“Hey, Pot… It’s the Kettle.”
This news story from last week just about speaks for itself, and little commentary is needed. (And no, it's not a leftover from April 1.) It feels like something that [...]
No Patent Troll Here — Rewarding Innovation Down Under Through Patents
Slashdot's recent discussion of how an Australian research/tech transfer agency enforced its patent rights against 14 of the world's largest tech companies has what everybody should view as a happy [...]
LA City Council Reads ACT’s “Paying for Free” Paper
OK, maybe nobody on the city council actually read Paying for Free, the paper where we describe the security, privacy and sustainability costs of "free" software. Still, on Monday the [...]
The Meaning of Innovation—And What’s Coming Next
It’s a term that’s been thrown around a lot over the past couple of years, at times being more popular than at others. Now seems to be one of those [...]
IDC study confirms importance of national policies for innovation
Back in 2007, ACT worked with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) to write a groundbreaking paper entitled National Policies as Platforms for Innovation: Reconciling a Flat World with [...]
ICANN Goes Independent With New Accountability Mechanisms
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today took a critical step toward achieving real accountability and institutional confidence by agreeing to a new “affirmation of commitments” with [...]