, Tagging and FolksonomiesWelcome to Topic 2.4: Content Sharing. Here are a few questions to start us off:After reading the articles, what do you understand to be the characteristics of a folksonomy?
What do you consider to be the benefits and limitations of using tags to organise information?
Weinberger states that traditional taxonomies put together by experts are “necessarily infested with personal, class, and cultural biases.” Do you believe folksonomies offer a way of organising information that is free of these biases?
In his discussion of ‘desire lines,’ Mathes argues that “the most important strength of a folksonomy is that it directly reflects the vocabulary of users.” Do you think the tagging system is most useful to those users who share similar ways of understanding and classifying information?
As always, please feel free to discuss and/or critique anything that catches your interest in the articles, lecture and course materials.
I found to begin with this subject confusing, not being 100% sure about the meaning of the words taxonomy and folksonomy. However, the Mathes reading was very helpful in clarifying the terms for me. Having the words related to real life examples that I have used such as Delicious and Flickr made it a lot easy to come to my own conclusions.
Previously I had heard of taxonomy with relation to Bloom’s Taxonomy, which is heavily used in education, a hierarchy of questions asked to students when beginning to learn something new.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
With my limited knowledge currently, a folksonomy to me is basically where users add keywords to images, movies, links etc. These keywords or tags are searchable and offer a more diverse categorisation system. One benefit to this style of organising information with tags is that you may be able to find keywords that you never knew about for that search. Related keywords can be very handy in finding alternate information. On the other handy a problem can arise with anyone adding irrelevant tags, polluting the results.
I think that one of the great concepts of a folksonomy is that it can be used to educate. For example, say I was to go to Delicious and do a search for tags, not really knowing what they are. The third link I get when I search is a Clay Shirky article. Looking at the other tags I would soon realise that other related words include folksonomy, metadata and others. Therefore, using a folksonomy is a good way to educate yourself on differing keywords.
Author: Gwyneth Peaty
Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:05:54 PM WST
Subject: Official Thread: Copyright, Mashups and Memes
Having a good understanding of copyright laws and the Creative Commons will be very important as you put together your Web Presence. This work is not only an assignment, but an online creation visible to everyone and therefore subject to copyright laws. Make sure you pay close attention to the course material on this topic!
A few questions:
After reading the material and watching the videos this week, what is your opinion of copyright as it is used in relation to creative works? Is it reasonable to control access to this material? Who seeks this kind of control and for what reason?
How do you view the mashup genre in relation to copyright?
(There are many examples of non-digital ‘mashups’ that you can find. A contemporary example is Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009), which you may have seen in shops recently.)
Did you recognize any of the internet memes listed? What might the spread and mutation of these memes suggest about online communities?
There is a lot of talk about the negative side such as content theft and breaking copyright. However, a progressive business would look at mashups and see it as an opportunity. Allowing anyone access to their content may uncover the next big writer, director or musician, you never know what is out there.
Author: Sky Croeser
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009 5:05:47 PM WST
Subject: RE: Official Thread: Copyright, Mashups and MemesOn your first point: do you think that there’s any point having laws if they can’t be enforced? And, on a related point, do you think it’s possible to develop enforceable copyright law for the digital age?
There is most defiantly a point to having laws, however, the main problem is and always will be the enforcement of the law. I would hope that there is a way to get these laws enforced and one idea may be to target the hosting companies. They could also apply a confiscation law where the domain name is taken down.
