John Walker (programmer): Difference between revisions

 

One particularly noteworthy article was titled '''The Digital Imprimatur: How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in the bottle''', an article about [[Internet censorship]] written in 2003 . It was published in the magazine ''Knowledge, Technology & Policy''.<ref name=DI>John Walker (2003), [http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/ "The Digital Imprimatur: How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in the bottle"], ''Knowledge, Technology & Policy'', Volume 16, Issue 3 (Fall 2003), Springer, pages 24-77, {{ISSN |0897-1986}} (print), {{ISSN |1874-6314}} (online), {{Doi | 10.1007/s12130-003-1032-6}}. Retrieved 11 August 2014.</ref> In the article, Walker argues that there is increasing pressure limiting the ability for Internet users to voice their ideas, as well as predicting further Internet censorship. Walker claims that the most likely candidate to usher what he calls "the digital [[imprimatur]]" is [[digital rights management]], or DRM.<ref name=DI /><ref>[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2004/04/digital-imprimatur-nutshell "Digital Imprimatur in a Nutshell"], Donna Wentworth and Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved 7 April 2004.</ref><ref name=Milberry-2008>[http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=17 "The digital imprimatur and the right to read"], M. Kathleen Milberry, Geeks & Global Justice, 23 April 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2014.</ref>

 

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