[liberationtech] Dave Winer calls for a Web Trust

[Brock Dubbels]

I saw this and thought it was an interesting that people are using video
games to sidestep censorship and offer social commentary in China

http://gamasutra.com/blogs/CassandraKhaw/20101213/6619/Jimmy_Lee_Chinas_War_Beyond_Azeroth.php

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Rebecca MacKinnon <
rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/13/weNeedAWebTrustToPublishAn.html
> A Web Trust to publish and store our creative work
>
> By Dave Winer on Monday, December 13, 2010 at 12:09 PM.
>
> The discussion at this weekend's flash conf<http://personaldemocracy.com/pdfleaks>in NYC on WikiLeaks
> raised <http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/11/moonMissions.html> the
> question of where we can store our web writing and photos so that they are
> as safe as they possibly can be. Trusting corporations to manage this is
> obviously not a good idea. If this was theoretical before, it's now
> pragmatic, after Amazon cut off WikiLeaks.  [image: Permanent link to this
> item in the archive.]<http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/13/weNeedAWebTrustToPublishAn.html#p3740>
>
> That suggests that we need a new kind of institution that is is part news
> organization, university, library and foundation -- that acts as a guarantor
> of best-possible freedom from corporate and government limitations. We
> already know some things about this organization, I believe. [image:
> Permanent link to this item in the archive.]<http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/13/weNeedAWebTrustToPublishAn.html#p3741>
>
> These are just back-of-the-envelope scribbles. Consider this a
> discussion-starter for the next meetup. [image: Permanent link to this
> item in the archive.]<http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/13/weNeedAWebTrustToPublishAn.html#p3749>
>
> 1. It must be *long-lived*, like a university -- probably with an
> endowment, and a board of trustees, and operations limited to what's
> described below. It can't operate any other kind of business.  [image:
> Permanent link to this item in the archive.]<http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/13/weNeedAWebTrustToPublishAn.html#p3742>
>
> 2. It must create a least-common-denominator storage system that is
> accessible through HTTP. Everything must be done with *open formats* and
> protocols, meaning all components of its system are replaceable.  [image:
> Permanent link to this item in the archive.]<http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/13/weNeedAWebTrustToPublishAn.html#p3743>
>
> 3. It must cost money, so the *user is a customer* and is treated as one.
> This also allows the vendor to assume its own independence from the
> interests of the publisher who uses the system. The same way the operator of
> a printing press was not responsible for the words he or she printed on the
> paper. [image: Permanent link to this item in the archive.]<http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/13/weNeedAWebTrustToPublishAn.html#p3744>
>
> 4. *Simplicity* of the user experience is primary so it can be accessible
> to as many as possible, and so that technical people don't provide yet
> another filter for the free flow of ideas. Factor and re-factor for
> simplicity. [image: Permanent link to this item in the archive.]<http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/13/weNeedAWebTrustToPublishAn.html#p3746>
>
> 5. The trust must serve the bits exactly as they were published. *No
> advertising*.  [image: Permanent link to this item in the archive.]<http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/13/weNeedAWebTrustToPublishAn.html#p3750>
>
> That's where I want to pick up the discussion. [image: Permanent link to
> this item in the archive.]<http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/13/weNeedAWebTrustToPublishAn.html#p9>
>
>
> --
> Rebecca MacKinnon
> Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
> Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org
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