Utilitarian Justifications at the Grammys
Recording Academy president Neil Portnow used the Grammys as an opportunity to highlight the importance of copyright protection, using a argument you might recognize as utilitarian: “What if we’re all watching the Grammys a few years from now and there’s no Best New Artist award because there aren’t enough talented artists and songwriters who are actually able […]
News of the Week Top 5; February 11, 2015
1. An Open Letter to Prime Minister Cameron: 20th-century solutions won’t help 21st-century surveillance (Jonathan Zittrain) 2. US’s ‘Naughty List’ Of Countries Whose Intellectual Property Rules We Don’t Like Is A Joke That’s No Longer Funny 3. Left Shark Bites Back: 3D Printer Sculptor Hires Lawyer To Respond To Katy Perry’s Bogus Takedown 4. Coding Creativity: Copyright and […]
Class 5 & 6 Slides; February 3 & 10, 2015
Have remixed the last two sets of slides into one (hopefully coherent) whole… jon