Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

ZDNet: Hackers Making Napster “Irrelevant”. “We don’t need Napster anymore,” said Siva Vaidhyanathan, a professor of culture and communication at New York University, during the panel discussion. “There is enough other file sharing systems out there to make it irrelevant.” … Continue reading →

I’m in Tokyo for couple of days following the ICANN meeting, and thinking about what happened. Most of the news was positive. But I came away from the event with some questions. More in my special Monday column. Comments

I’m back in Yokohama today at the Internet Society’s annual conference, INET 2000. The meeting is taking place in a country that is way ahead in some ways and behind in others. Nowhere is the Web-enable wireless action more frenetic … Continue reading →

Starting this week, my regular newspaper column will appear each Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. Stay tuned… Comments

At the ICANN meeting: Today is for public commentary on various proposals, by-laws amendments and other topics. The discussion has been fierce. Reminder: You can follow the meeting yourself — live, if you wish — by visiting the remote participation … Continue reading →

(Sorry for the delay in posting this. Technical troubles…) At the ICANN meeting in in Yokohama, the board has voted to create new top level domains. More in this report. But the voting raises a question: Whose Internet will it … Continue reading →

The ICANN meeting in Yokohama, Japan, is intensely political. That befits an event that will help determine the future of the Internet, as I explain in my Friday column. It’s also turning into a classic bureaucracy. The group shown meeting … Continue reading →

At the ICANN meeting: Today is for public commentary on various proposals, by-laws amendments and other topics. The discussion has been fierce. Reminder: You can follow the meeting yourself — live, if you wish — by visiting the remote participation … Continue reading →

I’m heading to Japan today, and won’t be updating this eJournal until tomorrow at the earliest. On the immediate agenda is the Yokohama ICANN meeting, which may be fairly pivotal. Several vital issues are on the agenda, including new top-level … Continue reading →

The ICANN meeting in Yokohama, Japan, is intensely political. That befits an event that will help determine the future of the Internet, as I explain in my Friday column. It’s also turning into a classic bureaucracy. The group shown meeting … Continue reading →