- The next copyright battle
A big part of the reason for changing copyright law in 1909 was the fear that player pianos would destroy the market for sheet music and even (potentially) live performances. So the law was changed… but the player piano soon died. But the copyright law it gave us stuck around. When radio came about, we got changes to copyright law to deal with that. When the internet came about, we got the DMCA. So what’s next? Perhaps the internet’s new big buzzword: “the real-time web.”
- Saddam’s Palace
Richard Mosse has an incredible photo series taken in Irak in 2009.
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Wondering what comes up in an image search for “women with mustache”? Wonder no more! (via Adobe Blog)
- Lou Toman and his photography
The life and photos of a staff photographer at the Sun-Sentinel. And not just any photographer but Lou Toman. I just love his now and then shot. How times have changed!
- Boring
Thanks to all the friends who emailed me this New York Times article. I am not sure what they are trying to tell me but
but according to the latest research “[...] warm, flexible, team-oriented and empathetic people are less likely to thrive as C.E.O.’s. Organized, dogged, anal-retentive and slightly boring people are more likely to thrive.” Slightly boring? Really?(c) Photo by Manuel Bordallo
- David versus Goliath
Underdog war. An awesome read in The New Yorker.
- SaveourNet.ca
Go and get your ticket today. Participate in the townhall.
SaveourNet.ca is Partnering with Rabble.ca for a very special event. Held during Net Change Week in Toronto, SaveourNet.ca and Rabble.ca will present Toronto’s Open Internet Town Hall, which will be filmed by TheREALNews.com.
Where:
Live from the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, 1214 Queen St. West
When:
Monday June 8, 2009 at 7pm
Featured speakers for the Town Hall include:
Mark Surman (Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation)
Rocky Gaudrault (CEO of Teksavvy Solutions Inc.)
Steve Anderson (Co-founder of SaveourNet.ca)
Derek Blackadder (National Representative with CUPE)
Until now, Canada’s Internet has been an open network and a level playing field for free speech, innovation, and consumer choice. All that is now under threat.
Being held during Net Change Week in Toronto, Toronto’s Open Internet Town Hall is designed to give local citizens the chance to shape Canada’s broadband future. As Canada falls behind other OECD countries on Internet speed, cost, and openness, SaveourNet.ca will host a lively discussion guided by panelists representing web innovators, social change leaders, and public policy gurus.
- Famous words
Yahoo is not a search company. Neither is Google.
- Entrepreneurship
Steve Balmer on entrepreneurship, his remarks at Stanford University in early may are a fun read. It is nice to have a long term view.I think it’s just a phenomenal time to be starting all kinds of companies
- Queen Street Love
It is almost summer and what that means is walking to work everyday! My route takes me from Queen Street (West) and Dovercourt to Queen Street (East) and Sherbourne and it is never a boring walk. Managed to snap a few shots too!
I work for the most amazing image search company in the world: