I learned via an entry on J.D. Lasica's New Media Musing blog today that not only can you take a peek at his new book Darknet: Remixing the Future of Movies, Music and Television (official site), you can actually comment and make edits via a SocialText Wiki. While I haven't had time to read much of what's been posted, just from glancing at the cast of characters (Valenti, Lessig, Rheingold, and Clarke all stand out for me) I know the reader's of this blog should be greatly intrigued by this book. However, perhaps my mind is just freezing, but I don't believe I've ever heard the term Darknet before, but I may or not be a participant in it...
Posted by shs4 at May 4, 2004 12:18 AM | TrackBackMost people will think of file-sharing networks, the IRC, and Usenet as darknets -- unauthorized spaces where people share copyrighted files -- but I think we'll increasingly see techno-savvy people take to closed, private spaces on the Internet (darknets) to acquire tools, information, and means of expression closed off to them by federal law and private industry standards that threaten to push us back into the role of passive consumers rather than empowered users.
Posted by: JD Lasica at May 4, 2004 03:22 AM