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The Traditions of Knoweldge II
In a previous post, the Traditions of Knowledge I referred to the appropriation of traditional knowledge by means of industrial revolution intellectual property…
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The Traditions of Knowledge
Conventional intellectual property laws claim to confer rights only on knowledge that is individually authored, reduced to material form and 'original'…
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Center for Social Media Releases Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
Building on the tremendous success they have achieved with the Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use, the Center for Social Media…
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Why SDNY, Why?
Wired's Threat Level is reporting that a court (the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York) has ordered Google "to turn over every r…
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Hearsay Culture upcoming schedule and fall guests
I have posted Hearsay Culture's schedule for the remainder of the summer quarter, as well as the list of guests for the fall quarter. As you'll see, it…
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Self-flattery
David Frum in the NYT Book Review: "You do not need to be a partisan of a political movement to write its history. But you do need enough imaginative sympa…
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Google Adds Privacy Link, Videos
I notice that Google now has a privacy policy link on its homepage. Congratulations to Marc and others who pushed for this. It's tempting to view this move…
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Paradoxical Attitudes Toward Privacy
My friend Sanjana sent me an interesting blog post from the NYT today on privacy. Brad Stone: "We all cherish our privacy. Then we go and divulge everythin…
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A Simple tool relating to " Google Book Search Adds Copyright Renewal Data"
We made a simple program... There's been a good deal of posts about Google's XLM file of copyright renewal records, mainly of books. See http://creati…
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Hi Rubber. Have You Met My Friend, The Road?
Threadbare as it already is, the privacy rubber may not even be meeting the road. A recent study conducted by the Ponemon Institute implies a disconnect betwee…
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A credo for facilitators
Peter Adler, head of the Keystone Center and a giant in the field of dispute resolution, recently published a great "credo for facilitators" that he f…
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New Version of Frontline SMS
Last week my friend Ken Banks (of kiwanja.net) launched the latest version of FrontlineSMS, a text messaging platform geared at servicing the needs of the grass…