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Internet Routing
Egypt, 2011
The Shutdown
Surveillance
In sum...
Hot Spots for Nerdy Librarians
& The Nerds Who Love Them
Latvia Petitions
Borderless Internet
vs.
Bordered nations
Moore's Law
Source: New York Times, Feb 16, 2011
The Internet
The Internet is democratizing and decentralizing
access to communications & information.
1992: $5,000,000
2011: $89
Fight for the Future:
Libraries, Tech Policy, and the Fate of Human Knowledge
2006:
$20,000
2011:
~$2,500
2016:
~$350
26 Ramses Street, Cairo
Disruption
Photo credit:
© 2009 WGBH Educational Foundation
Source: CAIDA, 1998
Information is power.
Cost to run an Internet application
Andrew McLaughlin
2011:
$1,500/month
(Amazon AWS)
2000:
$150,000/month
(Loudcloud)
Source: New York Times, Feb 15, 2011
Platform
Connectivity:
Tumblr, Stanford Law, Access Now, Public Knowledge, Sunlight Foundation, Code for America
#LibTechConf 2012
Macalester College
The Internet is democratizing and decentralizing
power.
Gapminder
http://www.bit.ly/hdc0vS
Rewriting
Iceland's
Constitution
Democratization = disruption
Open Internet:
Data, news, culture, politics:
Passive consumption
Copyright & the Regulation of Creativity:
Active creation
Fight for the Future!
Fight to Win!
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