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News of the Week Top 5; February 4, 2015
1. Why Does Facebook Censor Gay Images?: Photographer Michael Stokes, among others, says his work is regularly censored by Facebook even when the images clearly don’t break the rules. Who makes these […]
Class 3 & 4 Slides; January 20 & 27, 2015
Have done a remix of our last two sets of class slides to make them flow into the single set they were always intended to be 😉 jon
News of the Week Top 5; January 28, 2015
1. 4 Ways Copyright Law Actually Controls Your Whole Digital Life 2. Canadian spy ops targeted global file-sharing services, drowned in Glee episodes: Canada’s version of the NSA targeted RapidShare, MegaUpload, and SendSpace. 3. College Claims […]
Constraints Made Google and Mick Jagger Great–and They’ll Make You a Better Entrepreneur
Here is another piece that glorifies constraints – this time in an entrepreneurial rather than creative context. In doing so it arguably provides a clue as to what lies behind […]
Top 10 Internet Law Developments Of 2014
Here is a terrifically useful article by Professor Eric Goldman of Santa Clara Law called the “Top 10 Internet Law Developments Of 2014”. It is potentially a wonderful source of inspiration […]
The Entire Concept Of Intellectual Property Is Proof That Free Markets Aren’t Perfect
Though essentially tautological in it’s structure and delivery, this piece from Forbes is nevertheless of some use to provoke thought, though ironically not necessarily in the direction the author intended. […]
News of the Week Top 5; January 21, 2015
1. Art Spiegelman Criticizes US Press for Not Publishing ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Cartoons 2. EFF Offers A Strong Rebuke Of President Obama’s Cybersecurity Proposals 3. TV on your phone: Dish prevails in copyright fight […]
Less than Zero — Backchannel — Medium
A concept well worth reflecting on: when is “free” not neutral? This article goes through the ins and outs of what it really means when carriers exempt certain apps from […]
Writers Say They Feel Censored by Surveillance – NYTimes.com
How is this for disturbing – hardly the percentage difference between “free” and “not free” countries you might wish for: “Some 75 percent of respondents in countries classified as “free,” […]
News of the Week Top 5; January 14, 2015
1. ‘Anonymous’ Member Calls For Revenge On Terrorists For Charlie Hebdo Massacre 2. Code Is Law: But law is increasingly determining the ethics of code. (Jonathon Penney) 3. Stop sketching, little girl — […]