The unlikely Presidency of Ron Paul.
Posted by Jesse Brown on November 14 at 10:50 AM
On this week's show we'll continue our "tech-election" forecast with a look at the startling campaign being run by (and on behalf of) Texas Congressman Ron Paul.
Paul inspires many YouTube tribute clips. Here's one:
Search Engine Open Forum part 2: who needs protection?
Posted by Jesse Brown on November 08 at 09:47 AM
Do artists need protection from file-sharing listeners? Do listeners need protection from exploitative artists? Or do both need protection from antiquated laws designed to protect obsolete business models?
The latter was suggested this week on Search Engine by U of Ottawa Law prof Michael Geist; he presented the findings of an Industry Canada study that found that P2P file sharing actually increases CD sales.
This study lends a lot of credibility to what people like Geist have been arguing for years: that file-sharing promotes music, creativity, and commerce. But on-air, Geist warned that Harper’s government is likely to ignore it and introduce backwards copyright-reform anyways.
So- do you buy the study’s findings? Do you share Geist’s pessimism? Have you bought a CD lately? Let us know.
This week's show (Nov.8/07). Links & music.
Posted by Jesse Brown on November 08 at 07:54 AM
Music downloads increase CD sales: the Industry Canada study, Michael Geist's blog item.
America's tech-election (part 1- the Democrats):
The Politics of Pile On (Clinton's clip)
The Politics of Parsing (Edward's response clip)
Other YouTube election clips mentioned: Vote Different, Obama Girl
Micah Sifry's sites- PersonalDemocracyForum and TechPresident
James Kotecki (AKA Emergency Cheese) interviews Mike Gravel in his dorm room and hits the mid-time on Politico.com
Search Engine Open Forum: who needs protection?
Posted by Jesse Brown on November 01 at 10:46 AM
Do artists need protection from their file-sharing audiences, or do audiences need protection from manipulative artists? And do either need that protection to come from the law, or are there other options?
Those are the questions we’re putting to you in this open-forum discussion. We’ll be inviting some key voices from music and rights circles to come share their thoughts and respond to your arguments.
Here are some relevant links:
Protection for artists:
- Radiohead offered In Rainbows to fans for whatever they wanted to pay- including nothing. So why did so many pirate it anyway?
- Cory Doctorow on why artists need more protection from the law than from their fans.
Protection from artists:
- Was Radiohead’s web-release just a tactic to sell CDs?
- Will the real In Rainbows release be totally different?
- And just how much have Radiohead made from the web release?
This week's show (Nov.1/07). Links & music.
Posted by Jesse Brown on November 01 at 10:34 AM
Links:
Net Neutrality: Obama backs Net-Neutrality. Rogers’ traffic-shaping messes up email. Michael Geist’s online petition.
Italy’s “geriatric attack” on blogging: The Times Online summarizes the story. Paolo Attivissmo’s blog. Beppe Grillo’s blog.
Magic vs. the Internet: a few of the many “spoiler” sites. A Wikipedia dispute over open-source magic. Prof.Christine Corcos’ Law & Magic Blog. Jacob Loshin of Yale Law’s paper on how magicians innovate without IP protection.
Music:
DJ Drinks- The Mono Sessions
Tyas- The Man Who Walks
Tyas- David’s Day Out
Brennan Nicks- Child’s Play
Is the Internet killing magic?
Posted by Geoff Siskind on October 26 at 04:04 PM
We’re getting our heads around what’s turning out to be a pretty complex story for next week’s show: the effect of the Internet on the world of professional magic.
Here’s what we’re looking at as we round up guests and figure out how we’ll approach this:
Here’s a good example of the conflict: a Wikipedia mediation case file about whether or not magicians’ secrets should be kept safe for the good of the practice.
And a couple of sites that are dedicated to giving away David Blaine’s secrets can be found here and here.
Meanwhile, Jacob Loshin at Yale Law School has published a paper arguing that the world of magic provides a great example of how creativity can thrive in “grey areas” unprotected by Intellectual Property legislation. Here’s an abstract.
And finally, here is the Law & Magic Blog, dedicated to, well…
This week's show (Oct.25/07). Links & music.
Posted by Jesse Brown on October 25 at 04:07 PM
Links:
- Was Christopher Neil's photo descrambled with Photoshop?
- Estonian cyberattack: Wired’s story on the attack. Aviram Jenik’s Beyond Security. Annalee Newitz’s homepage and her upcoming Technology in Wartime conference.
- The SEIU "Facebooks" a casino union: the vote is in.
Music:
Elafuawn- Bunny
DJ Drinks- The Mono Sessions
Elafuawn- Tempest
SOUND 242 UUUOOO
Cyberwarfare
Posted by Jesse Brown on October 22 at 03:36 PM
On the next Search Engine, we’ll talk about how the Internet is changing the nature of war. Some starting notes on the topic:
- Last spring’s cyber-assault on Estonia
- Germany accuses China of espionage-attacks
- South African robot-cannon goes bezerk, kills nine
- Annalee Newitz’s upcoming Technology in Wartime conference
This week's show (Oct.18/07). Links & music.
Posted by Jesse Brown on October 18 at 03:17 PM
- China cracks down on gaming: Ed Flanagan’s MSNBC World Blog post.
- Incorruptible Warrior: watch the intro (slow load time) or read Imagethief (William Moss) on the game’s demise.
- Gold Farmers: Guh Jin's site, and a preview of his documentary:
Music:
Matthew Tyas - Early Night
Matthew Tyas - La Mame Rangaine
DJ Drinks: The Mono Sessions
Les Garcons Joufflus - Le Club des Coeurs Brises
The blogs talk about Search Engine
Posted by Jesse Brown on October 16 at 11:44 AM
- The W-Lister defends the CBC's forays into new media with some kind words in our direction.
- Kevin Lim at Theory is the Reason recaps our Brazilian video-kidnapping doc.
- The Command Line's blogging hactivist points back to his participation in our Burma audio-blog and Paul Turnbull analyzes our Burma editorial and social apathy on One of Me.
- Gifted Typist cites Search Engine and Spark in their (appreciated) post how CBC Radio One won me over.
- Karla Burr recommends our podcast on Winnipeg First.
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- Is the Internet killing magic?
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