Catching up on the news feed today. It seems to take so much longer when there’s lots of interesting stuff to read. Facebook crowd blamed for trashing English garden (C-Net): These net-based crowd gatherings (like Frozen London) are an interesting bridge between the on- and off-line worlds. I wonder if these types of gatherings get …
Yesterday’s Times had an article about a dispute over a billboard that ran afoul of Vermont’s ban. In February, a state board ruled that the painting, finished in October, runs afoul of the state’s billboard law, and must be removed. In response, the legislature passed a measure on Saturday that exempts this mural and ones …
Edit: Somehow the sync isn’t starting, so I’ll need to figure out what the trouble is and update this post. Any ideas? Edit 2: It would seem using rsync to back up is no longer covered under the terms of service for BlueHost users. I actually haven’t been doing my backups this way for some …
I took a great suggestion this morning and did my dishes while watching Yochai Benkler’s TED talk on Open-source economics. He finished his talk with a point that I’ve brought up before–the new importance of communication law to everyone on the Internet. He says (around the 17 min mark): So, next time you open the …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
John doesn't update his blog often, and many of the thoughts are probably half-baked. While the web has sort of an eternal memory, the current and future reader is urged not to take all of this too seriously.
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