[Guest post from OPLIN’s intern, Eric Vescelius] On December 14th, 2017 the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality laws introduced by the Obama…
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OPLIN 4Cast #570: Shifting out of neutral: is this the end of the open web?
Posted in net neutrality
You might have heard? Net Neutrality seems doomed. The FCC is taking a lot of heat for that and related actions. Even though the OPLIN…
4cast #76: Digitization, Experimentation, Comcast, Fines
Posted in Add new tag, digitization, Google Shared Storage, Library 2.0, library fines, neoK12, net neutrality, and OperaUnite
This week’s 4cast: 1. Your Scanners Are Not Welcome Here Several influential research libraries have spurned offers to join Google and Microsoft’s mass digitization projects.…
OPLIN 4cast #71
Posted in blogs, Library 2.0, LibraryThing, net neutrality, OffiSync, and Second Life
This week’s 4cast: 1. Google Book Search: Been Pretty Busy Google Book Search has rolled out some new features, including the ability for users to…
OPLIN 4cast #65
Posted in e-mail, filtering, GDrive, Google, Internet, iPhones, net neutrality, Screen Readers, Touchscreens, wireless, and World Digital Library
This week’s 4cast: 1. ‘Net Neutrality Remains in Neutral (For Now) The debate over net neutrality continues. While proponents believe that a neutral, non-tiered Internet…
OPLIN 4cast #36
Posted in Dimdim, DOPA, net neutrality, NORWELD, and wireless
This week’s 4cast: 1. DOPA is Dead, Long Live Technophobia Network Neutrality appears safe for the time being and the proposed Deleting Online Predators Act…
OPLIN 4cast #16
Posted in DOPA, eBooks, net neutrality, and OPAC
This week’s 4cast: 1. The Straight Dope on DOPA The House of Representatives recently passed a bill called the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) by…
OPLIN 4cast #10
Posted in ethnography, long tail, net neutrality, and usability
This week’s 4cast: 1. Net Neutrality: Point-Counterpoint Last week, the House of Representatives soundly rejected the concept of Net Neutrality, and now the Senate will…
OPLIN 4cast #8
Posted in blogs, cellphones, digitization, and net neutrality
This week’s 4cast: 1. The War Over Neutrality Network neutrality has emerged as one of the hottest political battles of the year, with intense disagreement…