Monthly Archives: May 2008

YouTube vs Viacom: A missed chance for television

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YouTube vs Viacom: A missed chance for television

Google Watch – Google Lawsuits – Google Sings the Copyright Infringement Blues “First, Google last Friday filed a statement in a Manhattan district court challenging Viacom’s more than one-year-old, $1 billion copyright infringement suit versus Google’s YouTube video-sharing Web site. … Continue reading

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One reason why newspapers shouldn’t have open blogs for readers

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One reason why newspapers shouldn’t have open blogs for readers

Because if you do, you end up with the unpleasant spectacle of racists like Richard Barnbrooke starting a blog which looks like a Telegraph editorial page.

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Nick Carr and Clay Shirky debating the value of television

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Nick Carr and Clay Shirky debating the value of television

Terrific reply from Nicholas Carr to Clay Shirky  on the whole "television as gin" thing: "What I’m pointing out is that people were every bit as capable of living rich, multidimensional, interesting, creative, and “participative” lives before the web came … Continue reading

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Paul Carr on Mike Arrington and copyright

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Paul Carr on Mike Arrington and copyright

Paul Carr writes a brilliant response to Mike Arrington’s idiotic post on reforming copyright law (by which he means "killing it"): "But for all the fancy talk about “finding new business models” to “remove friction”, which is the thrust of … Continue reading

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Mac News on FriendFeed

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Mac News on FriendFeed

I’ve created a FriendFeed room devoted to Mac News, reviews, features, and so on. If you’re a FriendFeed user, feel free to join (it’s a public room) and post anything and everything you find.

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