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Class 2 Slides; January 13, 2015
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Charlie Hebdo Tragedy
In the syllabus and in last weeks introduction to the course I suggested a living lab model of learning might serve this course rather well. The notion behind that thought was that so much is happening in the world in relation to law and media, that bringing that into class every week would ground us in relevance. […]
Important read for Tuesdays class: Internet Under Fire Gets New Manifesto — Backchannel — Medium
Please read the following in preparation for a class collaborative effort this Tuesday where we begin to imagine a “Charter of Digital Rights”: Internet Under Fire Gets New Manifesto — Backchannel — Medium. jon
News of the Week Top 5; January 7, 2015
1. Novelists, poets, cartoonists respond to attacks on Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris 2. Who’s the true enemy of internet freedom – China, Russia, or the US?: Beijing and Moscow are rightly chastised for restricting their citizens’ online access – but it’s the US that is now even more aggressive in asserting its digital sovereignty (Evgeny Morozov) […]
How Martin Luther King film Selma was made without quoting civil rights leader | Daily Mail Online
How Martin Luther King film Selma was made without quoting civil rights leader | Daily Mail Online. This article will be among the topics for our first class. Issues of note: 1. Why didn’t Paramount sue for a declaratory judgment? 2. Does Hollywood have a vested interest in not strengthening the fair use exception to […]
The Interview/Sony/Hack: A Message in a Bottle
Our eldest daughter has a phrase she is fond of using on the frequent occasions where my understanding of her cultural touchpoints comes up empty. “It’s a thing, Dad. It really is.” she will say in order to efficiently dismiss my profound lack of knowledge while at the same time assuring me that she fully […]
News of the Week Top 5; December 31, 2014
1. How Copyright Makes Culture Disappear 2. How Twitter, Google And Facebook Have Responded To Russia’s Attempt To Censor Political Opposition 3. Azealia Banks, Iggy Azalea and hip-hop’s appropriation problem: Jeff Chang offers rhyme and reason on the rap beef between the two pop stars that sheds light on the genre’s complex relationship with race and identity 4. The […]
The Messy Minds of Creative People | Beautiful Minds, Scientific American Blog Network
One of themes that seems very likely to emerge during this course is the relationship between the nature of creativity and the legal (and extra-legal) constraints on creativity. The issue, put as plainly as can be, is whether the laws and norms which serve to limit creativity should be aligned with the nature of creativity […]
How Laws Restricting Tech Actually Expose Us to Greater Harm | WIRED
A great take from Cory Doctorow in Wired magazine. The increasingly reality, as dystopian as it is, of modern day HAL 9000’s telling us in various ways “I can’t let you do that, Dave” is haunting. That we have arrived or almost arrived at that point is frightening. Worth a read: How Laws Restricting Tech Actually […]
News of the Week Top 5; December 24, 2014
1. Google SUES Jim Hood — Mississippi Attorney General Claiming Ties To MPAA 2. How Tim League, George R. R. Martin & Indie Cinemas Helped Uncancel ‘The Interview’ 3. Flickr removes CC-licensed photos from Wall Art program 4. Judge Floats ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ as Libel Remedy 5. Judge: It’s OK for cops to create fake Instagram accounts jon