Over the past few years I’ve read more articles and papers on remix culture than I’m willing to admit. But after all the bullshit, I’m proud to have encountered a real, tangible example of it in the wild. On YouTube there’s a still-frame video posting of a song called “The Device Has Been Modified” by … Continue reading
I should probably start tagging a lot of my posts “boy-i-wish-were-a-lawyer.” I haven’t introduced that one yet, but I just might sometime soon. Just last week, a U.S. federal judge ruled that the court could not demand that a man accused of transporting child pornography across state lines divulge the passphrase for his encrypted hard … Continue reading
I just read that Flickr has passed the 2 billion milestone in photo uploads. That’s definitely a lot of photos, and while most are probably blurry pics of somebody’s cat, the 2 billionth is actually quite pretty: So super, Flickr is more popular than Jesus. On some levels it’s absolutely awesome to be a part … Continue reading
Just read an article that says Canadian police are now officially looking the other way on copyright infringement for personal use. That’s right, you can download all you want, and the cops won’t come a-knockin’. Turns out that ensuring the cash flow of major corporations just doesn’t contribute to the welfare of society as a … Continue reading
I don’t have enough time to make a post about the concert last night before my next class. My bandwidth also hasn’t been sufficient to get pictures up yet, so that’ll have to wait. In the meantime, I wanted to throw out an article in the New York Times about students at Brown University getting … Continue reading