Foraging For Truth in Democracy’s Murkier Depths
Swedish Court Rules Against Pirate Bay
On Friday, a Swedish court ruled against the founders of the popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay and found them guilty of assisting in the distribution of illegal content online. Mats Lewan, an editor at Ny Teknik, explains what the verdict means for file-sharing, for Sweden, and the world.
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Lawrence Wright asks who is listening to our phone calls?
Late last month, former National Security Agency analyst turned whistleblower Russell Tice said definitively that the NSA monitored domestic communications of American journalists. Reporter Lawrence Wright, who has long believed he was a target, says he’s not surprised by the allegation.
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Last Words: Into the Weekend - The Caucus Blog - NYT 100708:
Down and Then Some From Slate V, we found this video about negativity in advertisements, quite the historical reminder from the Museum of the Moving Image. (If you haven’t been to the LivingRoomCandidate there, it’s just a click away.)
The Ad Wars - Election Guide 2008 - NYT 101608:
More than $286 million has been spent from June 3 to Oct. 6, 2008 to broadcast 186 ads, according to statistics compiled by Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks political advertising expenditures.
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This legacy site was an experiment in documenting one citizen’s media ecosystem during the 2008 election and the early days of Barack Obama’s presidency. Posting ended in May 2009. Comments and trackbacks remain open, and Bottomfeeder continues to forage for truth in democracy’s murkier depths.
A Blind Flaneur: I walk through my blindness the way I saunter down streets in Paris: unfettered and alive, ever delighted by the raw material of the senses. Come along with me. Just don’t try to take my arm unless I ask. What’s a flaneur? Read the first post, Return of the Flaneur to Galerie Vivienne. After that, try Foot Rage and the Blind Flaneur. Then stay tuned.
a blind flaneur![Shepard Fairey’s “Barack Obama/Hope” image went viral during the 2008 election. Then controversy about the image’s source transformed it into the poster child for fair use in the public debate over copyright and free culture. Now FULAB takes “Hope” as its icon [Image source: Wikipedia]](http://fairuselab.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/shepard_fairey_hope_2008.jpg "shepard_fairey_hope_2008")
Fair Use Lab: Exploring transformation through fair use -- particularly the transformative promise of accessible technology for people with disabilities -- is the goal of the Fair Use Lab. Shepard Fairey’s Barack Obama/"Hope” poster is the FULAB’s icon. What does “Hope” have to do with accessibility? Read more, stay tuned, and join the conversation!
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Poet and street artist Miss Tic isn't exactly a kid in a hoodie with a can of spray paint. Maybe she can still run like hell when the police show up, but can she sprint in high heels? Well-known in international avant-garde circles, her work is exhibited now at the Venice Biennale as well as the alleys of Paris. Read more. See Ethics of Love for a video montage of Miss Tic's provacative poetry. More Paris Street Art. NYT The Caucus Paul Krugman Blog Planet Money/NPR NYT Economix Swampland/TIME Politics/NPR Talking Points Memo NYT The Lede Deadline USA