Becky Hogge

Becky Hogge is a writer and researcher. Between 2006 and 2008 she ran the Open Rights Group, a UK-based grassroots campaign to establish and protect our rights in the digital world. Between 2008 and 2013 she was a non-executive director of open data pioneers the Open Knowledge Foundation. She has just finished a major piece of research work commissioned by Omidyar Network “Open Data: Six stories about impact in the UK”. The full report, whose findings are reflected in this piece, is available here.

The Long Tail, Chris Anderson

Buy now: UK, US, Worldwide "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson Hyperion | July 2006 | ISBN 1401302378 Recommended by Becky Hogge: When Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief at Wired, wrote an

By Becky Hogge

/ 9 Jul 2006

What moves a movement?

How do you move a movement? The question lingers in my mind after three days here at the iSummit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, because behind the energy and excitement

By Becky Hogge

/ 26 Jun 2006

The webs hall of mirrors

It's not often one gets to muse on the world of pop music at openDemocracy (unless, of course, your musings happen to be about Bob Dylan), but the

By Becky Hogge

/ 5 Jun 2006

Open source ubuntu

I have lost count of the many seminars, conferences and talks I've attended recently where that magic phrase "the-open-source-operating-system-Linux" has resounded. Whether uttered by a New

By Becky Hogge

/ 22 May 2006

The battle for net neutrality

I'm afraid I can't help it. Whenever I hear about the highly influential Save the Internet campaign, the broad coalition fighting its case for "network

By Becky Hogge

/ 8 May 2006

Microsoft: closed windows and hidden vistas

"This is the world according to Microsoft where it decides what is best for consumers." So said Per Hellstrom on Monday, in his opening speech for the European

By Becky Hogge

/ 25 Apr 2006

Internet hoaxes hit politics

There are various theories about the origins of human language. My personal favourite is the one where the far-from-alpha male in a pack of primates imitates the call for danger

By Becky Hogge

/ 10 Apr 2006

Payday for the free internet

Hire a management consultant these days and, regardless of what industry you happen to be in, it won't be long before they start talking Web 2.0 at

By Becky Hogge

/ 14 Mar 2006

Internet freedom comes of age

As many a policy wonk / green lobbyist / aging ex-frontman of the Boomtown Rats will tell you, there comes a time in the life of a political rebel when you cut

By Becky Hogge

/ 28 Feb 2006

The year of free culture?

2006 is set to be the UK's year of intellectual property. Three separate reviews, two conducted by the British government, and one by a leading thinktank, will examine

By Becky Hogge

/ 14 Feb 2006

Some grown-up questions for Google

So it turns out Google is evil after all. Like a toddler who's just caught Santa beating up his little helper round the back of the grotto, the

By Becky Hogge

/ 1 Feb 2006

The abuse of fair use

While the Bush administration stands accused of complicity in torture, corrupting the political process, and spying on its own citizens, the average American may find it hard to summon up

By Becky Hogge

/ 18 Jan 2006