Excellent documentary on direct participation in government through new communication technologies. Can we all govern or is the very notion simply absurd?
"This principle of free carriage of publicly funded content should be included
in the public interest objectives of the NBN company and the company should be
legislatively obliged to devise an effective mechanism for implementing it." The
ABC's submission proposed the federal government establish a list of internet
addresses that the NBN would exempt from download charges for ISPs. The savings
would then be passed on to consumers.
Dumping free, state-sponsored news on the market makes it incredibly difficult
for journalism to flourish on the internet," he said. "Yet it is essential for
the future of independent digital journalism that a fair price can be charged
for news to people who value it."
THE ABC has called on the federal government to pass laws ensuring consumers won't have to pay to access any publicly funded content carried on the planned national broadband network, a measure that would give it a huge advantage over its commercial rivals.
The appeal is much more about the technology and the people than about the
catalogue. 7digital is a really fantastic technology platform. We believe that
as the government is tackling the issue of
The Chinese government is preparing to fight a cyber war, and China is probably already practicing some of the techniques against the U.S. and other countries.