Category Archives: Innovator/Pirates

General Purpose Computation, Open Source, and Maybe Richard Stallman was Right

  The Coming War on General Purpose Computation – Boing Boing.   And here is an article that reminds us of how what Richard Stallman said in the past, which was often written off as paranoid, might actually have been prescient. This is what Stallman has been warning us about all these years – and …

January 3, 2012 – 8:02 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Innovator/Pirates, Open Source v. Proprietary | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Tish Grier’s E-Media Tips on New Models of Content Production

Image via CrunchBase Open Mic sites have their roots in the “Speaker’s Corner.” People drive the content production on these sites. Both Associated Content and Helium.com have Open Mic components to their content production models. Demand Media may be adding this to their offerings in the near future as well. Buzz Brokers analyze search trends …

July 9, 2010 – 11:07 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Examples, Individuated Media, Innovator/Pirates, New business models | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Patent_Absurdity_HQ_768kbit.ogv

Patent_Absurdity_HQ_768kbit.ogv. Patent absurdity explained in a video Related articles by Zemanta Mailing Out Patent Absurdity (feld.com) Venture Capitalists Lobby Against Software Patents (yro.slashdot.org) FDL Movie Night: Patent Absurdity – How Software Patents Broke the System (firedoglake.com)

June 8, 2010 – 9:51 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Innovator/Pirates, Open Source v. Proprietary, Patent | Comments (0)

Baffler - Serfing the Net

Baffler - Serfing the Net. Very interesting critique of “Free” models, that contrasts free as in beer with free as in liberty. It refers to the Open Video Conference in NYC.

February 7, 2010 – 1:34 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Economic forces, Innovator/Pirates | Comments (0)

News sourcing experiment to rely solely on Facebook, tweets

News sourcing experiment to rely solely on Facebook, tweets. An actual news experiment with comparison between covering news with Facebook and Twitter, and covering news traditional ways.

January 24, 2010 – 5:51 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Innovator/Pirates, New business models, Trends | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

MPAA Says Copyright-Treaty Critics Hate Hollywood | Threat Level | Wired.com

MPAA Says Copyright-Treaty Critics Hate Hollywood | Threat Level | Wired.com.

November 23, 2009 – 1:42 pm | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Examples, Innovator/Pirates | Comments (0)

Telnor in Norway won’t block Pirate Bay

Image by biverson via Flickr IFPI Loses: Telenor Will Not Block The Pirate Bay | TorrentFreak. This March, IFPI – backed by several Hollywood movie companies – gave Telenor, Norway’s largest ISP, a warning: block your users from accessing The Pirate Bay within 14 days or we will take legal action. Without any legal basis, …

November 8, 2009 – 9:48 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Copyright, Innovator/Pirates | Comments (0)

Pirate Bay buyer faces bankruptcy – The Local

Pirate Bay buyer faces bankruptcy – The Local.

September 20, 2009 – 7:35 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Innovator/Pirates | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Norton Buys Graphic Media Manifesto | The New York Observer

Norton Buys Graphic Media Manifesto | The New York Observer. Brooke Gladstone goes to graphic novel format for history of journalism and the media.

September 11, 2009 – 7:57 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Examples, Innovator/Pirates | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

The Pirate Bay Taken Offline By Swedish Authorities Updated | TorrentFreak

Image by biverson via Flickr The Pirate Bay Taken Offline By Swedish Authorities Updated | TorrentFreak.

August 25, 2009 – 9:26 am | By Barbara Iverson | Posted in Innovator/Pirates, Open Source v. Proprietary | Tagged , , | Comments (0)