Some Thoughts on the Open Web
rssfeeds-admin “The Open Web” means several things to different people, depending on context, but recently discussions...
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Principles for Global Online Meetings
One of the tricker problems for organisations that aspire to be global is scheduling a...
Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Policy
Internet standards bodies like the IETF and W3C are places where experts can come to...
Using AI to Evaluate Internet Standards
One of the reasons I’m writing the Nature of Internet Standards series is to give...
Apple’s Options
As has been widely reported, the government of the United Kingdom has secretly ordered Apple...
Platform Advantages: Not Just Network Effects
Over the past few years, there’s been growing legal and academic interest in platforms —...
On Opting Out of Copyright
The EU AI Act and emerging practice flip copyright’s default opt-in regime to an opt-out...
What RSS Needs
More than twenty years ago, Web feeds were all the rage. Not proprietary news feeds...
Are Internet Standards Competitive or Collaborative?
It’s often assumed that standards work is inherently competitive. After all, the legal reason for...
Openness in Internet Standards: Necessary, but Insufficient
The phrase ‘Open Standards’ is widely used but not well-understood, to the point that the...