http://tarletongillespie.org/scrutiny technology, law, media, culture Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:29:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo. http://tarletongillespie.org/scrutiny/?p=119 Last week, YouTube announced on its company blog (in an entry titled “A YouTube for All of Us”) that it is tightening its restrictions on sexual content and profanity. Of course, YouTube has always had limits, mostly for pornography, spam, and gratuitous violence, handled primarily through automatic filtering that can ... http://tarletongillespie.org/scrutiny/?p=118 This is fun. Cornell's publicity office has been asking me and my department colleageus to offer pithy quotes about media industry news events, in the hopes of circulating us as experts to journalists. Hence the last post, about Tribune Company filing for bankruptcy, and this one. What a wonderful university-sanctioned ... http://tarletongillespie.org/scrutiny/?p=117 Will the information industry be next at Congress' doorstep, looking for its own bailout? With the Tribune Company's declaration of bankruptcy today, the recession of 2008 has again proven adept at revealing those industries whose business models were already top-heavy and unworkable. But, while many will point to a decade--long ... http://tarletongillespie.org/scrutiny/?p=116 This is excellent news: President-elect Obama has championed the creation of a more open, transparent, and participatory government. To that end, Change.gov adopted a new copyright policy this weekend. In an effort to create a vibrant and open public conversation about the Obama-Biden Transition Project, all website content now falls under ... http://tarletongillespie.org/scrutiny/?p=115 Ah, to get back on topic... The "Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO IP) Act" was just signed into law by President Bush, after passing the Senate and the House last month. I haven't looked closely at this bill yet: here are two commentaries from William Patry (before ... http://tarletongillespie.org/scrutiny/?p=114 So, can we just send this to everyone? Just forward this far and wide, send this email to everyone you know, add it to your website or Facebook profile, print it out and stick it up on your office fridge, pin it to your shirt? The quote is real, and ... http://tarletongillespie.org/scrutiny/?p=113 A beautiful remix, or mashup, or collage, or exquisite monstrosity, that happens to combine at least four of my favorite cultural texts. Orson Whales from Alex Itin on Vimeo. http://tarletongillespie.org/scrutiny/?p=112 I've found myself not blogging because all I want to talk about is the election, and it seemed somehow not part of this blog. Plus its probably preaching to the choir, which seems a waste of energy, especially now. But if its going to kill my blog not to, then ... http://tarletongillespie.org/scrutiny/?p=111 This is certainly not the time in this world to be a one-issue voter -- if there's ever a good time to be one. And if you're going to pick a single issue to base your vote for President on, make it repairing the economy or rebuilding public schools or ... http://tarletongillespie.org/scrutiny/?p=110