I felt like doing some web work this weekend and thought I would try my own take on how to make Drupal work as a wiki. My work colleagues are aware that I’ve been steeped in a fun Drupal project — taking the suggestions of the UW-Madison Teaching Academy and the Vice Provost for Teaching …
Tthe Senate Judiciary committee voted on new bill with provisions to increase punishments for copyright. Part of the bill would shift some of the enforcement burden to the public (but not criminal?) prosecution, away from the private enforcement like the RIAA’s civil lawsuits. CNet reports: A group of librarians and nonprofit groups, including the American …
I’m a musician and a music lover, and thanks to buying Fair Play music over the last few years, I’m locked into iPods and iTunes. Being the kind of person that likes to have all their metadata in order -clear genres, ratings, and playlists -there were a number of features I was looking forward to …
The Minnesota Independent went to the trouble of tabulating the journalist arrests at the RNC Convention in St. Paul. What’s interesting is the range of media organizations–from the grassrootsy-independent types, to student newspapers, to established media organizations like the AP, Fox, and local stations KARE and WCCO. Of the 800-plus people who were arrested or …
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.
Think of this blog as "John thinking out loud."
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