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articles · Why you must be legally licensed to host fun™ on the internet
21/4/2008 14:46 · 40 votes · no comments
“The creative act is not performed by the artist alone the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act. This becomes even more obvious when posterity gives a final verdict and sometimes rehabilitates forgotten artists.”
-Marcel Duchamp,...
articles · No remedy for a thousand prescriptions?
23/2/2008 00:27 · 46 votes · no comments
Medicinal discovery,
It moves in mighty leaps,
It leapt straight past the common cold
And give it us for keeps.
~Pam Ayres
Towards the close of his recent documentary ‘Sicko’ (2007), Michael Moore smuggles five 9/11 rescue workers over to Cuba on a boat to see if he can get them the medical aid they need, but cannot afford in the U.S. In one stirring scene, a single-mother...
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articles · Tall Tales about Copyright law
18/12/2007 20:23 · 2 comments
In the media, mentions of copyright law are invariably coupled with shrill narrations about piracy. Two images are typically conjured in these narratives: Firstly, that of a prosperous national industry going to seed only because of piracy. For instance, the following passage from a thoroughly enjoyable account of piracy in Mumbai:
“Such printing presses in New Delhi, Mumbai,...
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articles · Social Network Platforms in Brazil: The Videolog Case
by Paula Martini · voted on 24/4/2008 23:40 · 29 votes · no comments
Nine months before YouTube's launching, another online videos service was being born: Videolog.tv, a Brazilian website that was built on an open business model. Mostly used by people connected to local young urban cultures, like skaters, filmmakers and Parkour practitioners, Videolog is now increasing the bet it has always placed on community issues.
Actually, they do prefer...
articles · Why you must be legally licensed to host fun™ on the internet
by Prashant · voted on 20/4/2008 00:19 · 40 votes · no comments
“The creative act is not performed by the artist alone the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act. This becomes even more obvious when posterity gives a final verdict and sometimes rehabilitates forgotten artists.”
-Marcel Duchamp,...
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articles · Views from the International Workshop on Asia and Commons
by Kiruba Shankar · commented on 1/2/2008 20:00 · 30 votes · 2 comments
Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of Global Voices jots down her impressions from the International Workshop on Asia and Commons in the Information Age that recently took place in Taipei, Taiwan.
Rebecca's post on her blog was pointed out by Subbiah Arunachalam and made for a really interesting read. I wanted this to reach a wider audience and hence figured it would make sense...
articles · Tall Tales about Copyright law
by Prashant · commented on 21/12/2007 00:44 · 2 comments
In the media, mentions of copyright law are invariably coupled with shrill narrations about piracy. Two images are typically conjured in these narratives: Firstly, that of a prosperous national industry going to seed only because of piracy. For instance, the following passage from a thoroughly enjoyable account of piracy in Mumbai:
“Such printing presses in New Delhi, Mumbai,...
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