Friday, May 27, 2005
Boing Boing: Chicago's Bean sculpture is free to photograph, at last
Boing Boing: Chicago's Bean sculpture is free to photograph, at last: "Now the park has reversed its position and will no longer be requiring a permit for simply photographing the Bean "
Monday, May 23, 2005
Apple's iTunes to Carry Podcasts | Bayosphere
Apple's iTunes to Carry Podcasts | Bayosphere: "the next version of iTunes will support downloads of podcasts, he contributed to a major change in media. Podcasting, a disruptive technology, is about to get more so.
Jobs showed a preview of the next version of iTunes. It included an entire category for podcasting. At first, Apple will only include the free -- i.e. totally gratis or advertising supported -- material.
But in answer to a question from Weblogs Inc.'s Jason Calacanis, he hinted that Apple will look at other business models, i.e. pay models. That's good news.
This is potentially a big deal. Why? Because podcasting is still not the easiest thing for the listener; getting material from the Web takes some doing."
Jobs showed a preview of the next version of iTunes. It included an entire category for podcasting. At first, Apple will only include the free -- i.e. totally gratis or advertising supported -- material.
But in answer to a question from Weblogs Inc.'s Jason Calacanis, he hinted that Apple will look at other business models, i.e. pay models. That's good news.
This is potentially a big deal. Why? Because podcasting is still not the easiest thing for the listener; getting material from the Web takes some doing."
Morgan Freeman fights piracy at Cannes on Yahoo! News
Print Story: Morgan Freeman fights piracy at Cannes on Yahoo! News: "Morgan Freeman fights piracy at Cannes
By Anne ThompsonFri May 20,10:04 AM ET
Morgan Freeman is a man on a mission. This year at Cannes, he invested a considerable amount of time, energy and cash convincing as many people as possible that there are other ways to fight piracy than those adopted by the studios.
'I'm in a business that's rapidly changing,' said the recent Oscar-winner for 'Million Dollar Baby.'
'And it's being driven by technology -- like the rest of the world. If we can position ourselves to change with it, then we can gain from it. And make money. In this new technology lies salvation for everybody. The studios think they're listening to the consumer, but they aren't -- they're trying to dictate.'
Why is Freeman taking on this cause? 'It's like starting to sing a song,' he said. 'A couple of people know the tune and start singing with you, and it gets louder as you get more people to join in.'"
By Anne ThompsonFri May 20,10:04 AM ET
Morgan Freeman is a man on a mission. This year at Cannes, he invested a considerable amount of time, energy and cash convincing as many people as possible that there are other ways to fight piracy than those adopted by the studios.
'I'm in a business that's rapidly changing,' said the recent Oscar-winner for 'Million Dollar Baby.'
'And it's being driven by technology -- like the rest of the world. If we can position ourselves to change with it, then we can gain from it. And make money. In this new technology lies salvation for everybody. The studios think they're listening to the consumer, but they aren't -- they're trying to dictate.'
Why is Freeman taking on this cause? 'It's like starting to sing a song,' he said. 'A couple of people know the tune and start singing with you, and it gets louder as you get more people to join in.'"
Friday, May 13, 2005
FCC's broadcast flag: It's back? | News.blog | CNET News.com
FCC's broadcast flag: It's back? | News.blog | CNET News.com: "Less than a week after a federal appeals court nixed the Federal Communications Commission's plan to forcibly implant anti-copying technology into digital TV tuners, Hollywood appears to be turning to Congress for some legislative aid.
Advocacy group Public Knowledge, which sued to challenge the FCC's broadcast flag, says it has obtained a copy of the Motion Picture Association of America's draft legislation.
The draft bill says, simply, that the FCC will 'have authority to adopt regulations governing digital television apparatus necessary to control the indiscriminate redistribution of digital television broadcast content over digital networks.' "
Advocacy group Public Knowledge, which sued to challenge the FCC's broadcast flag, says it has obtained a copy of the Motion Picture Association of America's draft legislation.
The draft bill says, simply, that the FCC will 'have authority to adopt regulations governing digital television apparatus necessary to control the indiscriminate redistribution of digital television broadcast content over digital networks.' "
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Orphan Works reply comments
Boing Boing: Orphan Works reply comments: "The U.S. Copyright Office has posted the reply comments to their orphan works inquiry. Here are the direct links"
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
FW: Wired: Splitsville for CC and BzzAgent
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Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 5:12 PM
To: Bracken, John
Subject: Wired: Splitsville for CC and BzzAgent
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Splitsville for CC and BzzAgent
The short-lived, oddball marriage between BzzAgent's word-of-mouth marketers and Creative Commons' copyright reformers is over. By Daniel Terdiman.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67450,00.html?tw=wn_story_mailer
