Posts for Peter van der Veen

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10
NOV
2011

Bohemia Games aims for positive sampling effect through friendly DRM

In their attempts to discourage pirates, most computer game designers feel the need to engage in quite drastic measures to prevent their work from being copied, or their games from being played by free riders. The downside of these measures, called digital rights management (DRM), is that sometimes legitimate users find themselves restricted in the use of their product and, meanwhile, pirates...
01
NOV
2011

Google Maps to charge heavy users

Companies and individuals that frequently link to Google Maps will soon have to pay for this service. From January 1, 2012 onwards, Google will set a threshold of 25,000 redirects per day. If a site links to Google Maps more than 25,000 times a day, the website operator that uses the service will have to pay about €3,- per 1000 hits. Google intends to use the additional revenues to improve their...
25
OCT
2011

Gartner identifies top 10 strategic technologies for 2012

Analysts examined the latest industry trends during the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, held October 16-20 in Orlando. Gartner, Inc. highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2012. Interestingly, most of the top ten trends will be of direct concern to creative industries and the production, exploitation, consumption and distribution of online...
21
OCT
2011

Supreme Court of Canada: No Liability for Linking

The Supreme Court of Canada issued a fascinating ruling in the case Crookes v. Newton, This case is about the question of liability for linking to allegedly defamatory content. The highest court of Canada decided that, in principle, no liability can be attributed to the person that merely links to unlawful content. Justice Abella wrote: “I would conclude that a hyperlink, by itself, should never...
18
OCT
2011

High level event on the future of EU regulation of online world coming up

As the European Commission considers new rules to achieve its digital agenda targets, the European Competitive Telecommunications Authority (ECTA)'s annual conference will explore how different regulatory approaches and business models have shaped European and global telecoms markets. Between 28 and 30 November 2011, ECTA will convene a meeting in Brussels that might shape the EU regulatory...