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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Let’s start at the very beginning: Is Internet access a human right?
In his article published last Friday on the Forbes website, Shel Israel responded to the Obama administration’s Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights by saying, “The White House is… correct, that the issue is how basic, self-evident human rights get transferred … Continue reading
Fan Fiction: Moral Rights v. Transformative Use
Fan fiction could be considered akin to the act of sampling in hip-hop or electronic music. And like sampling, fan fiction has never had the chance to prove itself in court as an act of transformative creation constituting fair use … Continue reading
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Was that the right path for ‘Path’?
If you are avoiding Facebook or Twitter, one of the reasons might be its extreme openness or concerns about privacy. Path, the social networking service for mobile devices launched in 2010, can be a good alternative. Path is a ‘micro-networking … Continue reading
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ACTA: The SOPA/PIPA Heard Round The World
February 22, 2012 EU’s executive body referred the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement to their Court of Justice. There appear to be problems with the trade agreement’s constitutionality. If the EU CoJ finds incompatibility, ACTA will die. If they don’t, it may … Continue reading
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Sweding or Stealing?
I enjoyed our class conversation on fandom and I wanted to go a bit more into depth on the concept of user generated content, specifically a 2008 film that seems to support a lot of the opinions circulating in class. … Continue reading
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The Right To Be Anonymous(ly tracked): A Case Study of Carrier IQ
Yesterday the Obama Administration released a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights in an attempt to keep up with the subversive data aggregation methods of internet and wireless service providers and hosts. Components of the bill include a code of conduct, … Continue reading
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Online Music Scores Cause Copyright Controversy
The Borromeo String Quartet has gone digital. No more paper sheet music. No more furious page-turning timed with exact precision to keep from missing a note. No more fear of compositions falling off the music stand or pages sticking together. … Continue reading
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Tagged Borromeo String Quartet, copyright law, Creative Commons, IMSLP, sheet music
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Domestic Drone Surveillance: Is Big Brother Watching You?
*note: class discussion and Alden’s presentation covered the commercial aspects of drone use (Google Street view for example), so for this blog entry, I will focus on the government side of things* Last week, President Obama signed into law HR … Continue reading
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Who owns your heartbeats?
We have discussed in class and on this blog how we give up many of our rights to the information we contribute on the Internet, and how products and information that we pay for often doesn’t really belong to us … Continue reading
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The Freedom to Tinker, or Why Don’t We Own The Stuff That We Buy?
Recent class discussion has touched upon the fact that when we spend money on digital goods, be it hardware or software, we aren’t really “buying” it. The money that we give is at best a lease payment. We don’t have … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, Digital media, DMCA, hacking, lawsuits, software, technology, terms and conditions, video game consoles
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