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The New NSA Domestic Phone Call Database
For those concerned with privacy, the “war on terror” (setting aside the obvious complaint that a country cannot be at war with an expression) raises a very dif…
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E-Voting and Copyright Law
The problems concerning electronic voting machines and copyright law which have been discussed in the U.S. for some time, in particular concerning Diebold (see…
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Legalizing Personal Music Copying in Britain
In Britain, an interesting initiative is afoot that, if successful, would allow music consumers in the UK greater freedom. The BPI, the body that represents th…
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Screaming Talk Radio Hosts and What History Proves
As I was driving from my office to my daughter's Little League game this evening, I heard a radio talk show host who really got on my nerves. His inane po…
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Retail Politics
I have very little involvement in electoral politics, except that I vote (in DC, so I don't know how much difference my vote makes). Recently, though, I h…
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Press release for podcasting guide
Creative Commons and my firm have issued this press release about the Podcasting Legal Guide. For those who have downloaded the guide before this week, please n…
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Zimbio is live!
So Zimbio is a very cool new collaborative media company that I've been working with a bit. Their founders are excellent people, and their product is great.…
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Violence, Video Games, and Conflict Resolution Education
I enjoyed a recent exchange amongst a few conflict resolution blogs (this one, ICT4Peace, and Diane Levin’s Online Guide to Mediation) focused on games, virtual…
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CGM: What is it worth?
This is the last panel of the conference. I'm a bit tired, I have to admit, but I do think this is an important discussion. Q: How mainstream is consumer-g…
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companies for podcasters/vloggers that have some cool ideas
I've met a lot of interesting people, and seen a ton of companies pitch their concepts in 6-minute presentations at this conference. The following are the o…
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Dream device for my car
Being here at OnHollywood has made me think about a mobile device that I want. I thought of this as I was sitting traffic this morning. I want a podcast deliver…
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highlights/lowlights
highlights: great panels (link to jd lasica) giving my card to a celebrity (link to tom green) paparazzi @ fred segal (link to post) meeting the GOOD people (li…