Assorted Materials: Johnny Ryan

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Speech at European Commission public private dialogue.

Posted by: johnnyryan on: 22 November 2009

I spoke at the European Commission Public Private Dialogue to fight online illegal activities, Brussels, 27 November 2009. My talk below…

Internet growth before WWW

Posted by: johnnyryan on: 5 June 2009

Some figures on Internet growth from 1981 to 1993. This is growth in the Internet before WWW.

Date—-Hosts
08/81—213
10/85—1,961
10/89—159,000
10/93—-2,056,000

Note: Since I am writing a book on the value of ‘openness’ on the Internet, I have begun to appreciate the worth of making what might otherwise be defendend as intellectual property public. Here follows a stripped down and un footnoted version of my PhD plan.


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I'm interested in 4 things: A) THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET AND ITS LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE; B) Ireland’s Digital Competitiveness; c) the Political Impact of the Internet; D) How ideas - including violent political ideas - are communicated online.