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Mind boggling

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

This is just so stupid.

MPAA shows how to videorecord a TV set from timothy vollmer on Vimeo.

The description from Vimeo:

At the DMCA 1201 hearings at the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress, representatives from the MPAA showed a video demonstrating how users can videorecord a TV set. They argue this is an acceptable analog alternative to breaking copy protection on a DVD.

The hearings occur every three years to determine whether the Librarian at the Library of Congress (through direction of the Copyright Office) should create exemptions to the anti-circumvention provisions in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

In 2006, film and media professors were granted an exemption in order to break copy protection on DVDs so that they could utilize high quality video clips in classroom teaching. Up for consideration during the 2009 exemption hearings is whether this exemption should be extended to apply to faculty teaching in all disciplines, and whether the exemption should apply to students.

Lawrence Lessig is trying to change the congress

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
By creating a donors strike organized from his site Change Congress.

Change congress is calling a donor strike!

Special interests pump millions of dollars into elections, giving them more influence over our political system than the rest of us. Can you be part of the solution?

He’s using a lot of social web platforms to push this thing, check out this list…  TWITTER, FLICKR, MYSPACE, BLIP, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK APP and FACEBOOK.
Pretty cool initiative, hope he manages to bring some real change. I wish him the best of luck.
Via Radiodelicatessen.

More Colbert

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

I’ll be heading for carnival in Rio tomorrow, and getting back to connectivity on wednesday evening, so things will temporarily be a bit quiet here. Check back in the middle of next week.

MAD fold ins

Friday, February 13th, 2009

From the 1960s to the present. In an interactive format. 

Nixon fold-in

See them over at the NYTimes site

That was unexpected

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

But what a way to start out. I’m impressed. USA 2.0? (Ok, that might be a tad worn, but still…)

The new president effectively reversed a post-9/11 Bush administration policy making it easier for government agencies to deny requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act, and effectively repealed a Bush executive order that allowed former presidents or their heirs to claim executive privilege in an effort to keep records secret.

To me this seems like a really strong message that something is actually changing. A real effort for transparency and honesty. More of a grown up way to rule a country.

It will be very interesting to see what happens with this.

More at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/us/politics/22obama.html?_r=1

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