Connectivity -- Re: [Air-l] we need a new word?

[Seth Johnson]

It all comes down to connectivity.  End-to-end connectivity.

So:

Connectivity Technology

How about that?



By the way, folks may find our brief in the Grokster "P2P
Filesharing" case of interest:

We ask the Court:

Did the Court of Appeals rightly conclude that the doctrine of
contributory copyright infringement cannot be used to prohibit
the Internet?

> http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster/20050301_fsf_nyfu.pdf


We put the same question to the Federal Trade Commission at their
recent "P2P Filesharing" workshop:

> http://www.nyfairuse.org/action/ftc/


Last year, we pulled many voices concerned about the Internet
together at the Internet Commons Congress:

> http://www.nyfairuse.org/icc/


Seth Johnson
New Yorkers for Fair Use


Barry Wellman wrote:
> 
> I was speaking at a seminar for non-techies at MIT yesterday (not a
> contradiction, as these were community development folks from across the
> USofA).
> 
> And I found myself saying -- and my PPTs reading -- "Internet" -- but then
> verbally qualifying by saying, "well I really don't mean the traditional
> email Internet, but also IM, chat, lists, video, etc." (add your favorite
> including Usenet and BBS).
> 
> What to call it? "Computer mediated communication" is a mouthful, jargony
> and chews up PPT space. "New media" is too indistinct and PoMo: moreover,
> is email "new media" any more? We should focus on the affordances of
> the media and not on the newness.
> 
> So what to call it. My first thought at the breakfast table was "e-media",
> but I am open to other suggestions. I also am putting it on the list,
> because I am confident that others have had similar dilemmas, and that it
> would be best if we had a standard word.
> 
>  Barry
>  _____________________________________________________________________
> 
>   Barry Wellman         Professor of Sociology        NetLab Director
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