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The Printing Press, Intellectual Property and Liberty

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Mon, Jul 12, 2010

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I’ve been pondering the printing press of late. Mostly what a revolutionary communications technology it was, much like the internet is today. For better or worse, both inventions allowed ordinary people to take part in an unprecedented degree of information exchange. And both have profound implications for freedom of expression, the marketplace and the commons. But [...]

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Prince is Wrong, and that’s his (Copy) Right

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Tue, Jul 6, 2010

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If you’re a regular reader of, well, pretty much any blog, you probably heard about pint-sized funkster Prince’s recent comment that “the internet is over.” This comes as news to anyone who doesn’t use AOL discs to go online. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that it seems unlikely that the [...]

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Rush Sues Rand?

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Fri, Jun 4, 2010

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Well, not quite yet. But if civil rights hero Libertarian chowderhead Rand Paul doesn’t stop using the Canadian prog stalwarts’ music in his Senate campaign, they very well might. And Rush aren’t some “Fly By Night” band. They mean business. This isn’t a new phenomenon — you may recall the Jackson Browne/John McCain incident (“Running [...]

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Seal Your Fate with Apple’s iSlate

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Tue, Jan 26, 2010

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The Apple fanboys/girls and naysayers alike are in full force on the ‘nets today, arguing about the relative awesomeness/non-awesomeness of the so-called iSlate iPad, which is expected to be announced tomorrow at 1PM EST. (If you somehow missed this tongue-in-cheek piece, “iSlate of the Union,” check it out and come right back.) I’ve previously talked about [...]

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Why You Can’t Save Journalism: A Checklist

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Thu, Oct 15, 2009

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I’m stealing this from Boing Boing who stole it from somewhere else. Because, in my time in the copyfight trenches, I’ve learned that intellectual property is whatever feels right in the moment. [KIDDING] I find this item to be particularly hilarious, because I recently moderated a feisty conversation called “Critical Condition: the Future of Music Journalism.” [...]

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