http://importance.corante.com/ en-us ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu 2005-07-04T12:30:42-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/04/visions_of_the_future_from_aol_circa_1995.php This is almost unfair. Susan Crawford pulls an admiring profile of AOL from 1995 and basically allows it to make a fool of itself (Someone to Watch Over Me).Case believes that Microsoft and the Internet players are not going to... 6286@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-04T12:30:42-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/04/german_publishers_group_pushing_to_poison_dns.php Constitutional Code brings some disturbing news from Germany (DNS Poisoning Requested From Providers by Rights Organisation).The German rights organisation for composers, lyricist and publishers, GEMA, has asked 42 access providers to poison their DNS servers in order to block sites... 6284@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-04T11:06:23-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/01/froomkin_on_us_announcing_it_will_retain_control_of_dns.php Prof. Michael Froomkin, who has long been one of the leading experts on the mess that is ICANN, points out a significant change in the US government's take on the Domain Name System (US Drops ICANN/DNS Bombshell (on WSIS?)).The US... 6255@http://importance.corante.com/ Internet 2005-07-01T04:26:52-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/24/window_into_a_virtual_world.php 6203@http://importance.corante.com/ Games 2005-06-24T15:57:19-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/22/a_dirge_for_real.php Jeff Louella discusses the rise and decline of Real Networks (The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Company).The application that changed me in so many ways seems to be dying a slow painful death. The company that once revolutionized the... 6166@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-22T08:26:43-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/21/point_and_snap_advertising.php WIRED reports on an interesting technology that is being rolled out for porn, but I think has some potentially interesting marketing possibilities (Porn Stores Turn Into Clip Joints).Vivid Entertainment, one of the leading suppliers of adult entertainment, has licensed a... 6155@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-21T22:25:21-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/13/social_networking_software_not_even_close.php Stowe Boyd has a good post about social networking on Get Real (Social Networking: Broken, Boring, or Offtrack?). I've never really understood the attraction of these things. I joined one, but couldn't really make myself interested in visiting it. As... 6032@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-13T12:27:47-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/12/the_antilockin_list.php 6022@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-12T23:10:36-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/11/doug_engleberts_design_philosophy_still_relevant.php 6012@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-11T21:13:03-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/10/i_believe_the_tools_theyre_out_there.php Earlier this week I responded to Beth Noveck's call for more progressive prescriptions in cyberlaw (In Search Of: A Positive Agenda for the Copyfight). Beth has responded, and expanded and clarified what she meant (Cyber-Progressivist Design).But, the remedy, as I... 6005@http://importance.corante.com/ Internet 2005-06-10T14:29:59-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/09/crawford_on_utah_anticensorship_lawsuit.php After a brief hiatus, Prof. Susan Crawford is back blogging with praise for the complaint in the lawsuit that the Utah ACLU and CDT are bringing against a state censorship law (Step Away From the Censorship Button). Though she thinks... 5992@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-09T23:35:21-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/08/quality_v_connectivity.php A VC argues that connectivity beats quality (Quality vs. Connectivity).... 5966@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-08T19:39:00-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/05/why_xxx_when_icann_continues_tld_scarcity.php ICANNWatch.org has posted a defense of ICANN's approval of the ".xxx" top-level domain (.xxx Approval a Positive Sign). However, I agree with the dissenting comments from Michael Froomkin:I think if we had a world where every reasonable proposal got a... 5915@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-05T22:19:10-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/03/icann_doesnt_censor_governments_do.php Everyone has commented on the initial reports concerning the new ".xxx" top level domain approved by ICANN. For example, see my initial post (ICANN Approves '.xxx' Top Level Domain). However, there is more to learn as the decision is analyzed.... 5902@http://importance.corante.com/ Freedom of Expression 2005-06-03T12:32:01-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/01/icann_approves_xxx_top_level_domain.php The Associated Press reports that ICANN has approved a new top-level domain ".xxx" (Internet Group OKs 'xxx' Web Addresses). Read ICANN's brief announcement here: ICANN Moves Forward in First Phase Commercial & Technical Negotiations with an Additional sTLD Applicant. ICM... 5881@http://importance.corante.com/ Internet 2005-06-01T20:54:06-08:00