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Monthly Archives: February 2012
thy feudal network…and other oxymorons
The television hierarchy is no network. The Lords of TV claim their shows with vengeance, and pirating episodes is as unlawful as Napster’s file-sharing (according to the regal dictum). Consider how quickly NBC shut down Colbert after he tried to … Continue reading
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Copyright Infringement Rip: A Remix Manifesto By: Jessica Whitney The documentary Rip: A Remix Manifesto by web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explains copyright infringement. In this documentary he gives different examples of copyright infringement. Copyright infringement is the … Continue reading
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Are We Free?
Information Feudalism The idea behind the book “Information Feudalism” was that the larger corporations and media outlets have gained a dominate monopoly on patents and copyrights. With this monopoly they are manipulating us the consumers! The overall solution that was … Continue reading
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Intellectual Property: Plagiarism v. Inspiration
This weeks reading of Information Feudalism that was accompanied with the video Rip: A Remix Manifesto gave me conflicting viewpoints on intellectual property. I can see both the negatives and positives associated with intellectual property. Of course the positive side … Continue reading
Creativity vs. Copycats
Information Feudalism and Rip: a Remix Manifesto reminded me of a really funny moment with a student last week. The student was talking about how much fun he’d had with friends at a karaoke event. They performed Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” … Continue reading
Categories? by Desiree
Author David Weinberger in “Everything is Miscellaneous” discusses the three orders of orders. The first order of things put in their places, the second order of card catalogs telling us where the things are (both orders of physical things), and … Continue reading
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MODERN DAY TECHNOLOGY
MODERN DAY TECHNOLOGY By: Jessica Whitney While reading “Glut Mastering Information Through The Ages” by Alex Wright I found that it talks about three key factors that we have and is using in everyday life. The three key factors … Continue reading
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Organizing Digital Information
Weinberger’s book, Everything is Miscellaneous reminds me of a conversation I had earlier this week. I was talking with an employee of an online media company about their business model. What stuck out was his answer as to why an … Continue reading
Television-There’s No Place Like This Digital Home
“In a miscellaneous world, an Oz-like authority that speaks in a single voice with unshakable confidence is a blowhard. Authority now comes from enabling us inescapably fallible creatures to explore the differences among us, together.” Everything is Miscellaneous-David Weinberger … Continue reading
