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LifestreamHollywood Reporter - Five organizations involved in documentary films will next Friday release a manifesto of sorts titled “A Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use,” which will set out guidelines under which filmmakers can make use of copyrighted material without being subject to often exorbitant licensing fees.
Filmmakers, when they want to include [...]
Archive for November, 2005
I just realized it is actually 290 years, to the day, since the battle of Sheriffmuir which for all practical purposes ended “the ‘15″ and the Jacobite claim to the throne. Now that is an interesting tidbit. Perhaps the most important lesson of the ‘15 Rising is that if you’re gonna have a Rising, be [...]
“It’s incomprehensible that a civilized nation can confuse someone who has dedicated his life to saving the lives of children with someone who goes against the interests of the United States.” I couldn’t have said it better myself. It is clear beyond a shadow of a doubt what kind of game the US is playing. [...]
Apparently, pulling in £7m for 2004 wasn’t good enough so that irritating, winking idiot had to play butcher as well on prime time television.
Courier-Mail - CELEBRITY chef Jamie Oliver could land in hot water for slaughtering a lamb on screen without stunning it first.
The Naked Chef has been renamed the “silencer of the lambs” after [...]
(Digg) Oh for ****’s sake, don’t use the p-word. (see the GNU list of Confusing words and phrases)
Hollywood Reporter - Widening its war on copyright pirates, the Bush administration asked Congress on Thursday to enact new laws for protecting intellectual property and make it easier for authorities to put violators behind bars.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [...]
“The fourth annual exuberantly non-scientific Weasel Poll results are in. Almost 40,000 people voted.” Funny, because the results match exactly my voting record.
Weaseliest Organization = White House
Weaseliest Individual = George W. Bush
Weaseliest Country = USA (includes Iraq)
Weaseliest Behavior = Advocating the teaching of Intelligent Design in schools
Weaseliest Company = Oil companies (Halliburton as a close [...]
David Galbraith reports that Kansas science classes have been been taken over by the wicked witch. The argument put forward by Pharyngula is no less compelling.
Pharyngula - It’s a sad day for American science. We’ve lost Kansas. For the next few years, a lot of schoolkids are going to get taught slippery twaddle — instead [...]
Photographer Michael Wolf has documented the urban dynamics of Hong Kong in a dazzling display of high-rise architecture. 6,700 people per square kilometer is almost beyond human comprehension.
Koch Gallery - Michael Wolf’s work has largely been concerned with the cultural identity of China, where he has lived since 1995, and his large color photographs depict [...]
Oh. Ah. The propaganda machine has geared up. Mac users are a pesky bunch for sure. Not to mention the economists who think that owning an iPod will prod users to switch to Apple altogether. Something about “momentums,” “halos” and “darlings.” Economists … they go great with Apple products for some reason. They’re both just [...]
Nifty use for copyright, at last, but I agree, it is hypocritical since many do vocally support an abolition of both religion and intellectual property. They just can’t decide which one they hate the most. I should know for I am one of those people, “copyright liberals” as it were.
Wired - Last week, the National [...]
