Archive for the ‘law’ Category
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Today 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 ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
I 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 ...
Posted in P2P, appropriation, art, creative industries, critical constructivism, culture & society, culture industries, file sharing, internet, law, open source, policy, social web, technology, theory | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 26th, 2007
In other news, Prince totally sucks now.
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
The 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.
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
I 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 ...
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Ah, 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" ...
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
I delivered a lecture today for my 200 level Communication class on "Copyright, Commerce, and the Creative Commons". It might need work around its rougher edges still, but I'm kinda modestly proud to have gotten it into the shape it's in now. The emphasis is on (1) the historicization of ...
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Brilliant. More laughter can be heard here.
And of course, here's the story that gets it wrong, and can't or won't correct itself.
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