Joichi Ito

Joichi Ito is a photographer and technology entrepreneur. He is director of the MIT Media Lab and board member of Creative Commons.

Is new US pro-copyright Internet legislation the Trojan horse of a controlling state?

SOPA - the US's Stop Online Piracy Act - proposes to shift the balance of online power from technology and platform providers to traditional copyright holders. The dangers of this move are that it will limit innovation, silence free speech and put in place the machinery that is needed to censor th

By Joichi Ito and Ethan Zuckerman

/ 15 Jan 2012