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Swords drawn in Pirate Bay

Bill Thompson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:21:27 GMT

In a landmark case, the founders of a Swedish file-sharing website have been convicted of copyright infringement. This is not the end for internet piracy but the start of a new phase of battle

Bill the minister...

Bill Thompson — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:59:02 GMT

A version of Bill Thompson's speech to the New Media Awards when he was asked to step into the shoes of a minister - albeit briefly...

The bustle of participation

Bill Thompson — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:10:16 GMT

There are disturbing parallels between the world Samuel Johnson describes and our use of the new generation of social tools

Make sure you can speak freely

Bill Thompson — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:26:36 GMT

Online groups should try to maintain their own sites rather than piggy-backing off other sites like Facebook.com because that gives them more control over their content.

Green communities

Bill Thompson — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:19:55 GMT

Websites that give green suggestions can make a social difference because these online communities show that there is a shared interest in "saving the planet."

Digital democracy and new media

Bill Thompson — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:29:35 GMT

Our blogger Bill Thompson is back again for another year of New Media Awards. In his first blog he considers that after 10 years of "new media" we now live between the offline and online worlds.

Live the world, don't tell the story

Bill Thompson — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The games industry doesn't need to model itself on the film industry, argues Bill Thompson

I fear my social networks will be data mined

Bill Thompson — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Bill Thompson is concerned about online public services in a web 2.0 world

Suppose the government really got IT

Bill Thompson — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Successive prime ministers have experimented with new media, but how would things change if Whitehall really got the net revolution?

It's a fine mess we're in

Bill Thompson — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:00:00 GMT

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