http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger Let's just see what happens Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this edition of Radio Berkman, Cory Doctorow argues in favor of copyright ... the part of copyright that protects the rights of readers to own (and not just license) books. It being Cory, the discussion covers topics such as the way in which books are like dogs and his sentimental ... http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/20/cory-doctorow-in-support-of-copyright/ Ethan Zuckerman ponders what good is knowing if it doesn't lead to effective action...and he isn't asking this rhetorically. You want to read this because Ethan himself is an extreme knower, an extreme care-er, and a full time agent of change. I found that this post caused me to have ... http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/19/two-long-posts-well-worth-reading/ The Berkman Center has announced the Online Media Legal Network that networks lawyers willing to provide free services with online journalists and other creators of online works who need legal advice for free or for cheap. It could be anything from helping to legally create a company to representing you ... http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/19/legal-advice-for-online-journalists-bloggers-and-other-webby-creators/ Samuel Bowles is giving a Berkman lunchtime talk called: "Kudunomics: Property rights for the information based economy." He wants to look at how institutions are likely to evolve in the "weightless economy." NOTE: Live-blogging. Getting things wrong. Missing points. Omitting key information. Introducing artificial choppiness. Over-emphasizing small matters. Paraphrasing badly. ... http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/17/berkman-samuel-bowles-on-property-rights-in-the-information-age/ I've posted a video interview with Cory Doctorow at Broadband Strategy Week. Cory talks about the disproportionality of "three strikes" laws that take away Internet access from those who have been thrice accused of copyright infringement. Perhaps, he suggests, we should also take away Internet access from rightsholders who ... http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/17/cory-no-three-strikes-and-youre-out/ Holy cow! The Open Net Initiative, a group that monitors government filtering (= censorship) of the Internet held a book launch at the United Nations-sponsored Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheik. A poster for the book — Access Controlled — contained the sentence: "The first generation of Internet ... http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/16/uns-internet-governance-forum-censors-a-mild-mention-of-censorship/ It makes me very nervous to disagree with Umberto Eco because he is so fathomlessly smart. But I think in this case I do. Sort of. There's a fabulous interview with Eco in Spiegel (in English) about why he loves lists. He is characteristically pithy, provocative and wise. A crucial ... http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/15/omg-i-disagree-with-umberto-eco/ Google has announced a revised settlement [redlined pdf faq pdf] that it hopes will address the concerns raised by the Department of Justice and many other groups. Here's a summary of the summary Google provides [pdf], although IANAL and I encourage you to read the summary, which is written ... http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/15/google-books-settlement-2-0/ It took only a little googling, but it isn't dead obvious — until you know how to do it — so here's how you connect your Droid to your Mac. Connect the two via USB. Pull down the Notifications sheet on the Droid. You do that by pulling with your giner on ... http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/14/how-to-connect-your-droid-to-a-mac/ David Lloyd, who not only wrote some of the greatest single episodes in TV sitcom history [Chuckles the Clown youtube], but consistently wrote hilariously, has died at 75. I especially loved a lot of his work on Frasier. With the death of Larry Gelbart (best known for M*A*S*H, but also ... http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/14/rest-in-laughter-david-lloyd/