Civil Rights CAPTCHA
CAPTHCAs are a terrible, terrible solution to a technological problem. But at least these CAPTCHAs acknowledge that the person typing is not only not-a-bot, but a human being.
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danah boyd | apophenia » Tumblr disappeared me…
Yet another reason to host your own content instead of sharecropping; danah boyd wakes up one morning to find her Tumblr account has been moved to a different URL.
Open Letter From OK Go - OK Go
I believe it was the philosopher Conflicticus who said, "Only stupid bastards help EMI."
French Anti-Piracy Organisation Hadopi Uses Pirated Font In Own Logo | The FontFeed
Oh, the irony! Unconstitutionally draconian French "anti-piracy" organisation uses a pirated font in its logo.
Bloomsbury Academic
Lawrence Lessig's newest book, Remix: Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy, is now available as a free PDF download.
Fuck the foundries [dive into mark]
Mark Pilgrim knows the score.
Amanda L. French, Ph.D. » Blog Archive » Facebook terms of service compared with MySpace, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter
Social networking Terms Of Service compared and contrasted.
Our Goal: No Guilt Upon Accusation Law — Creative Freedom Foundation (creativefreedom.org.nz)
New Zealand is enacting one of the most draconian unfair ISP policing policies in the Western world. "Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act assumes Guilt Upon Accusation and forces the termination of internet connections and websites without evidence, without a fair trial, and without punishment for any false accusations of copyright infringement."
IESB Sues Over Unauthorized Use of Spy Photo in Iron Man - Film Junk
Here's a depressing counterpoint to my feel-good story about Iron Man: someone else who's picture was used in the film (in good faith) decided to sic the lawyers on Jon Favreau.
Ubiquitous web font embedding just got a step closer | Web Directions
John has come to the same conclusion as Richard with regards to font embedding. In short, the font foundries are missing a huge revenue stream. They could be offering fonts on a per-domain basis (a la Google Maps or any other third-party API). Rem…
kev/null - Facebook Has License to Sell Your Photos
Kevin points out why you might want to keep your pictures on Flickr rather than Facebook. Like you needed a reason.
The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » ORG verdict on London Elections: “Insufficient evidence� to declare confidence in results
The ORG have released their report into the London mayoral elections. “there is insufficient evidence available to allow independent observers to state reliably whether the results declared in the May 2008 elections for the Mayor of London and the…
Bruce Schneier: Are photographers really a threat? | Technology | The Guardian
An excellent article that explodes the ludicrous myth that terrorists like to go around taking pictures of potential targets so therefore photographers are dangerous.
The day the music died [dive into mark]
Excellent explanation of DRM by Mark Pilgrim, prompted by MSN Music's gunshot to the head.
David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars
A brilliant summation by David Byrne of the possible business models available to musicians today.
The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » HMRC fiasco: Government “not interested” in expert warnings
The ORG turn a Newsnight interview into hypertext, thereby strengthening the message exponentially.
Flickr Ate My Baby on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Sounds like Prince is being a bit of a twat. And Flickr have become complicit with the twattiness, to a degree.
Stop & Search form for a photographer in Brighton
He took a picture of a building. Note the tick next to terrorism.
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Suspicious behaviour on the tube
A truly frightening description of what can happen to any person in Britain today.