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Pervasively Distributed Trademark Enforcement

Sat 18 April 2015 By Andrew McConachie

This post explores similarities between ICANN's Domains Protected Marks List (DPML) process and Pervasively Distributed Copyright Enforcement (PDCE). The DPML operates on trademarks, while PDCE concerns copyright. However, similarities exist in the intentions and consequences of them.

I'll first introduce PDCE with a brief summary. Then I will explain the …
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Framing Network Neutrality for the American Electorate

Wed 28 January 2015 By Andrew McConachie

I originally wrote this paper for a class on conceptual metaphor taught by George Lakoff @ UC Berkeley's department of Linguistics. It borows a notation for metaphors(e.g. Affection Is Warmth), and many common conceptual systems(e.g. Moral Accounting), from Philosophy in the Flesh¹. All errors are mine …
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Affordances of Violence, Cyber Warfare and Neutron Bombs

Mon 21 July 2014 By Andrew McConachie

"[The neutron bomb] is almost the ultimate expression of capitalism and technology. A bomb that destroys people and not property, like it or not, is an admirable feat in the realm of technology. [..] I think it's a perfect expression of where we are in this country right now, in this …
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