Tag Archives: copyright
serendipitous coverflow triptych
Serendipitous coverflow triptych Possibly there ought to be a ™ next to the “coverflow”. The night is not so young that I’m about to go and check…
Home cooking…
…is killing the restaurant industry. Nice little graphic I ran across on one of those nasty evil, killing-the-entertainment-industry sites just now. Thought I’d share…
links for 2007-11-12: engineers, embattled churches, magenta and lavender
Crooked Timber » » Engineers of Jihad engineers predisposed to (right wing) extremism? Worth chasing up the earlier thread too (tags: psychology jihad terrorism engineering) Norfolk battle training area churches Another venture into another exclusion zone, via nyplep (tags: history … more…
links for 2007-11-08: The piracy paradox
The Piracy Paradox James Surowiecki argues that creative industries with weak IP regimes do not stifle innovation; copying of eg. high fashion clothing stimulates demand for the “real thing”… (tags: newyorker design IP copyright innovation Economics James-Surowieki)
Voyager pictures
I’m not really sure how I found these, but: The Voyager spacecraft carried a collection of images selected by a committee (chaired by the great Carl Sagan) which depicted Scenes From Earth. To save you a bit of clicking, most … more…
Out of the Theater, Into the Courtroom
Out of the Theater, Into the Courtroom – washingtonpost.com 19-year old student makes twenty-second clip of Transformers movie, is busted: Sejas was enjoying the movie so much that she decided to film a short clip of the sci-fi adventure’s climax … more…
Simply Wrong
Mick Hucknall attempts to argue in the Guardian that copyright is socialist (yeah?), and seeks to justify its extension (yeah?!???) — and predictably goes down in a hail of bullets. For long-standing personal reasons, I am more inclined to cut … more…
Prince: A Nation of Thieves
A Nation of Thieves Prince has posted this commentary (or jeremiad?) on the state of the global music industry, which concludes: The technology and entertainment industries r simply 2 big 4 us 2 xpect any overnight changes. The industry giants … more…
Barking up the wrong tree
They do say that the most endearing thing you can do is fall over – I’ve just been signed up as a contributor to American Samizdat, and then blogged thusly: So you’ve been wondering how the EU equivalent of the … more…