It all comes down to connectivity. End-to-end connectivity. So: Connectivity Technology How about that? By the way, folks may find our brief in the Grokster "P2P Filesharing" case of interest: We ask the Court: Did the Court of Appeals rightly conclude that the doctrine of contributory copyright infringement cannot be used to prohibit the Internet?
http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster/20050301_fsf_nyfu.pdf
We put the same question to the Federal Trade Commission at their recent "P2P Filesharing" workshop:
Last year, we pulled many voices concerned about the Internet together at the Internet Commons Congress:
Seth Johnson New Yorkers for Fair Use Barry Wellman wrote:
I was speaking at a seminar for non-techies at MIT yesterday (not a contradiction, as these were community development folks from across the USofA).
And I found myself saying -- and my PPTs reading -- "Internet" -- but then verbally qualifying by saying, "well I really don't mean the traditional email Internet, but also IM, chat, lists, video, etc." (add your favorite including Usenet and BBS).
What to call it? "Computer mediated communication" is a mouthful, jargony and chews up PPT space. "New media" is too indistinct and PoMo: moreover, is email "new media" any more? We should focus on the affordances of the media and not on the newness.
So what to call it. My first thought at the breakfast table was "e-media", but I am open to other suggestions. I also am putting it on the list, because I am confident that others have had similar dilemmas, and that it would be best if we had a standard word.
Barry _____________________________________________________________________
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