A smattering of interesting news for the IT bods out there (and for my reference too):
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s statement to Congress about keeping the ‘Net neutral contains a loverly metaphor from a senator. TB-L pointed out that rather than restricting people’s actions with DRM, they should be given the opportunity to do the right thing. Senator Mary Bono asked if that wasn’t like having a speed limit and not enforcing it. TB-L repolied that it was much more akin to not having your car cut out when you got to 70 mph. Cars give people the choice to do the right thing and are quite successful;