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Pitblado Lectures talk
On Friday November 6, 2015 I was honoured to be invited to be on a panel and give a talk at the Pitblado Lectures in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This 55th edition […]
UNESCO Convention Roundtable Video
The video of my short presentation on “Relevance for Creative Digitization & the Internet” at the “Roundtable on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions – Impacts and Implications of the UNESCO […]
News of the Week Top 5; May 6, 2015
1. “Homophobe” brings Ireland’s first “right to be forgotten” court case 2. Homophobic game gets pulled from Steam Greenlight, developer issues statement 3. Secret Shuts Down 4. Apple pushing music labels to kill free […]
News of the Week Top 5; April 29, 2015
1. Carmakers Want To Use Copyright Law To Make Working On Your Car Illegal 2. DVD Makers Say That You Don’t Really Own The DVDs You Bought… Thanks To Copyright 3. Competition […]
News of the Week Top 5; April 22, 2015
1. Op-ed: What if MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” had been on Facebook?: Under current Alabama law, it would have been a crime. Other states feel similar. 2. Copyright For Sale: How […]
Monetization of Modding
There has been a very interesting and controversial development in the world of video games: Valve’s Paid ‘Skyrim’ Mods Are A Legal, Ethical And Creative Disaster To put it briefly, […]
Data Mining on Emoji Use
Saw this in the news and thought you guys might enjoy it, if anyone is in need a bit of a laugh/study break today. “Report finds that Canadians top the […]
Proposed change to federal copyright law
The federal budget, in a section entitled “celebrating our heritage,” proposes to make some changes to the Copyright Act by extending the copyright term to sound recordings and performances for […]
News of the Week Top 5; April 15, 2015
1. Photos secretly taken of family through window are art, not invasion of privacy: court 2. Court Adds Much-Needed Element Of Malice To Nova Scotia’s Terrible Cyberbullying Law 3. EFF Successfully Challenges Key […]
Halt and Catch Fire
I recently came across a new series on Netflix, “Halt and Catch Fire.” Seems to consider a lot of the themes we spoke about during our class.