A Spectre Is Haunting Marillion
Saturday, September 13th, 2008This? Oh yeah, we already did that. & it's true what they say - Reverbnation rules the internets!
Archive for the ‘file sharing’ Category
This? Oh yeah, we already did that. & it's true what they say - Reverbnation rules the internets!
Torrent Tracking on Open Networks 101
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Today is Northern Voice (I'm presenting tomorrow, but today is the unconference, most of which I hope to catch!), but right now I'm riveted to my laptop (poring over comments about torrent tracking) before I head out to UBC. Really good back n forth over at Nicholas Weaver's Random Thoughts ...
The Internet Is Filesharing :: On ISP Levies and Creators’ Rights to Remuneration in Canada
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008I was recently asked by the Songwriters' Association of Canada (SAC) to submit a briefing on why file sharing is inevitable, and why a levy system for ISPs makes sense. (The SAC is in the process of submitting a proposal along these lines to the Canadian government, in light of ...
Tapes and Tapes
Friday, December 14th, 2007The image above depicts the "A List": tapes that are clearly labelled and known to have original music on them. There are 100 more on the "B List", which are mislabelled but suspected to contain original works (e.g., they were recorded atop prior recordings on the blank tapes, but never ...
The Takedown Formerly Known As Prince
Friday, October 26th, 2007In other news, Prince totally sucks now.
Technical Micropolitics and Musical Amateurs
Friday, October 19th, 2007I presented at AOIR today as part of a panel on Music and Sound. Here's the PDF of my talk, complete with notes. I did this with an extreme headache, and a growing sense that I need to, as my friend and colleague Flo articulated it the other day, "coccoon" myself ...
4S, Montreal
Friday, October 12th, 2007I'm blogging this from the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) conference in Montréal. We (Roy Bendor, Jack Post, Peter-Paul Verbeek and I) just completed our panel on Bruno Latour ("Translating Latour") and I'm now in a very interesting panel about "Problematizing Technological Appropriation". My first impression is that ...
Global National clip
Friday, October 5th, 2007The news story I was interviewed for in the wake of the Jammie Thomas verdict has aired and is now up. It's unsurprisingly simple and straightforward, but surprisingly balanced. Thanks to Richard Smith for capturing and converting the thing.
P2P in Canada
Friday, October 5th, 2007I was interviewed this morning for Global National on the subject of P2P lawsuits by the RIAA. Every time there's some sensational story to be mined, the television media seem to jump. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I tried to stay focused on the Canadian angle, making the points that ...
U.S. Justice Department values ISPs over people
Sunday, September 9th, 2007Ah, I see the baldfaced ignorance of an administration that invades Afghanistan and Iraq has trickled into the sphere of Internet regulation as well (Thanks to Flo for pointing me here).. To wit: "Regulators should be careful not to impose regulations that could limit consumer choice and investment in broadband facilities" ...
