Archive for September, 2006
Friday, September 29th, 2006
Should RSS Be Copyright?
It really does annoy me when people sue search engines and aggregators for copyright infringement, talk about biting the hand that feeds you. It’s hardly as if they are getting a free ride, I don’t want to even think about the many millions it costs to keep the Google servers going. Fact is, they […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
There Are More Important Rights Than CopyRights
How did we get to a place where the debate on copying copyrighted materials is seen primarily from an owner’s infringement viewpoint? How did we get to a place where our ability to preserve our history and freedom of speech are actually at risk from intellectual property laws? In the latest round of copyright attrocities: […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
Copyright Domino Looks To Fall in Japan
Artist Reps Ask Japan Gov’t for Copyright Extension - International Business Times -
A group of 16 organizers for writers, artists, and musicians in Japan submitted a petition calling for legislation to extend the period of copyright protection from the current 50 years to 70 years after the death of right-holders, according to Japanese media. Masahiro […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
Cory Doctorow Rocks While Microsoft Continues to Sue People
Cory Doctorow, one of the founders of the hugely successful BoingBoing, is a legend. I’m just so glad that he’s consistantly putting himself and these issues on a public platform. Anyway, he’s some video of a recent speech he made:
NETRIBUTION - Cory Doctorow’s speech on copyright and successful media internet business models
His argument is simple […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
UglyDress.com - Where Bad Dresses Go When They Die
Ugly Dress.com - Bridesmaid Dresses From Hell is an “archive of the world’s worst Bridesmaids dresses. Contained within are photographic proof of some of the dresses that our friends, the brides, have made us wear so that they could look good.”
Worth visiting for the great dress titles including “Married in a Whorehouse” and “Pole Dancer […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
Some More Freaky Photo Journal Videos
One guy (Noah) took a pic of himself everyday for 6 years but this is my favourite, it’s called “Living My Life Faster - 8 years of JK’s Daily Photo Project” and involves some very cool hair effects.
Living My Life Faster - 8 years of JK’s Daily Photo Project on Vimeo
No Comments » - Posted in ..Stuff, ..Video by Kitty
Friday, September 29th, 2006
Ning - Create Your Own YouTube, Flickr or MySpace
This could be really cool: Ning - Create your own Social Websites!
Ning gives you the platform and tools to create your own video, photo or group site which you can make public or private. You also get access to the source code which apparently is 100% customisable. It makes its money through ads and […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
Keywords and Censorship
Just as words don’t mean the same thing when they are strung together in web addresses, poorly chosen keywords without any sort of decent linking algorithm in censorship software have bizarre and disturbing results.
The US Government in trying to give citizens of countries like China and Iran access to a politically uncensored web, used screening […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
The Importance of Discretion
Refugees get caught up in legal minefield - World - smh.com.au
WASHINGTON: The number of refugees admitted to the US fell 23 per cent this year because of provisions in two anti-terrorism laws that have reduced the number of refugees resettled, State Department officials said. The laws, the USA Patriot Act and the Real ID […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
American Presidents on Wikipedia
Andrew has a new favourite past time, checking out the signatures of American Presidents on Wikipedia. It’s great! I think his favourite is Lyndon Johnston’s which “looks like Armenian”.
