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Ban on Minecraft in Turkey
The Family and Social Policies Ministry of Turkey has called for a ban on Minecraft because, according to the local media, it encourages children to resort to violence. For those of […]
Creativity through privacy v NSA
You will likely have come across this news in the last 24 hours, that the NSA is being sued by Wikimedia/ACLU for their Dragnet surveillance program: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/10/wikipedia-sues-nsa-dragnet-internet-surveillance/ I think it’s fair […]
An Older Version of the Four-Chord Song
I thought I’d break from my usual raving rants-about-cryptography-style posts, and just share something a little funny with everyone. If you enjoyed the Four-Chord Song video from yesterday’s class (for people […]
March 17 Discussion
Next week, we will be looking at how practices of big corporations today may affect creativity. To facilitate the discussion, I would like to ask you to complete a very […]
Mar. 10 Presentation Materials
In advance of my presentation on net neutrality tomorrow, some light watching materials: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkjkQ-wCZ5A[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxXIIMYXFoM[/youtube] This should give you an entertaining overview of the net neutrality debate as it currently […]
News of the Week Top 5; March 4, 2015
1. Bring on the lawsuits—FCC chairman says net neutrality will survive: Tom Wheeler confident his net neutrality order will withstand court challenge. 2. Don’t Go Changing: The Canadian Broadcaster Fight Against Legal […]
Trademarks and Sweet Treats
In earlier classes, the lack of copyright protection for chef creations such as signature dishes or recipes themselves was mentioned. Trademarks, on the other hand, offer some limited IP protections […]
News of the Week Top 5; February 25, 2015
1. You Had One Job, Lenovo: And it didn’t involve sneaking malicious adware onto your customers’ computers. 2. UK’s House of Lords Calls For Reclassification Of Internet Access As A ‘Public Utility’ […]
Slides from “Impacts & Implications of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions”
Spoke at this conference at SFU downtown on Wednesday February 25, 2015. My slides as well as a PDF of the 2005 UNESCO Convention can be found below. jon