DNS is a symptom of broken search #sopa

The Domain Name System – which much of the internet is built on – is a system of servers which turn friendly names humans understand (foo.com) into IP addresses which computers understand (111.222.333.444). It is hierarchical and to a large extent centralised. You will be the master of *.foo.com, but you have to buy foo.com […]

Marcus Povey

The Domain Name System – which much of the internet is built on – is a system of servers which turn friendly names humans understand (foo.com) into IP addresses which computers understand (111.222.333.444). It is hierarchical and to a large extent centralised. You will be the master of *.foo.com, but you have to buy foo.com […]

Copyright and the Digital Economy

Yesterday there was a little bit of excitement in the digital rights world caused by an amendment to the Digital Economy bill proposed by a Tory and Liberal peer. The justification of the amendment does make some good points – particularly about bringing any action under the control of the courts rather than just requiring […]

Marcus Povey

Yesterday there was a little bit of excitement in the digital rights world caused by an amendment to the Digital Economy bill proposed by a Tory and Liberal peer. The justification of the amendment does make some good points – particularly about bringing any action under the control of the courts rather than just requiring […]