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I really wish "internet scholars" would give this sort of thing a rest:

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"Is the Internet due for a “Magna Carta moment?”

That is a question being posed by Rebecca MacKinnon, an Internet scholar at the New America Foundation, who argues that private corporations are exerting excessive power over the Internet and should have that power checked. Just as the English barons crafted the original Magna Carta in 1215 to constrain the power of the unpopular King John, she says, Internet users should organize and push back against the companies.

Fast Company notes a recent Sodexo and Nestle-sponsored report that offers four areas of concern regarding the future of food:

Sullivan looks at some posts related to the new fee structure set up by Netflix that favors streaming over DVD-distribution, including an article by Felix Salmon that ponders what negative impact the new fees might have on Netflix's long-tail model:

A nice review: the Fell types; Open Baskerville; Josefin Sans & Slab; Open Sans; Gravitas; Jura; League Gothic; Orbitron; Chunk; and Ostrich Sans.

A rather bizarre article talking about new companies hoping to capitalize on people's concern over privacy in social media (or the lack of it). Basically, these are companies that are offering to help people own their data--even though it certainly looks like they'll be owning the platform. Here's a sample:

Michael Fertik, Reputation's CEO, says rising concerns about privacy online have created a demand among people to be given control of their data. "We think there is a coming privacy economy," he said.