Tag: Boing Boing
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We’re living in a police state
Well those in the UK are – and should be concerned because Orwell’s predictions (and even Alan Moore’s in V for Vendetta) are seemingly comng true. With The Fear this time being terrorism – despite a terrorist attack happening last nearly 4 years ago – they are clamping down on a variety of things. They…
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Social Muppet Experts
As the enter the 21st century and stay as brilliant as EVER: and this makes me more that joyful: via Boing Boing and Kottke
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Orphans and Widows
Following on from a Boing Boing post – and this great article by Mark Dery and have been researching this new Orphan Works Act and have been rather disturbed and worried. It reads like a land-grab on Intellectual Property rights that only the rich stock libraries or famous artists could afford to register or submit…
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The Pirate’s Dilemma
It seems like music the book selling model is changing – Boing Boing has had a lot of posts recently that support the fairly obvious theory that giving away free e-books actually increases sales (it makes total sense, try before you buy always increases sales, and like CDs sometimes you want the physical object, more…
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Digital Watermarking – a killer contract
After talking to Glyn over at Open Rights Group at podcamp and then the Andrew Keen lecture, it’s interesting seeing this post by Erik Davis (via Nerdcore and Boing Boing) about a case where an advance promo CD – something that exists as a symbol of trust between music critic and label, has now become…
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DJNoNo’s Muppetry of the Penis mix featured on Boing Boing
Wow – DJNoNo’s Muppetry of the Penis mix featured on Boing Boing! And Lenlow’s great Kanye Mahna mash gets linked. 😀 Maybe I should do a separate file from the podcast #89 for those coming from Boing? (It’s a long mix featured in the Radio Clash podcast, rather than a mashup album, btw).