Here’s a very interesting article from the Jul 31st 2008 edition of Economist about why it still pays to study medieval English landholding and Sahelian nomadism. Required reading for everybody interested in the creative commons, spectrum policy and so on.
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The recent (10 April 2008) survey in the Economist on The New Nomadism is a must-read.
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Jeg hader, når jeg får noget stillet i udsigt, kun for at blive grueligt skuffet. Det er klart, at det ikke er teknisk ukompliceret at lade passagere få adgang WiFi Internet adgang i DSBs toge. Men det burde kunne lade sig gøre, og når man så fortæller folk, at nu gør man det, så skal det enten virker, eller så må man sørge for at fortælle folk i god tid, at det ikke virker. Ikke først, når man har åbnet sin bærbare og er på vej til at surfe, jvf. foroven.
Men kombination af to monopoler - TDC og DSB - burde vel have advaret mig fra starten om, at jeg ikke kunne forvente det store med hensyn til kundeservice og teknisk kunnen.
Interesting law review article:
Suppose you turn on your laptop while sitting at the kitchen table at home and respond OK to a prompt about accessing a nearby wireless Internet access point owned and operated by a neighbor. What potential liability may ensue from accessing someone else’s wireless access point? How about intercepting wireless connection signals? What about setting up an open or unsecured wireless access point in your house or business? Attorneys can expect to grapple with these issues and other related questions as the popularity of wireless technology continues to increase.
This paper explores several theories of liability involving both the accessing and operating of wireless Internet, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, wiretap laws, as well as trespass to chattels and other areas of common law. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of key policy considerations.
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(Via Schneier on Security.)
Weird sensation: Having a Skype conversation with Nikolaj while he is on a flight from Copenhagen to Chicago.
Open vs. Closed Hardware
By Carlo Longino, Mon Jan 10 20:30:00 GMT 2005
Following Howard Rheingold’s recent manifesto for the future of the mobile Internet, TheFeature reader Robert Horvitz points out an article in The Economist highlighting a struggle between open and closed Wi-Fi products.
I am proud to announce that we at von Haller law firm as probably the first law firm in Denmark and maybe also elsewhere offer our clients and other visitors at our premises wireless Internet access and that the access is made possible by Organic Network where I am an investor and chairman of the board. Check out our location at Organic Network here https://patagonia.organicnetwork.net/location-profile.do?locationId=7.
I am so tired of incumbent Telcos spending tons of money based on monopoly rent on advertising campaigns telling us customers how much they care about us and how they are dedicated to service, when THE FACT is that their service more than often is lousy if not non existing.
Here I am in the international departure lounge of Heathrow having an hour to spend before boarding my plane. In front of me is a big expensive plasma screen telling me that a British Telecom division/subsidiary (whatever) is offering WiFi access to Internet hungry travelers.
Filled with expectation I power up my laptop and start browser and get a screen that ask me to pay 6 GBP (!) for 1 hour of access. I accept, of course. I want to get access.
I go through the long and cumbersome process of setting up a BT OpenZone account, give up a lot of information and finally arrive at where I have to pay with my creditcard. I dutifully fill in all the required numbers. Alas, only to receive an error message “invalid credit card number” after I click on “I accept”. I try three different all valid and international creditcards to no avail. Same error message!
Then I call the BT OpenZone customer service on the mobile phone. The message is: “Oh, there are some problems with international creditcards. We apologize” What then? “You can buy a voucher at a shop in the lounge and use that”. Ok, goodbye and thank you for nothing. I go to the shop and ask for a voucher. “No, Sir, we haven’t had these vouchers for weeks. They are sold out!”
So here I am. I have spent more than half an hour trying to get access without any success. I will have to pay my own mobile company for the call to the BT OpenZone customer service. My batteries on my laptop is down at least 45 minutes. And there will be other frustrated potential customers like me, like there have probably been before me. Because BT OpenZone has bothered to give me or others any information on the sign-up or else where that some of us should not bother spending the time trying to get access. BT OpenZone sucks”
Early start for a Saturday! Breakfast meeting with partners at Organic network Thomas Madsen-Mygdal and Nikolaj Nyhom.
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