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File Sharers: Are they really criminals?

The well-publicized court trials of Jammie Thomas-Rasset and Joel Tenenbaum have brought the issue of copyright infringers penalization into the public eye.
For some background on the two cases:
Jammie Thomas-Rasset was charged with illegally sharing 24 copyrighted songs.  Her original ruling was to pay $222,000 in statutory damages.  After fighting this ruling, Thomas-Rasset went to trial [...]

2010 02 13 Uncategorized Comments (3)

Can social media replace the news? (Short Blog Post)

A new experiment in social media and journalism is taking place in a small barn in France.  For the experiment, five journalists will live in isolation without internet connections, smart phones, print media, or any connection to the outside world – except a cell phone and a computer with a clear hard drive.  The journalists [...]

2010 01 29 Uncategorized Comments (3)